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
art cheap chefs forced
Chefs are artists, and I couldn't be happy with my art if I was forced to use cheap ingredients.
I started cooking when I was 18 years old, and now I have restaurants all over the world.
cutting frying machines pan
My cooking is very simple, so I don't really use machines at all. A knife, cutting board, frying pan and strainer are my essentials.
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.'
business greenwich knows niro opened partner robert york
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.
choose easy eat food good noodles soothing soup
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.
When I'm in L.A., I go to Spago because the chef is a friend of mine.
movies rather stay
Cooking and film are completely different - but I'd rather stay in the kitchen than be in movies.
chef fish fresh spot sushi
A sushi chef has to spot the best-quality fresh fish instantly.
eat home meal salad soup
I always eat a meal at home before I leave for the airport, so I only eat the soup and salad on the plane.
mexico
Have you ever been to Mexico City and haggled with the locals over souvenirs? Well, in Peru, you had to negotiate like that to get the freshest fish at the market.