A Quick Thursday Night Dinner

Previously on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/crispy-skin-chicken-nobu-style/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/steamed-lobster-with-nobu-sauces/ * http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Lobster-Salad-with-Spicy-Lemon-Dressing-105873 So, I was in a little bit of hurry tonight (17 Nov) and needed to get dinner on the table. The night before my wife mentioned that she was in the mood for a salad as her dinner for tonight.  So on the way home, […]

Bluefish With Miso Anticucho

Previously on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/nobu-style-saikyo-miso/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/anticucho/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/bluefish-and-creamy-spicy-sauce/ In previous writeups, I had mentioned that anticucho pairs well with a strongly flavored fish like bluefish.  So I thought I would do a roasted bluefish tonight (10 Nov) paired with the miso anticucho sauce.  The sauce itself is pretty easy to make when you […]

Roasted Miso-Citrus Chicken Thighs, Ming Tsai-style

One of the recipes I’ve been wanting to try for a while is the miso-citrus (or more precisely, miso-ponzu) marinated roasted chicken from Ming Tsai’s Simply Ming (see http://ming.com/foodandwine/recipes/season-1/roasted-miso-citrus-chicken.htm ).  Obviously, it’s important to make the marinade for the dish; the online recipe for the marinade can be found at: http://www.ming.com/foodandwine/recipes/season-1/miso-citrus-marinade.htm The only change I […]

Iron Chef Chen’s Stir Fried Shrimp And Peas

It’s been a while since I made anything from Iron Chef Chen. So my wife and I looked through Chen-san’s book. We finally settled on his Stir Fried Shrimp And Peas since it looked like a dish – non-spicy – something off the norm for Iron Chef Chen.  When we looked at the recipe, it […]