Chef JJ Johnson’s Field Trip To Malliouhana

Chef JJ Johnson has made a reputation for himself in New York. With a flagship Harlem restaurant, Fieldtrip, based in 2019 that includes signature bowls, he’s definitely made a splash. It’s not simply bowls to JJ, his focus goes all the best way to the land the place the meals is farmed utilizing rice as a leaping off level to start out a type of scrumptious neighborhood targeted discourse. His mantra, ‘Rice is Tradition’ was born out of Chef JJ’s “realization that rice connects us and will be discovered on the middle of tables in nearly each neighborhood. For us, rice is a journey to new elements of the globe.”

Which is why his restricted chef residency at Malliouhana, Auberge Resorts Collection looks like a pure match. The 12 months lengthy residency dubbed the Taste of Auberge: Flavors of Malliouhana will function a number of cooks in a 12 months lengthy collection of choices. Chef JJ’s residency options a number of methods to have a good time together with his go to to Anguilla a nod to the worldwide neighborhood he cultivates. Malliouhana’s mission is to carry the very best of Anguilla to the island’s guests by melding the native components with impressed new takes. As the primary chef within the vaunted residency, Chef JJ brings Fieldtrip’s mission to the island which incorporates utilizing native seafood sourced instantly from the fishermen.

Whereas the Taste of Auberge: Flavors of Malliouhana, will run with Chef JJ on the helm till April eighth with a slew of proficient cooks on deck to marry the vastness of worldwide flavors with native components. The kick off occasion, a Rum & Recess Bonfire, included skewered and chargrilled native shrimp, chopped kale salad and braised oxtail dumplings. To clean it down, the McBride sisters personal choices of Black Woman Magic wines and rum tastings because the solar set. The celebration was filled with beachside bliss, artisan rum, and even a stay cooking demo the place Chef JJ broke down a domestically caught Caribbean fish-of-the-day which was shortly remodeled into blue coconut milk ceviche. Whereas the partnership was a no brainer for the chef whose menu attracts upon the Caribbean flavors current in his personal upbringing, the white sand and crystal blue skies felty like a pure accompaniment.

A observe up Seaside Get together at Leon’s on Meads Bay saved the celebration going with yakitori-style nibbles and signature cocktails. Stellar views paired with stellar meals and loads of areas to linger till well past sundown. Sunday introduced a sit-down family-style Southern Soulful Brunch with rum punch cocktails and signature Chef JJ Johnson dishes.

The award successful Chef JJ Johnson’s work has resulted in a James Beard Award for Finest Writer in addition to Zagat 30 below 30 and a double stint as Finest New Restaurant of the Yr Winner in Esquire Journal. He’s now making strikes to develop his Fieldtrip model with new outposts of his restaurant and a line of sauces and out there on retail. You could find Fieldtrip in its unique incarnation on Harlem’s Lenox Avenue, Rockefeller Middle and the Jacx workplace complicated in Lengthy Island Metropolis.