Ingredient Alert: Tilefish (Amadai)

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/morimoto%E2%80%99s-sweetfish-and-rice-red-snapper-and-rice-two/ …Third, I included at least one dish that a layman could prepare. I wanted the viewers to think, “I can prepare that too.“…  -Iron Chef Rokusaburo Michiba I recently got inspired to cook tilefish and wanted to make tilefish rice (like the one prepared by Iron Chef Michiba [less […]

Lemonade/Yuzu-ade

…Jackson took a short drink, then turned his head, said, “ahhhgggg, it is so sweet. Too much sugar. Always the problem with my esposita’s–(lemonade)…” –Gods And Generals After a long day, sometimes I just want something bright, cold and refreshing.  I can’t begin to count how many times I’ve gotten a commercial lemonade, lemon/lime soda […]

Burger Wars: The Sauce

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/matsuhisa-slider-tofu-buns/ So for Superbowl Sunday, my wife and I thought we’d do burgers for dinner.  And in keeping with the spirit of the occasion, I thought I’d make a little competition of it.  Back in 2011, there was something of a taste test between some popular burgers (see http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/05/in-n-out-vs-five-guys-vs-shake-shack-the-first-bi-coastal-side-by-side-taste-test.html ).  Shake […]