Anticucho Skewers (aka Nobu Anticucho Kushiyaki)

I hadn’t played with anticucho for a while and I thought it might be nice to do an anticucho kushiyaki dinner one evening.  Since the kushiyaki ‘recipes’ were not in any of the Nobu books, I called Matsuhisa, LA @ 8:30pm EDT 25 May 2013 and had quick conversation with Executive Chef Yasuhiko Homma,  Matsuhisa-sama’s […]

Crisp Pan Fried Asian Noodles (aka Crisp Pasta Cake)

I’d been long inspired to make a crisp pasta cake after reading the recipe for “Rossejat De Fideus Eldorado Petit” in the May 1992 issue of Gourmet Magazine (p.173).  I was further inspired by NYC’s Chinatown restaurants’ crispy pan fried noodles that I had had when I was growing up. So recently, I tried my […]

Jody Adams’ Warm Asparagus Spears With Aged Gouda, Sherry Vinaigrette And Truffle Oil

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/nobus-asparagus-with-red-grainshiro-miso-dressing-and-black-pepper-crusted-chilean-seabass-with-balsamic-teriyaki-sauce/ I wanted to do a new dish for my wife as part of her birthday dinner.  So I decided to surprise her with Chef Jody Adams’  Warm Asparagus Spears dish from her book In The Hands Of A Chef (p. 80). As I had mentioned in an earlier post, I’d […]