Chef Isis Yetzirah Ms

Chef At Home In San Juan

I’m a professional Chef with a lifetime industry experience. Providing culinary & gastronomic experiences from traditional heritage to modern fusion & contemporary cuisine. With a variety of local, Caribbean & international restaurant background from Puerto Rico, Miami, New Orleans and more! Focusing in healthy & holistic meals.

For me, cooking is...

My passion & lifestyle!

I learned to cook at...

Learn the craft since childhood. Studied at the Caribbean Culinary Institute in Puerto Rico. Polishing my skills & gaining knowledge over the years.

A cooking secret...

Intuitive & Creative cuisine with fresh, seasonal and local ingredients.

My menus

Taste of Italy

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Baked Ricotta

Bruschetta

Tuscany Bread

FIRST COURSE

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Capprese salad

Garden salad

Minestrone soup

MAIN COURSE

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Eggplant Parmesan

Chicken Milanese

Chicken Piccata

Lemon Basil Shrimp

Sausage & Peppers

Pasta Bolognese

Skirt steak with mushroom brown sauce

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Chocolate desert

Cheesecake

Tiramisu

Ice cream or gelato

Chocolate covered strawberries

Puerto Rican Flavor

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Local fried cheese with guava sauce

Chicharrones de pollo = Puerto Rican style fried chicken

Chicharrones de pescado = crispy fried fish bites

Alitas = chicken wings

Mini alcapurrias

Mini turnovers variety (pizza, beef, chicken)

Yuquitas fritas

Chorizos al vino

Bolitas de queso = fried cheese balls

Sorullitos = cornmeal fried sticks

Cornmeal drops filled with cheese

Cod croquettes with tartar sauce

Manchego cheese croquettes with fruit sauce

Serrano ham croquettes with citrus sauce

Plantan or yuca cups stuffed with Shredded Pernil, caramelized onions & chicharrón crumble

Stuffed plantain or yuca cups with shredded stewed chicken & roasted bell peppers & cilantro cream

Hummus de gandules = pigeon peas hummus

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Ceviche with jalapeño pepper & mango sauce

Ensalada de camarones = shrimp salad

Ensalada de aguacate = avocado salad

Garden salad

Amarillos al almíbar = sweet plantains cooked with butter & sugar

Yuca al mojo o escabeche

Ensalada de papa = potato salad

Ensalada de codditos = Elbow pasta salad

Majado de viandas = mashed root vegetables

Cucumber & tomato salad

Ensalada de granos = bean salad

Octopus salad with papaya & smoked paprika

Lobster salad with roasted tomatoes & olive tapenade

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Skirt steak with chimichurri

Salmon filet with guava sauce

Garlic and herbs fish filets

Lemon-garlic butter salmon fillet

Filete de pescado a la criolla = fish fillet with Puerto Rican style creole sauce

Caderitas al horno = roasted chicken thighs

Chicken breast strips with mushroom sauce

Chicken fricase or stew

Chicken breast strips with criolla sauce

Tiritas de pollo salteadas = chicken strips sauté with onions & peppers

Skirt steak with garlic butter

Skirt steak with mushroom brown sauce

Steak sauté with onions & peppers

Pastelon = Puerto Rican style lasagna/casserole made with potato or sweet plantains stuffed with chicken, beef, vegetables, tofu, or plant based protein

Carne frita encebollada = fried pork chunks with caramelized onions

Chuleta de cerdo a la jardinera = Pork chops in garden sauce

Zesty shrimp sauté

Arroz con camarones = rice cooked with shrimp

Camarones al ajillo = shrimp in garlic sauce

Camarones en salsa criolla = shrimp with Puerto Rican style creole sauce

Arroz con pollo = rice cooked with chicken

Arroz con langosta = Rice cooked with lobster

Arroz con Marist= rice cooked with seafood

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Vanilla flan

Fruit sorbet (coconut, passion fruit, tamarind, soursop, piña colada)

Chocolate cake

Tres leches

Cheesecake

Carrot cake

Brazo gitano = cake roll filled with guava

Cheese flan

Churros with caramel, chocolate or dulce de leche sauce

Asian flavors

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Vegetable pakora

Shrimp tempura

Vegetable tempura

Dumplings

Crispy spring rolls

Chill seared scallops

Bite size ginger crab cakes

FIRST COURSE

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Sesame noodle salad

Mushroom undon noodle soup

Ceviche

Tuna tartare

Fish ball soup

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Dan Dan noodles

Pad Thai

Vegetable Lo-Main

Fried rice (choice of protein)

Coconut curry (choice of protein)

Chicken teriyaki

Teriyaki salmon

Ebi Chili = Chilli prawns or shrimps

Beef & broccoli stir-fry

Mushroom chicken & asparagus

Seared Ahi Tuna

DESSERT

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Banana fritters

Mango pancakes

Cool green fruit salad

Coconut ice cream or sorbet

Baklava

Vegetarian delight

STARTER

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Sorullitos

Mini turnovers

Stuffed tostones

Stuffed mushrooms

Local fried cheese with guava sauce

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Amarillos al almíbar

Ensalada de aguacate = avocado salad

Ensalada de granos = bean salad

Garden salad

Pasta salad

Potato salad

Greek salad (cucumber & tomatoes)

Mediterranean salad (mixed greens, onions, tomatoes, olives & feta)

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Stuffed Peppers

Eggplant Parmesan

Vegetable sauté

Pastelon de viandas

Pastelon de amarillos

Arroz a la jardinera = rice cooked with vegetables

Stuffed avocado

Stuffed portobello

Tofu or plant based protein sauté

Eggplant stew

Roasted vegetables

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Flan (custard)

Cheesecake

Fruit tartlet

Tres leches

Chocolate desert

Mediterranean essence

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Hummus

Falafel

FIRST COURSE

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Greek salad

MAIN COURSE

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Zesty sautéed shrimp

Rosemary chicken

Creamy Tuscan pasta

Mushroom chicken

Moussaka

Herby Mediterranean fish fillet

Lemon-garlic salmon fillet

DESSERT

All inclusive

Fruit tartlet

Greek style donuts

Taste of Italy

STARTER

Choose 1 dish

Baked Ricotta

Bruschetta

Tuscany Bread

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Capprese salad

Garden salad

Minestrone soup

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Eggplant Parmesan

Chicken Milanese

Chicken Piccata

Lemon Basil Shrimp

Sausage & Peppers

Pasta Bolognese

Skirt steak with mushroom brown sauce

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Chocolate desert

Cheesecake

Tiramisu

Ice cream or gelato

Chocolate covered strawberries

Puerto Rican Flavor

STARTER

Choose 1 dish

Local fried cheese with guava sauce

Chicharrones de pollo = Puerto Rican style fried chicken

Chicharrones de pescado = crispy fried fish bites

Alitas = chicken wings

Mini alcapurrias

Mini turnovers variety (pizza, beef, chicken)

Yuquitas fritas

Chorizos al vino

Bolitas de queso = fried cheese balls

Sorullitos = cornmeal fried sticks

Cornmeal drops filled with cheese

Cod croquettes with tartar sauce

Manchego cheese croquettes with fruit sauce

Serrano ham croquettes with citrus sauce

Plantan or yuca cups stuffed with Shredded Pernil, caramelized onions & chicharrón crumble

Stuffed plantain or yuca cups with shredded stewed chicken & roasted bell peppers & cilantro cream

Hummus de gandules = pigeon peas hummus

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Ceviche with jalapeño pepper & mango sauce

Ensalada de camarones = shrimp salad

Ensalada de aguacate = avocado salad

Garden salad

Amarillos al almíbar = sweet plantains cooked with butter & sugar

Yuca al mojo o escabeche

Ensalada de papa = potato salad

Ensalada de codditos = Elbow pasta salad

Majado de viandas = mashed root vegetables

Cucumber & tomato salad

Ensalada de granos = bean salad

Octopus salad with papaya & smoked paprika

Lobster salad with roasted tomatoes & olive tapenade

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Skirt steak with chimichurri

Salmon filet with guava sauce

Garlic and herbs fish filets

Lemon-garlic butter salmon fillet

Filete de pescado a la criolla = fish fillet with Puerto Rican style creole sauce

Caderitas al horno = roasted chicken thighs

Chicken breast strips with mushroom sauce

Chicken fricase or stew

Chicken breast strips with criolla sauce

Tiritas de pollo salteadas = chicken strips sauté with onions & peppers

Skirt steak with garlic butter

Skirt steak with mushroom brown sauce

Steak sauté with onions & peppers

Pastelon = Puerto Rican style lasagna/casserole made with potato or sweet plantains stuffed with chicken, beef, vegetables, tofu, or plant based protein

Carne frita encebollada = fried pork chunks with caramelized onions

Chuleta de cerdo a la jardinera = Pork chops in garden sauce

Zesty shrimp sauté

Arroz con camarones = rice cooked with shrimp

Camarones al ajillo = shrimp in garlic sauce

Camarones en salsa criolla = shrimp with Puerto Rican style creole sauce

Arroz con pollo = rice cooked with chicken

Arroz con langosta = Rice cooked with lobster

Arroz con Marist= rice cooked with seafood

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Vanilla flan

Fruit sorbet (coconut, passion fruit, tamarind, soursop, piña colada)

Chocolate cake

Tres leches

Cheesecake

Carrot cake

Brazo gitano = cake roll filled with guava

Cheese flan

Churros with caramel, chocolate or dulce de leche sauce

Asian flavors

STARTER

Choose 1 dish

Vegetable pakora

Shrimp tempura

Vegetable tempura

Dumplings

Crispy spring rolls

Chill seared scallops

Bite size ginger crab cakes

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Sesame noodle salad

Mushroom undon noodle soup

Ceviche

Tuna tartare

Fish ball soup

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Dan Dan noodles

Pad Thai

Vegetable Lo-Main

Fried rice (choice of protein)

Coconut curry (choice of protein)

Chicken teriyaki

Teriyaki salmon

Ebi Chili = Chilli prawns or shrimps

Beef & broccoli stir-fry

Mushroom chicken & asparagus

Seared Ahi Tuna

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Banana fritters

Mango pancakes

Cool green fruit salad

Coconut ice cream or sorbet

Baklava

Vegetarian delight

STARTER

Choose 1 dish

Sorullitos

Mini turnovers

Stuffed tostones

Stuffed mushrooms

Local fried cheese with guava sauce

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Amarillos al almíbar

Ensalada de aguacate = avocado salad

Ensalada de granos = bean salad

Garden salad

Pasta salad

Potato salad

Greek salad (cucumber & tomatoes)

Mediterranean salad (mixed greens, onions, tomatoes, olives & feta)

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Stuffed Peppers

Eggplant Parmesan

Vegetable sauté

Pastelon de viandas

Pastelon de amarillos

Arroz a la jardinera = rice cooked with vegetables

Stuffed avocado

Stuffed portobello

Tofu or plant based protein sauté

Eggplant stew

Roasted vegetables

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Flan (custard)

Cheesecake

Fruit tartlet

Tres leches

Chocolate desert

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Chef Isis Yetzirah's reviews

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14 services

Chef Isis provided us with a healthy and delicious meal along with very professional service. She provided a menu, that we modified with our suggestions and aligned on a general concept for the meal. Everything went as planned and we were very happy to enjoy a relaxing night in with excellent food and service.