Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Nobu cod

12-08-2010 Wed. cold, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed mustard green buns
AFTERNOON-TEATIME
--- apple | roasted mountain walnut
DINNER --- chili pickled napa cabbage | Si-chuan style spicy eggplant with shiitake and tomato | miso and mirin marinated and broiled cod fillet | rice | wine





  • Nobu did not invent the recipe of grilled black cod with miso, but made it hugely popular in the US. Black cod is not in the cod family!
  • this experiment is done with regular east coast cod, a thinner part of the fillet near belly. the fillet is marinated in sea salt first for a couple of hours, then wrapped in the mixture of white miso and mirin and marinated for 2 days. since no slow grilling tool is available, the fish is broiled under high heat for 15 minutes till brown.the result is satisfactory, subtle salty-sweet flavor and firm-flaky texture