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Makoto is located on MacArthur Boulevard NW in Washington, D.C. I keep hearing about Japanese restaurants not being “the real thing,” and I’m psychologically disappointed to be missing out on what might actually be. With a trip to Japan out of the question in the near future, I’m always on the look out for more authenticity. While […]
Filed by MessyChef at March 28th, 2008 under Asian, Restaurant Review
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Umi Bistro restaurant is a new Japanese restaurant off W. Broad Street in Richmond’s far west end, across from the Short Pump mall. While Umi features sushi as the star, for my first visit, I steered away from the seafood and instead tried one of their signature entrĂ©es: Plum Duck. Before I get into the food, I […]
Filed by MessyChef at March 22nd, 2008 under Asian, Restaurant Review
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Avocado & Crab Salad with Champagne-Chive Vinaigrette and Oranges Sourdough Toast with Honey Butter Moist Kalbi Beef Shortribs with Scallions and Garlic Baby Bok Choy in Miso-Honey Glaze Rum-Raisin Aborio White Chocolate Pudding Salad The dinner started out with a recipe I found from my Williams-Sonoma Entertaining cookbook, then I augmented it to my own tastes. The key to the whole […]
Filed by MessyChef at March 2nd, 2008 under Asian, In the Kitchen
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For this year’s Chinese New Year, we made a variety of dishes we decided upon earlier this week. Scallion Pancakes Egg Drop Soup Fried Dumplings 8-Treasure Rice Dessert I used all the right ingredients, but strayed too far on the technique. These were lackluster, for sure. But the sauce I made was delicious. I used reduced soy sauce, balsamic glaze, […]
Filed by MessyChef at February 9th, 2008 under Asian, In the Kitchen
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Back in the summer of 2005, I visited Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s restaurant on Chestnut St. in downtown Philadelphia. (Other links of interest are a Wikipedia article on Iron Chef, and another on Moriomoto; here’s a link to his restaurant, proper.) The establishment opened several years ago, and when it did, I was excited. […]
Filed by MessyChef at January 1st, 2008 under Asian, Out-of-Town
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