Nobu Matsuhisa
Vorlage:Use mdy dates Vorlage:More citations needed Vorlage:Infobox chef Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa (松久 信幸 Matsuhisa Nobuyuki; born March 10, 1949) is a Japanese celebrity chef and restaurateur known for his fusion cuisine blending traditional Japanese dishes with Peruvian ingredients. His signature dish is black cod in miso. He has restaurants bearing his name in several countries. He has also played small parts in three major films.
Biography
Nobu was born in Saitama, Japan. When he was seven years old, his father died in a traffic crash, and he and his two older brothers were raised by his mother. Immediately following the death of his father, Nobu began to travel the world. Over the next decade, while being raised by his mother, Chef Nobu experienced many cultures and witnessed first hand the reaches of poverty and hunger. His experience influenced his efforts later in life to give back to communities through his business ventures. [1]
After graduating from high school, he worked at the restaurant Matsue Sushi in Shinjuku, Tokyo, for seven years and was invited by a regular customer, who was a Peruvian of Japanese descent, to open a Japanese restaurant in Peru. In 1973 at age 24, he moved to Lima, Peru and opened a restaurant with the same name of Matsue in partnership with his sponsor. Nobu was unable to find many of the ingredients he took for granted in Japan and had to improvise, and it was here that he developed his unique style of cuisine that incorporated Peruvian ingredients into Japanese dishes.
He later moved to Alaska, and opened his own restaurant, but about two weeks after the grand opening there was an electrical fire and the restaurant burned down.[2]
In 1977, he moved to Los Angeles and worked at Japanese restaurants "Mitsuwa" and "Oshou." In 1987, he opened his own restaurant "Matsuhisa" on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.[3]
Acting
Nobu has had small roles in three major films: in Casino (1995) alongside his business partner Robert De Niro, in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).[4][5]
Hotels
Vorlage:As of there are twelve Nobu hotels in several countries, with six more planned.[6]Vorlage:Non-primary source needed
Criticism
Nobu restaurants sell Atlantic bluefin tuna, an endangered species.[7][8] As a result, from press and campaigning pressure, they offered to add a warning on their menu, but this was considered inadequate by conservationists to help the spiral of demand and market price that leads to overfishing.[9][10][11]
Books
- Nobu West. 2007, ISBN 978-0-7407-6547-6.
- Nobu: The Cookbook. 2001, ISBN 4-7700-2533-5.[12]
- Nobu Now. 2005, ISBN 0-307-23673-0.
- Nobu Miami: The Party Cookbook. 2008, ISBN 978-4-7700-3080-1.[13]
- Nobu's Vegetarian Cookbook. 2012, ISBN 978-4-89444-905-3.
- World of Nobu. 2019, ISBN 978-4-7562-5147-3.
- Nobu: A Memoir. 2014, ISBN 978-1-5011-2279-8.
See also
References
External links
- ↑ Paige Mastrandrea: Chef Nobu Matsuhisa On His Expanding Empire And How He’s Cementing His Legacy. In: Haute Living. 21. Februar 2018, abgerufen am 6. September 2020.
- ↑ Nobu's Matsuhisa Turns 30: An Oral History of the Sushi Restaurant Where Tom Cruise Couldn't Get In Michael O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, June 2, 2017
- ↑ Michael O'Connell: Nobu's Matsuhisa Turns 30: An Oral History of the Sushi Restaurant Where Tom Cruise Couldn't Get In. In: The Hollywood Reporter. 2. Juni 2017, abgerufen am 6. Juni 2017.
- ↑ Japan's culinary king takes on the world. In: CNN. 8. März 2007, abgerufen am 16. August 2019.
- ↑ Nobu Matsuhisa Filmography. In: British Film Institute. Abgerufen am 16. August 2019.
- ↑ Nobu Hotel Collection. In: Nobu Hotels. Abgerufen am 20. August 2019.
- ↑ Failure to act will push bluefin tuna fishery to extinction. Iucn.org, 26. November 2008, archiviert vom am 4. Juni 2011; abgerufen am 28. April 2011.
- ↑ The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. Iccat.int, 9. November 2010, abgerufen am 28. April 2011.
- ↑ Greenpeace Article on Nobu. Greenpeace.org.uk, 12. April 2011, archiviert vom am 15. Januar 2011; abgerufen am 28. April 2011.
- ↑ Charles Clover: Robert De Niro's restaurant chain sells endangered tuna In: The Daily Telegraph, September 6, 2008. Abgerufen im April 28, 2011
- ↑ Martin Hickman: Bluefin tuna – with a guilt trip thrown in In: The Independent, May 27, 2009. Abgerufen im April 28, 2011
- ↑ Nobu The Cookbook , Kodansha International. Kodansha-intl.com, 19. Juli 2001, archiviert vom am 15. August 2009; abgerufen am 28. April 2011.
- ↑ NOBU Miami , Kodansha International. Kodansha-intl.com, 1. November 2008, archiviert vom am 15. August 2009; abgerufen am 28. April 2011.