Archive for July, 2011
Ron Siegel’s Salmon On Shrimp Ravioli, Watercress Puree And Espelette Oil
Posted by tastingmenu in RonSiegel At Home, ThomasKeller At Home on July 28, 2011
During my honeymoon stay in San Francisco, I came across the May 2011 edition of Haute Living which had a recipe for Ron Siegel’s Salmon, Shrimp Ravioli with baby vegetables, watercress puree and espelette oil (see: http://www.hauteliving.com/2011/05/ron-siegel-presentation-sm/). So I decided to see if I could make a serving of this for myself. So the recipe […]
Chawanmushi
Posted by tastingmenu in HomeCooking on July 21, 2011
Chawanmushi is probably the very first thing I ever made when I was 12 or 13. In a nutshell, this is a savory steamed ‘custard’ enriched with good soup stock (read: umami). When I first made it, I made it with a combination of minced green onion, soy sauce, sesame oil, diced ham and water […]
Corn Puree French Laundry Style And Chinese Crab Corn Soup
Posted by tastingmenu in HomeCooking, ThomasKeller At Home on July 20, 2011
“…to me a successful dish is taking something simple and making it exceptional” -Joel Robuchon William Mark’s The Chinese Gourmet lists a recipe for Crab And Corn Soup (which I presume is Cantonese-style), that calls for a can of creamed corn for the soup. Well, Del Monte claims that its version of creamed corn contains only […]
Brussel Sprouts (Arctic Char, Nobu-Style Revisited)
Posted by tastingmenu in HomeCooking, Nobu At Home on July 14, 2011
Recently, I saw the appearance of arctic char paired with brussel sprouts on the Nobu San Diego brick oven menu. Remembering how much I liked the the way brussel sprouts were done with seared scallops at Matsuhisa, LA, I thought it would be nice to re-do the arctic char dish I wrote about back in […]
Lamb Ribchops With Edamame And Beurre Rouge
Posted by tastingmenu in HomeCooking on July 12, 2011
Towards the end of this past June, my wife and I attended a wedding whose reception was held at ‘Upstairs On The Square’ near Harvard. The entree dish I had at the reception was a hanger steak with beurre rouge. It was a nice dish and it got me thinking about the beurre rouge. So, […]
A Weekend Supper Of Tomato Salad And Roasted Cornish Game Hen
Posted by tastingmenu in HomeCooking, RonSiegel At Home on July 11, 2011
With my wife away this weekend on a roadtrip, I decide to add some ‘new’ dishes to my repetoire. Recalling how much I enjoyed the meal at the Ritz Carlton, SF, I decided to try a recipe from Chef Ron Siegel. If my memory serves me right (with apologies to Chairman Kaga), Thomas Keller (Chef […]
Steamed Lobster With Nobu Sauces
Posted by tastingmenu in Nobu At Home on July 5, 2011
Since this past weekend was Independence Day weekend, I thought I’d surprise my wife by doing a home cooked lobster dinner. Since she’s not real big on heated butter (apparently, she just does not like the aroma at all), I had to come up with a way to replace the traditional drawn butter. So my […]
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