Archive for December, 2010
Toban yaki, Nobu Style
Posted by tastingmenu in Nobu At Home on December 13, 2010
One of the dishes I have ‘fun’ doing is the toban yaki dish from Nobu’s restaurants. I was first served the dish (with toro) at Matsuhisa, LA as part of my omakase meal on 28 Dec 2005. At Nobu Dallas (as of this writing), they do a salmon toban yaki; At Nobu Capetown, they do […]
Ingredient Alert
Posted by tastingmenu in Uncategorized on December 12, 2010
My wife and I just got back shopping at H-Mart, Burlington, MA. What got my attention was the meat case – in it, they had Snake River Farms Kobe, cut for shabu-shabu, suikiyaki, and bulgogi. Additionally, they also offered the thin-sliced version of SRF zabuton for ‘galbi gui’. My wife and I had a conversation […]
Thank you, Chef Ming Tsai
Posted by tastingmenu in Uncategorized on December 3, 2010
Dear Chef Tsai, It’s been almost a week since my new wife and I celebrated our wedding day at your restaurant. We wanted to take a moment to say thank you to you and your staff for making our wedding day a memorable one. The wedding reception dinner you prepared for us was delicious and […]