Preparing Bottarga/Karasumi

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/recreating-a-matsuhisa-omakase-dish/ So I had vacuum-packed bottarga/karasumi from Taiwan that I had stored in my freezer.  And since I was out of my last batch of bottarga from Boston’s North End, I wanted to prepare the karasumi from Taiwan for use (i.e. grate and store in glass containers) in future dishes. […]

Hamachi (Yellowtail)/Toro/Salmon With Jalapeno

So I had a lot of circular slices of jalapeno and cilantro leaves leftover from the arroz con frutas de mer meal from the other night and I didn’t want to let them go to waste.  What to do?  Well, what came to mind was doing Nobu’s Toro/Hamachi With Jalapeno and Yuzu Soy (the recipe […]

Another Sample Weekly Menu

So here’s another sample menu of what my wife and I planned/prepared for the week of 14 Apr 2013! Su Mackerel Shioyaki And Vegetable Salad  (Nobu West) Sherry Vinaigrette Mo Morimoto Hayashi Stew “Loco Moto”       (Morimoto: The New Art Of Japanese Cooking) Tu Shrimp With Tamari Sichuan Soy               (Nobu Hong Kong Style) Scallion Julienne, Cubanelles […]

Mackerel Shioyaki And Vegetable Salad From Nobu West

Sakana Shioyaki (aka literally fish, salt-grilled) is a traditional Japanese method to cook fish.   I’ve done it many times before. This time I was curious to see what the combined flavors with a sherry vinaigrette dressed salad from Nobu West‘s recipe (p. 180) would be like. Basically the recipe is set up in two parts […]

Ingredient Alert: Strauss Brands Glace De Veau

Previously, on tastingmenu,wordpress.com * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/ingredient-alert-5/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/morimotos-loco-moto-at-home/ I was sad about the departure of Perfect Additions’ products.  One of the things that attracted me to that product was that Perfect Additions’ beef stock used beef that was guaranteed to be fed a diet that included NO ANIMAL BYPRODUCTS. Since then, I’ve been hunting around for […]

Ingredient Alert

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/chicken-stock/ Sigh. This is just one of those things about which I don’t like having to write. Recently, I’ve been having problems locating Perfect Additions stocks in my neck of the woods. This past weekend, I discovered my last Whole Foods source was no longer carrying the Perfect Additions line.  I […]

Salt Baked Chilean Seabass/Black Cod

Over the years, I’ve watched a number of the original Iron Chef episodes where either an Iron Chef or challenger has made something called “salt crust grill”.   The instances of the dish looked interesting enough that I really wanted to know what it tasted like.   A few years ago, the Intercontinental Hotel opened a branch […]