For Four:
2/3 Ib Chicken Thighs
1 T Salted Lemon
4 Japanese turnip
1/2 Onion
1 Stalk Celery Continue reading
Pot-au-few with Salted Lemon Chicken
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Heirloom tomato soup
Colorful and cool Heirloom tomato soup. It can be a good appetizer or a dessert. For a dessert you can make it sweeter but this recipe brings luscious tomato flavor.
For 4~5:
1 Ib Heirloom mini tomato Continue reading
Mango Asian Salad
You can replace mango with peach if you prefer. You don’t need to pre-make this dressing. You can just mix them in.
For Four:
1 Mango
1 Tomato Continue reading
Steamed Pomfret with celery and pickled plum
This is something similar dish I had in a Thai restaurant. The key ingredient is Salted Plum ( Ume Boshi) and vegetables in this dish are not garnishes but they are good. I suppose you can make this dish with any kind of white meat fish.
For 4~5: Continue reading
Avocado and Tuna Poke
Avocado and Tuna is a great combination. Place a big scoop of Poke on the bowl of rice would make a satisfying meal of Poke-Don. Rice can be either regular white cooked rice or slightly vinegared rice. Continue reading
Marinated Fennel with Lemon
This is a good side dish for meat or fish but it is a good accompaniment for a glass of white or sparkling.
For 5~6:
1 bulb Fennel
1/2 Lemon
12 seeded olives Continue reading
Herring Marinade
Herring Marinade is something you want to keep in your refrigerator all the time. It would keep for a couple of weeks one you make one. This Herring and a glass of Chablis will give you a good start for the evening.
For 4~5:
2 Fresh Herring Continue reading
Smoked Salmon Salad with Grapefruit Dressing
Grapefruit Dressing for Smoked Salmon Salad
For 3~4:
1/4 Ib Smoked Salmon
1 Oz Watercress
1/4 Onion Continue reading
Pickled Bitter Squash and Pear
This is a perfect combination right in between the two seasons, the end of the season for Bitter Squash and the early season for Pear. Pickled them together for Umami, mild bitterness and sweetness.
For Four:
1 Bitter Squash Continue reading
Baba Ganoush
Baba Ganoush, father of pestle. It is a great mashed Eggplant dish for a vegetable dip, for bread or simply a side dish for meat or fish.
For two ~ three:
2 Eggplant
2 T Sesame paste or Tahini Continue reading