Following up from after the visit to Hinodeya in August 2025 Rundown - found fresh ogo at LT Marukai and made poke with some of the trimmings they had (hamachi and faroe farmed salmon)
Really delicious!! Color changes when it’s blanched. I was scared about the bite when it was raw, but blanching it tamed it a little. Tastes like the sea a little bit. Trying to perfect my homemade poke game – not a big fan of the heavy shoyu-based styles, trying to watch the sodium. This was actually a low-carb poke bowl: lil portion of microwaveable oat-konjac rice (lol ) and cabbage. V good!
Vegetarian Wellington Filet with Red Cabbage Salad - the puff pastry was filled with a duxelles/farce made from cremini mushrooms, onions, garlic, walnuts, hazelnuts, parmesan, mustard and thyme and topped with portobello mushroom caps. Served with a simple salad of red cabbage, parsley, olive oil and verjus
Shio Koji-Marinated Flank Steak with Grilled Brussels Sprouts with Honey-Lemon Vinaigrette (both recipes from CI) - flank steak gets marinated with some shio koji for 7 hours (to get a flavor similar to an aged steak), heated in the oven and finished with a quick pan-sear. Brussels sprouts get nearly quartered (too enlarge surface area) and wet-brined. Steamed on the grill in an aluminum foil pouch and subsequently directly grilled to brown. Served with some not-homemade roasted potatoes with pesto
saw san ho won (or na oh?) do a north korean kimchi jigae with baek kimchi as a special so i guestimated w/ the addition of sansho (is a present ingredient in korean food). lightly fried an aromatic base w/ scallion, ginger, garlic and toasted sansho + peppers. did the pork belly separately using the prd chicken poaching method cause i like a little crunchiness in my fat and warmed it through in the broth to absorb the flavors. real winner
little collection of marinated jimmy nardellos and habanadas, perilla kimchi, and zucchini cucumber perilla mayo salad w/ lemon basil and elephant garlic
Spaghetti Grape-Carbonara with Basil from an essen & trinken recipe - really nice summer take on spaghetti carbonara. The carbonara is done in a classical way with pancetta, shallots, pasta water, eggs and egg yolks and parmesan. It is served with halved red grapes which are sautéed in butter and finished with verjus until dry (which gives a nice fruity, yet slightly sour component) and marinated basil (mixture of basil, olive oil, honey and verjus)
Americans and Germans do all sorts of things, but classic carbonara is made from pasta, guanciale, eggs or egg yolks, Pecorino Romano, pasta water, and black pepper.
Daktoritang or Spicy Korean Braised Chicken and Vegetables based on a recipe from Milk Street - chicken thighs get marinated a mixture of gochujang, rice vinegar, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, garlic, scallion whites and ginger. Afterwards cooked with potatoes, carrots and some water in the pressure cooker. Finished with some toasted sesame seeds and oil and scallion greens. Served over rice
Yesterday’s egg white excess from spaghetti carbonara become coconut macaroons based a recipe from Alice Medrich - egg white, coconut flakes, sugar, vanilla extract and salt get heated in a water bath, cooled down, portioned and baked in the oven
Gruene Pfanne with Pork Tenderloin - pfanne is a broad term in German of dishes/dinner cooked in a pan (and “Gruene” is just “green”). Often the meat is cooked first, followed by vegetables, then everything is mixed together and some kind of sauce is added in the end. Here thinly sliced pork tenderloin is first quickly sautéed, then a mixture of zucchini, green bell peppers, red onion, garlic, scallions and ginger. And everything is finished with cilantro and a sauce made from soy sauce, honey and mustard
Frisée Soup with Royal Corona Beans and Country Ham from the “Bean Book” by Steve Sando - made with Rancho Gordo royal corona beans, country ham, leeks, frisée, garlic, thyme, red wine vinegar, bean cooking broth and finished with some parmesan
Vietnamese Chicken Salad from Dinner by Recipetin - mix of poached chicken breast, napa cabbage, red onion, red bell pepper, cucumber, carrot, Fresno chili, mint, cilantro and peanuts. Vinaigrette made with fish sauce, avocado oil, lime juice, rice vinegar, sugar and garlic
Spiced Turkey Burger with Mango Chutney from an ATK recipe - patty is made with ground turkey, melted butter, worcestershire sauce, garam masala and cayenne pepper. Assembled with greek yoghurt, lettuce, red onion, mango chutney and cilantro. Served with fries
Fresh Turmeric and Peppercorn Curry with Shrimp and Asparagus from Comfort by Ottolenghi - first you prepare the curry base by pureeing reconstituted dried red chilies, toasted white peppercorns and coriander seeds, shallots, garlic, fresh turmeric and cilantro stems. Then the paste gets roasted in coconut cream until nicely browned. Once done, you add coconut milk, light brown sugar and fish sauce and subsequently quickly cook asparagus, asparagus tips and shrimps. Served over rice and topped with a cucumber and ginger relish made by marinating overnight cucumber, ginger, fresno chili, cilantro stems and leaves in a mix of rice vinegar, water and sugar
) and cabbage. V good!
