One of my favorite pieces of flesh to grill is a Kurobuta Pork Chop (aka Berkshire Pork). Those pigs are so tender and juicy, enough to make a fat man drool. About the only place I can regularly find Kurobuta is at Mitsuwa, so I almost always grab some when I’m up there. This time [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Grilled Kurobuta
Posted in Home Cooking, swine, tagged berkshire, bok choy, corn, enoki mushroom, fish cake, garlic, ginger, kurobuta pork, mirin, mitsuwa, mixed greens, mustard, olive oil, onion, peas, pork chop, sake, soy sauce, tomatoes, white rice on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gyu-don
Posted in beef, Home Cooking, tagged beef, beer, carrots, celery, corn soup, cucumber, garlic, ginger, gyu-don, hijiki, japanese, mirin, mitsuwa, mixed greens, onions, phalis, rice, salad, soy sauce, sugar, thai basil on September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s my first attempt at making Gyu-don, Japanese simmered thinly sliced beef with onions on rice. It’s surprisingly simple to make, yet full of flavor and easy on the wallet. The trick is to get the beef sliced as thin as deli meat. You can get it at Mitsuwa, but I’m not sure where else [...]
Camping Soba
Posted in Home Cooking, tagged cabbage, camp fire, carrot, fried tofu, mushroom, onion, propane burner, soba, starved rock, tempurpedic on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My wife and I went camping at Starved Rock a couple of weeks ago. Unsure of the grill situation at the campsite we decided to bring our little propane burner. While they had a grill, I’m glad we brought the burner so we could use the grill as a campfire and keep the flames high [...]
Sweetbreads of Sepia
Posted in Restaurant, tagged andrew zimmerman, blueberry, bourbon, buttermilk ice cream, camelized peaches, chantrelle mushrooms, cherries, chicago, chocolate, cobbler, dolcetto d'alba, douro valley, duck, fennel, foie gras, foodie, frisee, gizzards, glands, green onions, grits, gruet blanc de noir, kendal duque, marcona almond, orange, pecans, pork porterhouse, portugese wine, pound cake, Restaurant, ricotta, scallops, sepia, serrano ham, sunchoke, sweet corn ice cream, sweetbreads on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was my 33rd birthday. My wife and I use birthdays as excuses to enjoy finer dining than a typical eve. Last night she took me to Sepia, a place that we’ve wanted to go to for quite a while now. While I would have liked to try Kendal Duque’s cooking, new Executive Chef [...]
