On Demand Gochujang

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2017/04/24/nobu-toro-rossa-sauce/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/reproducing-michibas-korean-style-monkfish-stew-pot/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2021/05/15/a-dinner-idea-inspired-by-lamb-ribchops-morimoto-doha/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2024/03/09/on-chili-garlic-sauce/ In the continuing quest to replace my chili products, I now needed to find a way to make gochujang paste with my recently acquired package of Lakehouse Farms Gochugaru. I suppose I was in the same situation Matsuhisa-sama was in when he first went to Peru […]

A dinner idea inspired by Lamb Ribchops, Morimoto Doha

So I was thinking about how to change things up a little bit with another new dish for dinner.  I was thinking about lamb with Iron Chef Morimoto’s scallion ginger sauce when I happened upon a video from his Doha restaurant (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLBzq5CVKw4).  In that video, he handles a half rack of lamb (as separate […]

Reproducing Michiba’s Korean-Style Monkfish Stew Pot

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2019/03/23/michiba-style-ozoni-with-noshi-meringue-mochi/ I included at least one dish that a layman could prepare. I wanted the viewers to think, “I can prepare that too.“…  -Iron Chef Michiba As the weather was starting to turn gradually colder, I was thinking of trying a new warming stew for dinner.  What to make?  I […]

Nobu ‘Toro Rossa’ Sauce

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/nobu-style-saikyo-miso/ This weekend, my wife suggested we do at-home-korean-bbq with an eye to the fact that the restaurants in the area were going to be crowded due to the Easter occasion and the 2017 Boston Marathon.  While I knew korean bbq used ssamjang and salted sesame oil dipping sauces, I […]