Jona

Jona Won

Heritage: Chinese-Peruvian // Currently: Silver Spring, MD

Ají Hamachi Tiradito

hamachi loin, chorizo oil, mango amarillo sauce, lime

Being 2nd generation Chinese Peruvian Colombian, I have a love of fusion ingredients and incorporating my upbringing and culture in everything that I eat. I really love the Nikkei cuisine, and also the influence of Asian diaspora in Latin America and want to make a play off of a tiradito dish, which is not quite a ceviche, but a marinated seafood dish that is fruity, spicy, and refreshing.

I want to make sure I pay homage to the ingredients of my cultures so I be used some fried corn or papa for texture and pop, fried quinoa/wonton for more texture, with a beautiful sauce of ginger, lime, oranges, chilis, fresh mango, folded in with a neutral oil and strained.