Archive for October, 2012
Dashi Soy
Posted by tastingmenu in Fundamentals, Morimoto At Home, Nobu At Home on October 31, 2012
Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/on-dashi/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/basho-omakase-30-apr-2010/ One of the sauces that I’ve been wondering about for a while has been the dashi soy that was served with the fresh tofu course at Basho. I understand it also accompanies the table side fresh made tofu dish at the Morimoto restaurants. I finally came across […]
Nobu-Style Paella from Nobu West
Posted by tastingmenu in Nobu At Home on October 29, 2012
Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/morimoto%E2%80%99s-sweetfish-and-rice-red-snapper-and-rice-two/ While I was at Matshisa, LA in Oct 2009, I had an omakase offering of the brown rice paella, presented in a tobanyaki dish. The online recipe can be found here – http://books.google.com/books?id=wPMvfj0W7isC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA189#v=onepage&q&f=false I should note that there appears to be a mistake in the recipe; I believe the […]
A few notes about Nobu
Posted by tastingmenu in Matsuhisa, LA, Nobu At Home on October 26, 2012
Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/matsuhisa-la/ I recently came across a few interesting pieces of information at http://agendabeijing.com/nobumatsuhisa/ – Here are two interesting excerpts: Which of your restaurants is your favorite? I opened my first restaurant in Los Angeles. It’s my favorite, Matsuhisa…When I travel to different cities, someone always treats me. Dinners, hotels, drivers… […]
French Laundry Staff Meal Salad Dressing
Posted by tastingmenu in ThomasKeller At Home on October 19, 2012
Sometimes at lunch, I really just want a nice salad. Unfortunately, a lot of places offer commercially prepared salad dressings whose flavors sometimes leaves something to be desired. Over the years, I’ve been making salad dressings from cookbooks (such as Nobu, etc) and bringing them to work and dressing salad ingredients form the campus cafeteria. […]
Tori Kawa Yaki (Grilled Crispy Chicken Skin)
Posted by tastingmenu in HomeCooking on October 16, 2012
Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/a-simple-chicken-stew/ As I mentioned earler, my wife had hurt her ACL, so I’ve stepped in to help out with meals and cleaning. So last night (13 Oct) was sawara kabayki don and roast cauliflower with jalapeno dressing. I thought I’d change pace tonight (14 Oct) and do a simple chicken […]
A Saturday Evening Dinner
Posted by tastingmenu in Nobu At Home on October 15, 2012
Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/kabayaki-mackerel-don * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/steamed-lobster-with-nobu-sauces * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/roasted-hake-with-nobu-chili-red-onion-salsa A couple of days ago, my wife injured her ACL and was hobbling around. To cheer her up, I thought I make a nice dinner for a cold Saturday New England night. I thought I’d make Nobu Mackerel Kabayaki Don, Roast Cauliflower Nobu-Style and cinnamon […]
Reproducing Nobu Intercontinental Hong Kong’s Sweet Corn And Scallop Salad
Posted by tastingmenu in Nobu At Home on October 8, 2012
So as part of dinner this past Saturday night (6 Oct 2012), I thought I’d do an appetizer. I remembered seeing an item on the Nobu Hong Kong menu when the restuarant first opened (http://hongkong-intercontinental.jp/pdf/dining_pdf/nobu/dinner_menu.pdf). The item was Sweet Corn And Scallop Salad With Yuzu Dresssing (see http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaxiubao/1419807381/). Looking the picture, I thought to myself, […]
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