Archive for December, 2014

‘Fast’ Hatcho Miso Chocolate Pudding

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/theme-and-variations-miso-fudge-brownies-soba-salsa/ So I wanted to make a dessert to end my family’s 2014 Christmas meal. I wanted to do something relatively easy and I thought about doing A hybrid recipe based on Nobu Miami Miso Chocolate Mousse & NYTimes’ Mark Bittman’s Cornstarch Pudding Recipe.  Mark Bittman’s constarch pudding base recipe […]

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Christmas Dinner 2014

So how do I celebrate Christmas at home…?

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I got a Christmas present!

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/morimoto-nyc-3 (26 Dec 2014) My wife and I recently had an omakase bar dinner at Morimoto NYC.  One of the courses (course #4) was the torched spanish mackerel ‘sashimi salad’ with shungiku, house cured shaved katsuo,   house cured shaved karasumi,    freeze dried tofu, shichimi mentaiko and  mortadella oil: I […]

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…and sometimes I just want comfort food: Ocha Zuke, Matsuhisa-style

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/nobu-weekend-dinner-at-home Sometimes I want something simple, either to finish a meal or as a little something to address that “I’m a little bit hungry”.  When I was in college, I was sometimes able to get a packet or two of Nagatanien chazuke mix for a bowl of rice with hot […]

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