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Monkey bread - En-tete

Authentic American Monkey Bread

A pull-apart sweet bread made with tender pieces of dough rolled in cinnamon sugar and coated in buttery caramel. You pull off one piece, then another, and the caramel clings to your fingers. Beneath the golden ring are soft, fluffy bites infused with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon, pulling apart […]

Sauce ranch - En-tete

Authentic Ranch Sauce

A fresh, creamy homemade ranch sauce made with mayonnaise, buttermilk, dried herbs, garlic, and onion. A good ranch sauce should be fresh, creamy, and flecked with pepper, with enough acidity to taste bright and enough richness to work equally well as a dressing or a dip. It’s all about balance: […]

Tortilla espagnole de Betanzos coupee en parts, coeur baveux visible

Authentic Spanish Tortilla

Betanzos-style Galician tortilla : potato, egg, olive oil, and salt, with no onion and a deliberately runny center. Cut through the golden surface and the center spills open : a glossy stream scented with olive oil, flowing across the plate before the first bite. In Betanzos, Galicia, that is exactly what a […]

Gaspacho andalou (gazpacho andaluz) - En-tete

Authentic Andalusian Gazpacho

A raw, ice-cold Andalusian soup : very ripe tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, and stale bread, blended then passed through a chinois. It’s too hot to cook, your appetite has vanished, and yet a well-chilled glass of gazpacho goes down in one gulp. Ripe tomato comes first, round and sweet, then Sherry vinegar […]

Patatas bravas - En-tete

Authentic Patatas Bravas

Crispy patatas bravas topped with a silky paprika-and-garlic brava sauce, just like in the bars of Madrid. The plate lands on the counter, the red sauce still warm on top, with a caña on the side. You spear a piece with a toothpick : the edges crackle, the center is creamy […]

Malai Kofta - En-tete

Authentic Malai Kofta

Tender paneer dumplings in an ivory cashew sauce, the great vegetarian classic of Mughal banquets. Malai Kofta is what you order when you’re craving comfort rather than heat. The sauce arrives pale, almost ivory, scented with green cardamom and kasuri methi crushed between your fingers. Beneath it sit the dumplings, […]

Dakdoritang - En-tete

Authentic Dakdoritang – Korean Braised Chicken

A Korean braised chicken dish seasoned with gochugaru, simmered with potatoes, carrots, and rice cakes, and served in the center of the table. The pot lands in the center of the table, red with gochugaru, and the steam carries garlic and scallions through the room. The chicken has braised on […]

Matsutake Suimono - En-tete

Matsutake Suimono – Clear Japanese Mushroom Soup

A clear Japanese autumn soup, a crystal-clear dashi infused with matsutake. Steam rises from a covered lacquered bowl, carrying all of autumn: pine needles, warm spices, damp earth. Beneath the lid, the broth stays perfectly clear, barely touched with gold. A single mushroom is enough to scent the whole soup. […]

Authentique Nikujaga - En-tete

Authentic Nikujaga

A Japanese stew of thinly sliced beef or pork, tender potatoes, and onion in a delicious sweet-savory broth In the pot, soy sauce deepens the color of the broth, while mirin rounds out its edge. The potatoes slowly absorb this sweet-savory liquid, along with thin slices of meat, soft onions, […]

Cong You Bing - En-tete

Authentic Cong You Bing (Scallion Pancakes)

Ultra-crispy Chinese scallion pancakes, rich and succulent thanks to a lard filling, then finished in the oven for the perfect texture. You smell it before the pancake even arrives : scallions sizzling in hot lard on a blazing iron griddle. The cong you bing browns and blisters, and the first bite […]