Oh wow. I never thought of apple and shrimp together. But, I could see how well they go together. Not sure what kind of apples. Red Delicious? I could see that more so than Granny Smith. Arigato, Machiba-san, Sakai-san, and Chen-san!
That's classic Michiba for you. I had a meal from the man's restaurant (I ate at all 7 original Iron Chefs). One of Michiba's greatest talents is making food from ideas that outright sound like it shouldn't work, but not only does it work, it will work extremely well. Like, I had a dish that had sweet red bean paste, usually used in desserts, mixed with abalone and used in a savory dish by Michiba and to my surprise, it was not only good, but it was the best abalone dish I ever had. The sweetness of the red bean paste went well with abalone and I was utterly amazed at how he used two incredible opposites to make a dish.
