Archive for July, 2023
A note on vegan dashi
Posted by tastingmenu in Fundamentals, HomeCooking, Morimoto At Home, Murata At Home, Nobu At Home on July 30, 2023
Recently, I was asked a question about how to prepare Japanese dashi for vegans. As it would turn out from Yoshihiro Murata of Kikunoi, he clearly states in his Kaiseki cookbook (for his Kikunoi restaurant) that he uses 30g (1oz) of rishiri konbu (the konbu used by Iron Chef Michiba & Iron Chef Morimoto). He […]
Yuzu, Mottainai
Posted by tastingmenu in Fundamentals on July 30, 2023
Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com –* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2022/12/15/nobu-now-yuzu-miso-sauce-aka-yuzu-su-miso-a-technical-note/ A lot of recipes I’ve run into call for yuzu peel, yuzu juice. Generally speaking, I’ve only seen the yuzu fruit for purchase during post Thanksgiving season. While I know each yuzu fruit only provides a small amount of juice, I had to ask, “wouldn’t it be nice if I […]
Japchae
Posted by tastingmenu in Fundamentals, HomeCooking, Nobu At Home on July 24, 2023
So my wife and I have been having ongoing conversations about japchae for a while and I decided I was going to try my hand at making it. Chef Baek Jong Won had an example that was close to what I remember having at the local Korean restaurants in the greater Boston area. Chef Baek’s […]
Planning the 2023 Christmas Menu
Posted by tastingmenu in HomeCooking on July 15, 2023
Nobu Hearts of palm/asparagus pasta garlic olive oil, santaka togarashi, dry miso Nobu Tokyo shellfish slider Nobu tofu bun, crisp onions, glazed shiitake, butter lettuce, truffle mayo, umami ketchup, cornichon pickle Nobu Dallas NZ Lambchops rosemary miso, shishito Miso Soup namekotake 7 fish chirashi Blue Ginger Lychee Cranberry Salsa Shortcakes French Laundry Dessert Buttermilk Shortcake Biscuits, sweet vanilla whipped cream
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