The Philosophy of Grilled Beef and Cheese Tacos

BLUE ENTRANCE KITCHEN (BEK)
The Grilled Beef & Cheese Taco is a seemingly very quiet menu item.

However, the taco is also the dish that requires the most skill and judgment.
The key is the fireplace.

Why did you choose "subtractive tacos"?

The Grilled Beef & Cheese Taco is a composition of intentionally stripped down elements. It would be easy to layer on flavor with seasonings and ingredients, but BEK chose not to. To create a state where the ingredients themselves speak for themselves, the precision of the heat is all-important.

Burning is not "baking" but "waiting.

BEK's concept of fire-roasting is more than just heating. The surface is burned, the heat is transferred to the interior, and the residual heat is used to finish the product. It is the control of this time axis that is important. If the timing of removing the meat from the fire is not right, the meat will become tough at once. Good judgment is required to wait for the optimum moment.

Cheese is not "melted" but "melted together".

Cheese does not just need to be melted at a high temperature. The temperature of the beef, the state of the fat, and the residual heat of the tortilla. By placing the cheese at the moment when all of these factors converge, the cheese serves to bind the ingredients together. Aim for a moment when it is neither too melted nor too hardened.

Philosophy of fire-working produces "quiet aftertaste

The flavor is not flashy, but rather a delicious taste that slowly spreads with each bite. The lingering taste of the Grilled Beef & Cheese Taco is quieter the more precisely it is cooked. A feeling of "it was just right" after you finish eating. That is the result of BEK's fire-roasting philosophy.

The Grilled Beef & Cheese Tacos are,
The simplicity of this dish makes it impossible to lie.

BEK puts into this dish his philosophy that cooking is a series of decisions rather than techniques.