Tiny Test Kitchen

Sometimes in amongst all the stews, soups and braises of this time of year you want something a little lighter, a little fresher tasting… Which is where this dish comes in. While this dish from the super fancy restaurant Nobu is as easy as pie it looks fancy and tastes like it was far harder […]

In a more than disturbing turn of events, when C and I first began dating I asked him whether he liked fish. Sushi is an all time passion of mine (it’s also pretty much the only thing I can eat whenever I am hungover – I know, it’s weird), so I knew that if this […]

The hubbie was out of town last night so I did what every girl wishes she could do on a nightly basis… wear her sweats, eat chicken wings and watch Gossip Girl! While I do adore fried chicken wings dripping with buffalo sauce, I a) do not want the house to smell of fried foods […]

As promised in yesterday’s post, Japanese Style Salad Dressing, here is a recipe for a delicious Seared Tuna Salad. This salad is an easy make-it-yourself restaurant style dish. I have so often ordered salads so similar to this in Japanese restaurants and never really thought about making one at home until I saw a gorgeous […]

Even though it sounds remarkably boring of me, one of the things that I look forward to most when eating out at Japanese restaurants is the salad. The vegetables used in the salad are not usually particularly interesting, although I do love the shredded carrots that are sometimes put in, it is the dressing takes […]

My hubby and I love Chinese food, the flavors, the sauces, the succulent roasted ducks, suckling pig, fire grilled beef. However, we do not often like the places that serve them. In New York there are some excellent Chinese restaurants but none near us so if we want to get our Chinese food fix we […]