The other day at Greenmarket Stephanie at Blue Moon pointed me the fish which I have never seen and tasted before in my life. “It is Jack. Usually we see this fish in the water around Florida. They swim up at particular time of the season to north. We do not catch not many of them. Just a few seem to make to our water.” The fish looked gorgeous, being covered with attractive golden yellow hue. I was interested in the flavor. Stephanie went on: “The meat is...
Read MoreShort Attention Span in the Kitchen
After our meal at recette (West village restaurant) tonight Buzz has asked Chef Schenker why the dishes on the menu are all in small dishes, even including the ones like rabbit stew ($26; from the price I thought that this is a substantial rabbit stew dish, but it was not) and quail dish ($23; from the price I did not expect that the dish came only with half tiny bird). Chef’s answer was “I got board tasting a dish which has more than a couple of bites.”...
Read MoreWNYC Friday around 5:44pm
WNYC All Things Considered Last Chance Food on shiso. If you can listen to my segment on FM93.9 on September 13th. The air time is around...
Read MoreWant to Take a Japanese Cooking Course? Here You Are!
Hiroko is repeating the popular Japanese Cooking Course, Essentials of Japanese Cuisine, at International Culinary Center, New York City, this coming October. The Course runs from October 3rd to October 7. It is 5 (five) day, intensive course. The class hour is from 9am to 2pm. You can find the details of the class description at https://hirokoskitchen.com/classes-and-culinary-tours/. Here are some additional info. The course covers from introductory to Japanese cooking, to...
Read MoreTasting Menu? I Avoid It.
I got tired with a chef’s grand “Tasting Menu” which I was eager to try in the past years. Maybe because of my age, or I do not find a philosophy behind these tasting menus as I do in the Japanese Kaiseki meal. Too many numbers of too small dishes served sequentially are not meal for me. I do not need an experience meal. I need a real meal. So, I stopped going to the place where they serve tasting dishes. Last night we made a reservation at Fish & Game...
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