01 FIRE TO TABLE
Wood-Fire Cooking Session
Take the tongs. Learn to work the fire.
A private session on the raw heat of wood, which gas burners and oven dials cannot give you. In QUEBICO's open kitchen you see how different woods burn and smell, and learn to build and keep a bed of live embers, guided by one of our wood-fire cooks. You grill meat and seasonal vegetables with your own hands. One private group each afternoon, after lunch service.
- Duration
- About 90 minutes (14:00–15:30, after lunch)
- Group
- Private, 2 guests or more (up to 4; one group per day)
- Price
- ¥13,200 per person (tax included)
- Included
- Wood-fire instruction (wood varieties, handling embers, near and far heat) / hands-on cooking at the hearth / wood-fired tasting plate / one drink (beer, wine or non-alcoholic)
02 SEA TO TABLE
Kayak Fishing and Wood-Fired Catch
Catch a fish from a kayak, then cook it on the QUEBICO hearth.
Take a pedal-drive fishing kayak out into the sea of West Izu and go for fish. A guide stays with you, so you can come empty-handed and with no fishing experience. What you catch (or fresh local fish if the fishing is slow) goes back to QUEBICO and is cooked over the wood fire. From the sea to the table in one outing.
- Duration
- About 5 hours
- Group
- Private, 2 guests or more (up to 8)
- Price
- ¥33,000 per person (tax included; same for morning and afternoon)
- Included
- Pedal-drive fishing kayak, paddle, life jacket, full fishing gear / guide / insurance / wood-fired fish course
- Rough weather
- If the sea is too rough to launch, we switch to a field tour by car: local produce stands and farms, hidden temples and the ancient trails of West Izu. The price stays the same, and you still finish with wood-fire food at QUEBICO. If you prefer, you can switch to our regular local-fish wood-fire course instead. You then pay the price of that course.
Morning tours end with lunch, afternoon tours with dinner.
03 FOREST TO TABLE
Ancient Trail Walk and Wood-Fire Dinner
Walk an ancient Izu trail, pick wild herbs, and eat them at a wood-fire dinner.
Walk the forest where QUEBICO's firewood comes from, and an ancient trail of West Izu that has been brought back to life. Pick wild Japanese herbs such as yabunikkei (a wild Japanese cinnamon-family tree), then go straight to dinner at QUEBICO. The fire is made from wood of the forest you just walked, the herbs are the ones you picked, and the rest is Izu's seasonal produce.
- Duration
- About 5 hours (dinner from 18:00)
- Group
- Private, 2 guests or more (up to 8)
- Price
- ¥26,400 per person (tax included)
- Included
- Forest and trail guide (forest talk, herb picking) / wood-fire dinner course / one glass of fresh tea or a cocktail made from the herbs you picked
- Rough weather
- If the weather is too bad for the walk, we switch to a field tour by car: local produce stands and farms, hidden temples and the ancient trails of West Izu. The price stays the same, and you still have dinner at QUEBICO. If you prefer, you can switch to our regular wood-fire dinner course instead. You then pay the price of that course.
- What to wear
- Sturdy trekking shoes or sneakers