Saturday, October 5, 2013

Japanese Tacos

Webster's Dictionary defines the word taco as "a Mexican food that consists of a folded and usually fried piece of thin bread (called a tortilla) that is filled with meat, cheese, lettuce, etc." Gordon Ramsey's Ultimate Cookery Course defines it as "a toasted corn tortilla" and adds wasabi to the list of ingredients. Apparently, good Mexican food is even harder to come by in England than it is in Seattle.



All the components of this dish were pretty simple to make.

Step 1: Fry up the steaks and leave them to rest in a miso marinade.



Step 2: Prepare the pickled cabbage.



Step 3: Add a dollop of wasabi to some mayo to give it a little kick



Step 4: Fry the tortillas and wrap them around a rolling pin; "in this form they are called 'tacos.'" Thanks, Gordon. Also, this didn't work.



Step 5: Slice the meat while somehow keeping your fingers crossed that it's not totally rare inside...hey, it could have been worse!



Step 6: Put everything together to make something that resembles a taco and enjoy!



There's a reason you don't see Japanese food and Mexican food together very often. The flavor combination was...interesting. It's not really something I'm dying to try again soon.

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