Iron Chef!
The team:
- Shanti Rao
- Chi Wang
- Martha Kirouac
- Jason Cohen
The theme:
The arsenal:
- Spicy beef and cucumber hand rolls
- Cucumber-ginger drink (Cook grated ginger, honey,
sugar and water. Strain and chill. Add cucumber juice.)
- Cucumber noodles in peanut-chili sauce with napa
cabbage and crispy noodles (Salt and dry 6 small
cucumbers; combine with 6 small carrots and 3 scallions.
Mix together peanut butter, soy, minced garlic, sesame
oil and chili paste. Fry ramen in peanut oil; add
sesame seeds, scallions, napa cabbage, vinegar, sugar,
salt and pepper.)
- Hot Schezuan scallops in puff pastry with cucumber Raita
- Cucumber-lemon soup (Combine cucumber juice, honey,
lemon and lemon sorbet.)
The verdict:
2003
The team:
- Shanti Rao
- Hideo Mabuchi
- Rebecca Schulman
- Adeline Seah
The theme:
The arsenal:
- Pan-seared scallops with lobster mushrooms and golden beets
- Sweet corn and chanterelle salad with butter and herbs
- Oyster mushrooms with asparagus and bell peppers
- Shiitake mushrooms and fava beans in a ginger-soy dressing
- Mussels with enochi in black bean sauce and mango chutney
- Shrimp with bacon and morels in a light cream sauce
- Wood ear and daikon soup, flavored with parsley root and leeks
Whose cuisine reigns supreme?
Do we eat like this every day?
- No, usually we only have 1-2 complex dishes and
2-3 simple side dishes at a Prufrock dinner.
last updated: September 17, 2003