Masaharu Morimoto
Masaharu Morimoto
Masaharu Morimotois a Japanese chef, best known as an Iron Chef on the Japanese TV cooking show Iron Chef and its spinoff Iron Chef America. He is also known for his unique style of presenting food...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth26 May 1955
CityHiroshima, Japan
CountryJapan
fighting roots soul
I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.
airplane
I dont eat anything on an airplane.
color years sushi
I've been making sushi for 38 years, and I'm still learning. You have to consider the size and color of the ingredients, how much salt and vinegar to use and how the seasons affect the fattiness of the fish.
ingredients refrigerators almighty
I always have dashi in my refrigerator - it's the almighty Japanese ingredient.
home soy-sauce use
I buy soy sauce and flavor it five different ways: with sake, mirin, sugar, kombu and bonito flakes. I use them on lots of dishes at home.
hard-work home wife
Because I'm a chef, I eat out frequently, so it's hard for me to control what I consume in terms of calories. But when I'm at home, I eat what my wife cooks for me. She works hard to avoid making foods that are high in calories and cholesterol, so most of the time, she makes vegetarian dishes.
soup way noodles
Ramen is a dish that's very high in calories and sodium. One way to make it slightly healthier is to leave the soup and just eat the noodles.
grateful japan earthquakes
On behalf of my native Japan, I am grateful to the culinary community and hospitality industry for working together to raise much-needed funds to aid the tsunami and earthquake victims.
soul dishwashers your-soul
You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!
baseball dream team
When I was a kid, I have two dreams. I want to be a baseball player. Hometown, Hiroshima, has a Japanese baseball franchise team called Hiroshima Carps. You know, and then I want to be a sushi chef. I want to make own restaurant - sushi restaurant.
knives kitchen kitchen-knives
A kitchen without a knife is not a kitchen.
cooking want way
No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.
study cooks
Cook more often. Don't study; just cook.
thinking knives people
A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you don't have to buy the knife I have. You don't have to train as long as I have. You can do my cooking in your kitchen.