Nobu Matsuhisa
Nobu Matsuhisa
Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisais a celebrity chef and restaurateur known for his fusion cuisine blending traditional Japanese dishes with Peruvian ingredients. His signature dish is black cod in miso...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth10 March 1949
CountryJapan
kids players sushi
You know how kids dream of being soccer players or actors? Well, my dream was to be a sushi chef.
In Tokyo, we have more three-star Michelin restaurants than Paris.
people
People eat the chicken, people eat the beef, they still say, 'Don't kill the fish.'
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When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual.
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My business partner Robert De Niro knows a lot about hotels; he opened the Greenwich Hotel in New York City.
I want to always keep going. I don't want to ever stop.
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I like both potatoes and rice. You can do a lot with both of them. But if I could eat only one carbohydrate for the rest of my life, I wouldn't choose bread, potatoes or even noodles. I'd go for rice instead; I eat more of that than anything else.
change country moscow traveling
Cooking is like fashion. Always, I like to try to change. If I'm traveling in a different country - to Australia, the Bahamas, Budapest, Moscow - and I see a new ingredient, I like to try it in a new dish.
french hot sushi
Sushi is something very exclusive. It is not like a McDonald's, not like a hot dog, not like a French fry. It's very high-class cooking in Japan.
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I eat soup noodles for comfort. In fact, noodles of any kind. It's a food that is very easy to eat; it's very soothing and comfortable, too. If I could choose any, I'd say buckwheat was my favourite: it has a very good flavour and is healthy, too.
art experience
Making sushi is an art, and experience is everything.
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What I relish most is when a member of my staff, who has worked with passion and patience towards achieving their dream of owning a restaurant, walks up to me and says, 'Nobu! I have done it!'
chef fish fresh spot sushi
A sushi chef has to spot the best-quality fresh fish instantly.
cabbage chopped fish kitchen meat people serve work
One day, the people who work in my kitchen stir-fried chopped Napa cabbage to serve with some meat or fish for their own dinner. I got to thinking: 'What if the cabbage was the most important thing on the plate?'