Asian Tapas and Wild Sushi: A Nibblers Delight of Fusion Cooking [Paperback]

Trevor Hooper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 1998

ASIAN COOKING JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT WILDER!

Take the most tasty, exotic ingredients from East and West, mix in a batch of finger foods and appetizers, and watch as the flavors explode. Drawn from the kitchens of Vancouver's popular Raku restaurant, Asian Tapas and Wild Sushi dishes up some of the most innovative and delicious tidbits around. Dip in and find a cuisine that will intrigue, excite, and satisfy your taste buds.

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Trevor Hooper of Raku Restaurant in Vancouver, B.C., shows how to add Japanese izakaya to the Spanish tapas, Mediterranean mezze, and Chinese dim sum already in your repertoire of small dishes from around the world. In Japan, izakaya are served at pub-type drinking halls. Hooper creates his own wildly eclectic versions, using a fusion of European and Asian techniques and ingredients, along with spot prawns, salmon jerky, and other uniquely local items from the Pacific Northwest.

Recipes are grouped by the four seasons and presented in sections titled "Looking East" and "Looking West." Orange-Spice Lamb Shanks, Asparagus with Mustard Butter, and herbed new potatoes steamed in butter and garlic found in the "Looking West" sections require ingredients stocked at most local supermarkets, but Asian ingredients are needed for many of the Eastern-style dishes, from fresh Chinese vegetables to tamarind paste, mirin (Japanese sweet cooking wine), and other staples. The sushi section focuses on maki, rolled sushi. Many use cooked ingredients in the filling, as in the Chicken Satay Sushi Roll.

Reach for this book when you want to give your taste buds a treat and apply your kitchen skills in new ways. --Dana Jacobi

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"Trevor's passion and knowledge of 'fusing' the freshest and most powerful ingredients and flavors from around the world are brilliant!" -Diane Clement, author of Diane Clement at the Tomato and Fresh Chef on the Run

"This is the most imaginative book I have yet seen on the joys of fusion cooking." -James Barber, author of The Urban Peasant

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha USA; First Printing edition (April 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568362153
• ISBN-13: 978-1568362151
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,435,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Try it and you'll love it, May 26, 2000

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Ringoringo (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Asian Tapas and Wild Sushi: A Nibblers Delight of Fusion Cooking (Paperback)

I am very fond of appetizers or small portion of food before the meal. While I was in Spain, I had the opportunity to sample some tapas, that's why I wonder about this book on asian tapas. So I bought the book and sample some of the recipes. My comment on the recipes is excelent, no wonder some of their (Raku restaurant) customer keep coming even from the other part of the world. BTW, this book is the recipes of the Raku restaurant in Vancouver. And even if the book mention Asian, some of the recipes originated in non asian countries like Berebere from Ethiopia or confit of duck from France.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly is a Nibbler's Delight, May 24, 2010

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Captain Katie (Long Beach, CA and the Sunny Caribbean) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asian Tapas and Wild Sushi: A Nibbler's Delight of Fusion Cooking (Paperback)

On the cover of this wonderful cookbook of recipes from Trevor Hooper's Raku Restaurant are the words "A Nibbler's Delight of Fusion Cooking". I'm an old fashioned cook so I don't know about fusion in cooking, I always thought that had something to do with Neutron bombs or unlimited energy for free, but I do know good cooking. And let me tell you, you will not be disappointed in anything this book has to offer.

I've done the Yucatan Salmon with Tomatillo Sauce on page 69 and I have to tell you, this is a dish that had my mama drooling, and she is the queen of Mexican cooking. Oh yeah, it's hard for her to admit that lil old Katie can match her when it comes to serving up a mouth watering dish, but I did it last night and you can impress your mama or mama-in-law or the best man in your life if you get this book and serve up some of the Nibbler's Delights found inside.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great recipes - shame there's no pictures, April 28, 2006

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This review is from: Asian Tapas and Wild Sushi: A Nibblers Delight of Fusion Cooking (Paperback)

Luckily as a one time professional cook my imagination can fill in the blanks. For others this could be a reason not to purchase this book. It has lots of exciting & different ideas. It would be great to see what the author & chef came up with from a presentation perspective to compliment these recipes. It's a wonderful book and I hope the lack of visuals won't deter the more adventurous out there..