Iron Chef Chen Fried Rice

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/on-suimono/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/chawanmushi/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2017/10/21/revisiting-an-old-family-grilled-marinated-chicken-recipe/ Over the years, I’ve eaten my fair share of fried rice when I’ve gone out to a chinese restaurant for dinner.  While my wife was away helping her mother, I decided to revisit my food memories to see if I could learn to make a better […]

Ingredient Alert: Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener Is Available Retail

Star Market Auburndale, MA is currently stocking Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener and mentioned that this will be a regular item.

Nobu Toro And Wasabi Pepper Sauce

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/toban-yaki-nobu-style/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/wasabi-pepper-sauce/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/on-cooking-otorotoro/ ..My toro steak…is equally delightful with my versatile Wasabi Pepper Sauce…especially when served with plain short grained rice. – Nobu: The Cookbook, p 96 It’s a little bit funny about the toro dishes I’ve made over the last several years and not having tried the […]

Potato Wrapped Shrimp, Iron Chef Sakai-Style

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/menton/ (Kataifi Wrapped Langoustine) * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/arctic-char-with-morimoto-sauce-american/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/stretched-grilled-shrimp-nobashi-ebi-yaki/ In 2004, the season finale of Iron Chef America//Battle Of The Masters featured a dish from Iron Chef Sakai which was potato  wrapped langoustines with pan grilled green onion and sauce americaine ( http://www.geocities.ws/gsnnreality/ironchef/index ).  Nine years later I would see another […]