Friday, October 08, 2010

Chef Takashi Yagihashi


This is Chef Takashi Yagihashi who was born in Mito, Japan (one hour north of Tokyo), but now lives in Chicago, Illinois and he started cooking when he was 16 years old. He is a James Beard Award winning chef, restaurateur, and author of "Takashi's Noodles". He received many awards, but the James Beard Award was the highest award that a chef could receive. His restaurant is "Takashi Restaurant" located in Chicago, Illinois where he creates French-Japanese fusion cuisine.


He hosted a cooking demonstration and book signing yesterday evening at the Macy's store in Pasadena, CA. While he is quite well-known to many people, I personally have never heard of this chef before, and I was interested in seeing his demonstration. He was entertaining and the demonstration was definitely very interesting. He cooked two dishes ("Pork Spareribs" and "Sweet and Chili Shrimp") for the audience, and the guests were able to sample each dish to all of which were very delicious. Each guest in attendance received two recipe cards; one for the Pork Spareribs and one for the Sweet and Chili Shrimp.

Pork Spareribs; click here for recipe

Sweet and Chili Shrimp; click here for recipe

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