Chef Lewis Lin Credit: Faiyaz Kara Juju chef/owner Lewis Lin is at the forefront of dry-aging fish in this city. Much like dry-aging steaks, dry-aging fish zaps the meat of its moisture, residual blood and slime, thereby neutralizing any fishy odors while amplifying its flavor.
On Wednesday nights, Lin stages a “Nigiri-Kase” — a multicourse dinner spotlighting dry-aged fish. The meal begins with two or three otsumami (small plates) highlighting seasonal seafood and ingredients, followed by seven courses of dry-aged nigiri, then soup, a rice dish and, finally, dessert.
Cost is a very reasonable $100, or $150 with a sake flight. Resys can be made on Resy .
Here’s the visual proof of one of these incredible seafood affairs we recently indulged in.
Japanese sea snail, shochu, fermented chile (L); Kumamoto oyster, caviar, negi sauce Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Chawanmushi with uni, chive dashi, organic Happy Egg, shiitake Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Australian king prawn with torched shiso butter Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Lin presenting dry-aged madai (Japanese sea bream) Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Seven-day aged madai with house XO sauce Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Lin presenting kinmedai (pink snapper) Credit: Faiyaz Kara
14-day aged kinmedai with ginger-scallion sauce Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Lin presenting akoudai (red rockfish) Credit: Faiyaz Kara
14-day aged akoudai with fermented bacon jam Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Lin presenting onagadai (long-tailed red snapper) Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Seven-day aged onagadai with bird’s eye chile Credit: Faiyaz Kara
21-day aged sakura masu (sakura salmon) with shaved truffles and truffle honey Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Lin presenting otoro (fatty tuna) Credit: Faiyaz Kara
49-day aged fatty tuna with kimchi puree and pickled fennel Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Fish sukiyaki rice and miso soup Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Castella made with shrimp paste, fish paste, Japanese yam and Happy Egg Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Black sesame cheesecake, soy bean sorbet, okinawa brown sugar cream Credit: Faiyaz Kara
Sake flight (Tokubetsu Junmai, Katsuyama Ken Junmai Ginjo, Oze No Yukidoke Junmai Daiginjo, Amabuki Himawari Junmai Gingo Nama, Hakkaisan Snow-Aged, Three-Year Yukimoro Junmai Daiginjo) Credit: Faiyaz Kara Coming soon: Orlando Weekly Daily newsletter. We’ll send you a handful of interesting Orlando stories every morning. Subscribe now and don’t miss a thing. Follow us: Google News | NewsBreak | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
This article appears in Mar 29 – Apr 4, 2023 .
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