Tartare

Tuna Tartare is fresh, and full of tang with a nice kick of jalapeno to finish.

Citizen Smith Restaurant- Celebrity Hotspot Los Angeles 2006

I’m always happy to make it; Aqua’s Tuna Tartare is delicious.

Seven Seafoods 2007: Recipe for Tuna Tartare with Mint, Sesame Oil, and Hot Peppers (Ταρτάρ Τόνου) Laurie Constantino 2007

I’m always happy to make it; Aqua’s Tuna Tartare is delicious.

Archive 2007-12-01 Laurie Constantino 2007

First course at the opening luncheon was Nobu Matsuhisa's Yellowtail Tartare with caviar.

Jay Weston: Hotel Bel Air Reopens... And the Swans Are Back! Jay Weston 2011

That luncheon featured a Yellowtail Tartare with Caviar from Nobu Matsuhisa, a Twice-Baked Upside Down Cheese Souffle from Francois Payard, Paul Bartollotta's Penne al Ragu di Crostacei and we owe him an apology for writing that he had left the Vegas Wynn Hotel; he is still there and running his superb restaurant.

Jay Weston: Hotel Bel Air Reopens... And the Swans Are Back! Jay Weston 2011

We went on to the Beef Tartare ($13), with water lettuce (mustard leaf), water chestnuts, spicy herbs, nuoc leo (Vietnamese peanut condiment, here powdered), and something called chlorophyll sauce, an intriguing version and very tasty.

Jay Weston: Good Evening Vietnam: Red Medicine Is Here Jay Weston 2011

We went on to the Beef Tartare ($13), with water lettuce (mustard leaf), water chestnuts, spicy herbs, nuoc leo (Vietnamese peanut condiment, here powdered), and something called chlorophyll sauce, an intriguing version and very tasty.

Jay Weston: Good Evening Vietnam: Red Medicine Is Here Jay Weston 2011

I had lunched there with Bernie Weinraub some months ago and came away with memories of one dish, the Napoléon Tartare $28, an ethereal dish of hand-sliced steak tartare gently seasoned and formed into a rectangle, then layered in the center with a spread of caviar.

Jay Weston: Petrossian Caviar's Restaurant Is Affordable, Excellent Jay Weston 2011

On my next visit, with a large group: Crispy Spring Rolls filled with Dungeness crab; Beef Tartare, and the traditional Vietnamese Banh Mi $15, a sandwich of foie gras and pate de campagne, two of my favorite delicacies.

Jay Weston: Good Evening Vietnam: Red Medicine Is Here Jay Weston 2011

On my next visit, with a large group: Crispy Spring Rolls filled with Dungeness crab; Beef Tartare, and the traditional Vietnamese Banh Mi $15, a sandwich of foie gras and pate de campagne, two of my favorite delicacies.

Jay Weston: Good Evening Vietnam: Red Medicine Is Here Jay Weston 2011