Archive for November, 2021
Quick Technical Note: On Shaping Jam/Jelly Spheres
Posted by tastingmenu in Fundamentals, HomeCooking, Nobu At Home, Uncategorized on November 28, 2021
While playing around in my kitchen this weekend, I thought I’d try to determine what it would take to make unadorned spheres of preserves such as jam/jelly. I really didn’t want do go down the route of molecular gastronomy. So I stashed a small jar of seedless raspberry jam into my freezer and let it […]
Thanksgiving 2021
Posted by tastingmenu in HomeCooking, Michiba At Home, Morimoto At Home, Nobu At Home on November 26, 2021
Nobu Nori TacoNobu Spicy Guacamole, tobiko “Hassun”Blanched Shrimp, Morimoto Stained Glass Sushi, napa kimchi genmai tortilla cup Lomi Lomi Smoked Salmon, Nobu-Stylewasabi marinated smoked salmon, sweet onion, grape tomatoes, black tobiko ‘Shaved’ Saladgreens, daikon, radish, cucumber, carrot, Benihana ginger dressing HamachiNobu Genmai Salsa Roast Duck Breastcroissant, tianmenjang, shredded cucumber, shredded scallion Suimono Rice bowl chirashitako, […]
Michiba Karaage Sauce
Posted by tastingmenu in Michiba At Home on November 23, 2021
While I was reading up on Iron Chef Michiba’s karaage video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHuw11dFziU ; there is an English version in that youtube channel ), I noticed that he mentioned creating that sauce to go with the dangerous puffer fish (aka fugu). Fortunately, a safe substitute turns out to be kawahagi (‘filefish’). So I thought I’d […]
A technical note on pan grilling lobster
Posted by tastingmenu in Fundamentals, HomeCooking, Nobu At Home, RonSiegel At Home, ThomasKeller At Home on November 18, 2021
Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com –* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/crispy-skin-chicken-nobu-style/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/nobu-scampilangoustine-with-spicy-lemon-garlic-sauce/ So I found some packages of 4oz lobster tails in my freezer and wondered what to do with them. It then occurred to me that I could try pan grilling those lobster tails for supper. What I had in mind was a variant of the Nobu Now Ise Lobster […]