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
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In the morning and the end of every day, I thank that I'm alive.
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I used to watch my mother cooking when I was a child; she influenced me a lot.
I started cooking when I was 18 years old, and now I have restaurants all over the world.
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Chefs are artists, and I couldn't be happy with my art if I was forced to use cheap ingredients.
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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.'
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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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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.
When I'm in L.A., I go to Spago because the chef is a friend of mine.