Chef Susan Higaki

Private Chef In New York

Specializing Japanese cuisine as Japanese using organic healthy ingredients as much as possible, focusing on seafood, vegetable. Also offer organic sweet. Catering owner. Former Kitchensurfing chef serving mostly dinner party including celebrity clients.

My other profession is finance with MBA from Yale.

Well traveled, so far visited 85 countries, with broad interest - biking, swimming, hiking, playing the classical piano, photography, etc. Down to earth, witty, friendly service

For me, cooking is...

creative, making people happy with healthy, tasty cuisine

I learned to cook at...

I am self-taught, with lots of own experiments.

A cooking secret...

utilizing fresh and healthy ingredients.

My menus

Home-made Okonomiyaki with dumpling

STARTER

All inclusive

Organic miso soup

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Shrimp vegetable dumpling

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

Okonomiyaki (shrimp and squid)

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Organic strawberry short cake (apple base)

Organic chocolate lava cake

Organic apple pie

Sushi and dumpling

STARTER

All inclusive

Organic miso soup

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Shrimp vegetable dumpling

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Sushi roll (Salmon avocado, Tuna avocado, Yellowtail avocado, California roll), spicy or non spicy

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Organic strawberry short cake (apple base)

Organic chocolate lava cake

Organic apple pie

Traditional Japanese

STARTER

Choose 1 dish

Organic homemade miso soup

Organic avocado spinach salad with shio koji(fermented rice with salt)

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Organic tofu vegetable with miso taste (shiraae)

Vegetable wild shrimp dumpling or vegetable dumpling

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Mixed vegetable rice (mushroom, carrot, burdock, etc.)

Vegetable and seafood (squid, wild shrimp, white fish) tempura

Fried wild shrimp, seafood pumpkin croquet, fried oyster

Okonomiyaki (shrimp and squid)-Japanese pizza

Grilled wild Alaskan King salmon or yellowtail collar with grilled vegetable

Sushi roll (Salmon avocado, Tuna scallion, Yellowtail avocado, California roll, etc.), spicy or non spicy (gluten free available) (your choice of fish)

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Organic apple pie with homemade organic ice cream of your choice (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, ginger, green tea, etc.)

Organic chocolate gluten free lava cake with homemade organic ice cream of your choice (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, ginger, green tea, etc.)

Organic strawberry short cake (apple base) with choice of homemade ice cream (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, ginger, green tea, etc.)

Fried oyster and pumpkin seafood croquet

STARTER

All inclusive

Organic miso soup

Organic tofu vegetable (shiraae)

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Shrimp vegetable dumpling

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

Pumpkin seafood croquet, fried oyster and fried shrimp

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Organic strawberry short cake (apple base)

Organic chocolate lava cake

Organic apple pie

Home-made tempura with organic tofu vegetable (shiraae)

STARTER

All inclusive

Organic miso soup

Organic tofu vegetable (shiraae)

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

Tempura (vegetable and shrimp)

DESSERT

All inclusive

Organic strawberry short cake (apple base)

Organic chocolate lava cake

Organic apple pie

Fish with mixed vegetable rice (takikomi)/organic tofu vegetable (shiraae)

STARTER

All inclusive

Organic miso soup

Organic tofu vegetable (shiraae)

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Sauteed salmon with eggplant (soy sauce taste)

Sauteed seabass with carrot (soy sauce taste)

Mixed vegetable rice with mushroom, carrot and gobo (takikomi)

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Organic strawberry short cake (apple base)

Organic chocolate lava cake

Organic apple pie

Home-made Okonomiyaki with dumpling

STARTER

All inclusive

Organic miso soup

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Shrimp vegetable dumpling

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

Okonomiyaki (shrimp and squid)

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Organic strawberry short cake (apple base)

Organic chocolate lava cake

Organic apple pie

Sushi and dumpling

STARTER

All inclusive

Organic miso soup

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Shrimp vegetable dumpling

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Sushi roll (Salmon avocado, Tuna avocado, Yellowtail avocado, California roll), spicy or non spicy

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Organic strawberry short cake (apple base)

Organic chocolate lava cake

Organic apple pie

Traditional Japanese

STARTER

Choose 1 dish

Organic homemade miso soup

Organic avocado spinach salad with shio koji(fermented rice with salt)

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Organic tofu vegetable with miso taste (shiraae)

Vegetable wild shrimp dumpling or vegetable dumpling

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Mixed vegetable rice (mushroom, carrot, burdock, etc.)

Vegetable and seafood (squid, wild shrimp, white fish) tempura

Fried wild shrimp, seafood pumpkin croquet, fried oyster

Okonomiyaki (shrimp and squid)-Japanese pizza

Grilled wild Alaskan King salmon or yellowtail collar with grilled vegetable

Sushi roll (Salmon avocado, Tuna scallion, Yellowtail avocado, California roll, etc.), spicy or non spicy (gluten free available) (your choice of fish)

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Organic apple pie with homemade organic ice cream of your choice (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, ginger, green tea, etc.)

Organic chocolate gluten free lava cake with homemade organic ice cream of your choice (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, ginger, green tea, etc.)

Organic strawberry short cake (apple base) with choice of homemade ice cream (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, ginger, green tea, etc.)

Fried oyster and pumpkin seafood croquet

STARTER

All inclusive

Organic miso soup

Organic tofu vegetable (shiraae)

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish