Michiba Onigiri

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com –* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2021/07/10/michiba-furikake/ So this evening, to end dinner, I thought I’d take my small bowl of rice and attempt to make an onigiri, Michiba-style. I got a 1/2 cup of warm water into which I dissolved 1/4 t of sea salt. I then loaded my plastic onigiri mold with the rice and […]

Michiba Rockfish/Red Sea Perch Nitsuke With Udo And Tofu

Discovering the new Iron Chef Michiba youtube recipe videos was very much like having a new Michiba cookbook. After recently trying the cabbage recipe, I was eager to try another cooked dish from the Iron Chef. The next recipe that I considered approachable was his simmered rockfish dish (found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXyR5Q8BO9k ). I was fortunate […]

Iron Chef Michiba’s Ponzu Mayonnaise Dressing

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/roasted-chilean-seabass-with-michiba-kanpon-vinaigrette/ Recently, I was unable to persuade my wife to try any kind of raw napa for salads from Iron Chef Michiba. I still wanted to try to make something from that video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKcrW_au_xU . Going through the video, I could just make out the comment that Michiba-sama said […]

Michiba Cabbage Sautee With Pork Belly

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2021/07/10/michiba-furikake/ I was eager to apply Iron Chef Michiba’s furikake to his cabbage sautee dish after seeing the video instructions for the dish at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIQbkQpsHHY . In addition to the furikake, the recipe called for: Pork rose (pork belly?): 150g == 5 1/3 oz, thinly sliced as for shabu shabuCabbage: […]

Ingredient Alert: Conger Eel/Anago

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/nobu-seared-chilean-sea-bass-with-truffle-mirin-and-soy/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/nobu-hakuni-style-simmered-anagosawara/ This past week my wife found frozen unflavored conger eel fillets in the freezer case at HMart Burlington. Conger eel is better known as anago when found on Japanese cuisine menus. This is what the product looked like: …and so I decided to make a version of the […]

Michiba Furikake

So as I mentioned recently, Iron Chef Michiba has begun providing a video guide to his cooking style/skills on youtube. One of his fundamental tricks is making furikake. That technique can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcExzZJ4Ei4 Using the metric conversion tools over at google, the furikake recipe turned out to be: 20g Katsuobushi1 T + 1 […]

Iron Chef Rokusaburo Michiba – Providing A Guide To His Cooking Style

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 on dishes for an Iron Chef match Just a note to those interested: It appears that Iron Chef Michiba has recently started recording various recipes/techniques in a youtube channel. […]