Rock Shrimp Tempura From Nobu Now

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com –* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2024/03/17/nobu-creamy-spicy-scallops-dynamite/ My wife loves pasta.My wife loves shrimp.My wife loves tempura.Oh my. So I finally decided to go ahead and make the Rock Shrimp Tempura with Creamy Spicy Sauce from Nobu Now (p. 106, 108) as a dinner entree. It was interesting to compare the ingredient list from here: https://www.noburestaurants.com/home/nobu-at-home-2/rock-shrimp-tempura-with-creamy-spicy-sauce-2compared to […]

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 […]

Nobu Creamy Spicy Scallops “Dynamite”

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/bluefish-and-creamy-spicy-sauce/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2024/03/09/on-chili-garlic-sauce/ Given the recent scramble in replacing a number of my store bought chili products, it occurred to me the best way to test my microbatch of Nobu Miami chili garlic sauce recipe would be make Matsuhisa-sama’s Scallops With Creamy Spicy Sauce from Nobu: The Cookbook (p. 36,37). In […]

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 […]

Applying what I’ve learned: Faux-kimo With Tonburi And Karashi Su Miso

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/matsuhisa-la/ (27 Dec 2007)* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/nobus-daikon-fauxfoie-gras-revisited/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/world-of-nobu-kampachi-miso-ceviche-nobu-san-diego/ During this Labor Day weekend, I was looking ahead to the holidays; pondering a vegan surprise to my New Years Eve omakase meal. What I had in mind was creating a play on Matsuhisa-sama’s signature Monkfish Pate With Caviar And Mustard Su Miso from […]

A preview of Thanksgiving 2023

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/nobus-daikon-fauxfoie-gras/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/nobus-daikon-fauxfoie-gras-revisited/* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2019/09/28/boiled-anago-sawara-nobu-style/

World Of Nobu: Baby Corn With Yuzu Miso Aioli, Nobu, Los Angeles

Since I’d gotten a copy of the World Of Nobu, I’d been pondering how/when I could make the Baby Corn With Yuzu Miso Aioli, (p. 272,273) offering that was inspired by elotes. Part of the issue in understanding in how to make the recipe was understanding what the essence of the Yuzu Miso Aioli was. […]