Morimoto’s Ranch Dressing

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com –* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/vegetable-marinated-fish-nobu-style/ So this weekend, I wanted to make my take on Nobu’s umami chicken wings. In preparation to make that dish, I saved up all my vegetable scraps, peels and trimmings to make his umami marinade. And into that marinade went about 1.5 lbs of chicken wings. However, I observed that […]

Sauce Zugoise

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/savory-custards/ If memory serves, back in 1991, I was fortunate enough to visit Lucerne and walk the grounds of Tribshen. While visiting this Swiss city, I stayed at Hotel Wilden Mann (https://www.wilden-mann.ch/en).  While there, I had the opportunity to enjoy, as I understand it, a dish particular to that region […]

Nishino Fruit Gratin With Umeshu Sabayon

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com –* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/scrambled-eggs-aka-les-oeufs-brouilles/ Seeing how my family liked desserts that had an oven component to them, I decided to think about what to make for next holiday season. It then occurred to me that there had been a dessert I had been looking at for a long time but never had the nerve to […]

Christmas 2023

Planning the 2023 New Years Eve Menu

Seared Faux-kimoKarashi su miso, tonburi konbujime vegan caviar Nobu Tomato Ceviche Seared Crisp Skin SnapperMorimoto piri piri sauce, frisee Grilled Wagyu Asparagus ‘maki’ wrapsMorimoto Soy Garlic Jus, Morimoto ingen (string beans) no goma-ae “Shadow of the lobster”Lobster stock reduction ‘espresso’, salted nanbu senbei Nigirisea bream/lemon juice/salt, bonito/ginger/scallion, soy yuzu marinated yellowtail/jalapeno, ikura gundam, uni gundam […]

Nobu Seafood Sliders

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/matsuhisa-slider-tofu-buns/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/burger-wars-the-sauce/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2021/05/30/nobu-umami-ketchup/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2023/07/15/planning-the-christmas-2023-menu/ So in preparations for the Christmas omakase holiday meal, I needed to learn how to make my fish course offering of: Nobu Tokyo seafood/shellfish slider  Nobu tofu bun, crisp onions,  glazed shiitake, butter lettuce,  truffle mayo, umami ketchup,  cornichon pickle I was lucky to have the following web resource with […]

Morimoto’s Cuttlefish Katsu And Gorgonzola Sauce

Previously on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/savory-custards/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2020/09/19/nobu-creamy-spicy-tartar-sauce/ So I recently re-viewed an Iron Chef Morimoto contest featuring cuttlefish. What got my attention was the cuttlefish katsu with shredded cabbage and a ‘gorgonzola sauce’. (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUI6bUeppHI starting at time index 19:25) That sauce looked really familiar until I remembered Morimoto’s Tempura from his Morimoto: The New […]