I had chef's tasting menu the other day. One of the 6 courses came with miso soup. When I asked how come I only had 5 courses, I was told miso soup is considered one of the 6 courses. NO, IT'S NOT! Miso soup is a free side dish in most Japanese restaurants. I was deeply offended by this. Please, if you don't have the 6th course, just change your chef tasting menu from 6 to 5 courses, you can't count miso soup as one of the chef tasting menu. There was nothing special about it, it was just a bowl of plain and boring soup.