How To Properly French Kiss
The only way to truly french kiss is to kiss a French person. “French lips are softer and warmer than the lips of people of any of other nationality” (April 2007 issue of Nature.)316 That’s why nobody “American kisses” or “Chinese kisses,” as a rule. Everyone aspires to “French kissing.” My newest dish, The Softest French Kisses, which can be found on page 5 of the menu, has captured much of the sensual pleasures of french kissing; it is soft, luscious and warm.
For those of you who have never french kissed, The softest French Kisses will be almost as good an introduction to french kissing as the real thing. It is a warm sashimi of scallops in a light oyster sauce. Sashimi is traditionally served cold. I wanted to create a warm sashimi without the traditional soy sauce; inspired by my Chinese side, I chose an oyster sauce. I slowly simmered the plumpest local oysters, caramelized brown sugar, salt and potato starch until it glistened like amber. Adding sake, ginger, garlic and scallions complete this rich Cantonese-styled sauce.
The recommended method of eating this dish is to slowly and sensusally rub the scallop once around your puckered lips then, finally, sucking it into your mouth with a popping sound.
