Creating a DISH/MENU from START to FINISH

What should you keep in mind when writing a menu or combining flavors or utilizing certain ingredients? These are a few tips I've picked up along the way not just through my time in restaurants but through my own pop up events.

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[rf]

Roasted corn with coconut milk and saffron purée smear, with pan seared scallops and cilantro oil dots around. Tiny bit of smoked paprika over the scallop.

[ThomasShue]

That little notebook, you should scan it to a PDF and offer it for sale.

[dgraham]

Thanks for the great video! My corn dish would be brown-butter corn aerated cake with roasted strawberries and lime whipped cream with candied basil leaves. For the cake, I'd brown butter then soften the corn in it, puree it. Whisk eggs, sugar, salt then add milk and flour and corn puree. Put in Isi siphon then into cups and microwave. For strawberries, hull and cut into fourths. Put in baking dish, sprinkle with sugar, lemon juice, add a spent vanilla pod and bake till very soft but still holding shape. Then add lemon zest and stir to cool down. For lime cream, add cream, creme fraiche, sugar, lime zest, bit of lime juice to chilled bowl, whisk. Coat basil leaves in whipped egg white and finely granulated sugar and dry on wire rack til crisp. Plate dish by tearing cake into irregular chunks, scattered on plate with strawberries strewn about with loose quenelles of whipped cream and a few basil leaves on top.

[jayasetiawan]

I have been a chef for a 2 years now, am loving it..feeling more inspired after watching a couple of your videos. your channel is very insightful (: keep up the good work

[jonathanfriedman]

Cast iron seared scallops with acorn squash “pudding, ” charred corn salsa, fines herbes beurre blanc, and rosemary oil

[fatsaxcat]

For those curious about sweetened savory cuisines, Vietnamese cuisine tends to a true balance including sweet. So. Much. Palm sugar!

[garygonzalez]

I would roast the corn and with the husk I would toast it till it’s char, with that char I would make a aioli with it with cumin and garlic and lemon juice. Plate the roasted corn of the cob on a smear of the the char husk aioli and top off with queso fresco and Tajin. (Mexican spice which we use on our street corn)

[darint]

Wow, am I behind. I just found this channel looking for this specific thing. Immediately subbed. Thanks for the info.

[obuibodj]

Speaking of constraints, Ezra Pound wrote, "Poetry is a centaur." Anyone can learn to take their time and fire and arrow at their leisure. That's prose. Poetry requires you to adhere to forms; you have to fire an arrow whilst having the lower body of a horse. Constraints give shape to your ideas, so they don't spill out entropically, and working inside of them gives a context to your creation.

[MrCodyBlaine]

Hey Justin! I’m really enjoying your videos. This one, in particular, I’m definitely onboard with. Acidity is THE crucial element in the balance of flavors. Growing up in Tennessee, in the BBQ country between the Carolinas and Memphis, absolutely hammered the importance of smoke and vinegar into my palette early on. Having cooked my way through the belly of New Orleans for the last decade has also reinforced this concept, in that nearly every traditional New Orleans dish would not be complete without a lemon wedge and a bottle of hot sauce.

Thanks for taking the time to do what you do, on top of what you actually do. Big ups, man! Top notch.

[mihir]

For starters I would cut strips/pieces of the corn off the cob and char half of them and season. I would then steam the other half, toss them in bit of unsalted butter and season. I would also grate and lightly toast some coconut. Next I would dice up some avocado, halve some cherry tomatoes and chop up some cilantro. I would combine all these ingredients in a bowl, squeeze in some lime juice, and season with salt and pepper (maybe a touch of cayenne or other spicy chili powder depending on the crowd). Serve this with a couple of simple shrimp skewers (shrimp, garlic, salt and pepper) for a great "summery" lunch.
This one is theoretical only. I really want to try it out now though.

[recchem]

You just hit on everything I'm going through and doing right now. Just got my first head position and am doing my first own tasting dinner Monday. 2 days ago made the whole menu and was very overwhelmed and didn't know what to do. Decided on a fusion dish. For one of them and it came out great! Thai peanut curry arancini. Thanks for the video

[thealize]

You're a very smart person. And obviously have passion.

[chefhomeboyardee]

Tortellini filled with corn and crab (scrape cobs for milk and heat till thickened add crab, chives, s and p and mount with buerre served with charred tomato and horseradish sauce maybe some grilled corn planks for garnishing. Just popped in my head. Used to make it in Portland Maine at Back Bay Grill.

[sianiswack]

Many many many words. Thanks for the concepts, they're very helpful. I'm dying for powdered tomato on umm some kind of corn and tuna chowder with parsley. Somewhere radish

[anirudhakapadia]

Justin, you are one of the smartest people I many ideas, so many tips, my mind is blown.

[matthewreeks]

This whole video was made because Justin needs an idea for a new corn dish.

Well struck sir.

[prasannp]

Being in the pleasure business is the perfect way of putting it.

[TheCooksTV]

@Justin Khana ur videos are an inspiration man keep it up your enthusiasm reinvigorates my passion for cooking thanks man

[thicatarinozzi]

justin, thanks for the video! i was looking all day for a video that explain about the combination of all 5 tastes. Can you do a video about texture for the food? how to play with liquid, solid, soft, crunchy and others if any. Thank you again