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 […]

On Chili Garlic Sauce

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com –* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/nobu-steamed-bass-with-vegetables-and-spicy-garlic-sauce/ Recently my wife alerted me to some issues with chili peppers from Asia. Essentially, we ended up dumping all of our Korean chili flakes (gojugaru) and chili paste (gojujang). Moreover, she was extremely suspicious and also wanted to dump our jar of Lee Kum Kee chili garlic sauce which I’d […]

Amazu Ponzu From Nobu Now

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/nobu-miami-branzino-tempura-with-florida-amazu-sauce/ I recently had been thinking about the concept of hassun and what I could use as the sea portion of an appetizer selection. It had dawned on me that Matsuhisa-sama made the remark in his Nobu: The Cookbook that “…I like seaweed, so I serve it in salad and […]

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 […]

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. […]