本ほん膳ぜん料りょう理り

noun

formal multi-course Japanese meal served all at once on legged trays

A highly formal style of Japanese cuisine, historically served at samurai banquets. All dishes are presented simultaneously on a low table with legs (本膳), unlike the sequential course style of kaiseki. Rarely encountered in modern everyday dining; mostly seen in historical or ceremonial contexts.

• 本ほん膳ぜん料りょう理りは、武ぶ家けの正せい式しきな饗きょう宴えんで出だされた格かく式しき高たかい料りょう理りです。

  Honzen-ryōri is a highly formal cuisine served at official samurai banquets.

• 現げん代だいでは本ほん膳ぜん料りょう理りを体たい験けんできる機き会かいはほとんどありません。

  Nowadays, there are very few opportunities to experience honzen-ryōri.