At Wednesday’s state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, diplomacy will be served with nods to Japanese ingredients.
The plate setting and menu during Tuesday's media preview for the state dinner on Wednesday. of those pink-festooned cherry trees that serve as the most famous representation of his country’s ties to the United States.
But he’ll still see plenty of evidence of American and Japanese cultural solidarity — and flowers aplenty — on the tables at Wednesday’s White House state dinner held in honor of him and his wife, Yuko Kishida. The White House on Tuesday held a preview of the dishes and decor that will greet guests at the Wednesday fete, which first lady Jill Biden promised will be “meaningful and memorable.” Guests dining beneath silk butterflies from the two countries are meant to understand the subtext: “As our nations navigate the winds of change, we do so together as partners in peace and prosperity,” Biden said.
A dish for Wednesday’s dinner that epitomizes that approach is the appetizer, which White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford said was inspired by a California roll — a menu item you’ll find on most stateside sushi joints that isin the Golden State. “It’s been such a wonderful innovation of both countries, culinarily,” Comerford said of the “iconic” roll.
Shout-outs to Japanese cuisine continue in the main course, a rib-eye steak accompanied by a butter flavored with an ingredient you often see on both Japanese and American menus: blistered shishito peppers. The accompanying fricassee of springy morel mushrooms and fava beans will be served with a sesame oil sabayon, an intriguing-sounding sauce that marries the Asian flavor of sesame with a classic French preparation typically found in the dessert course.
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