San Sebastian Gastronomika 2013 Two years ago when I attended San Sebastian Gastronomika (SSG) for the first time, I was invited by the conference to present on Chinese food with Hunan restaurant’s Chef Peng, who I had co-authored a cookbook with. The schedule was hectic but I had some time to sit in on the ‘Alta’ demonstrations in the…
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Oswaldo Oliva at Carousel, Marylebone, dinner
Menu from a dinner at Carousel London where Oswaldo Oliva was the chef in residence: Snacks Fossilised citrus and worm salt Carrots, carrots, carrots Savoury A sequence of herbs, pickles and dressings Sesame praline in fragrant nage Hake, kohl rhabi and pistachios ‘Blue’ steak, sour leaves and marrow butter [Langoustines, chicken and basil emulsions] Sweet…
Cuisson London popdown dinner
Menu from a ‘popdown’ from Cuisson London with food by Pedro Passinhas: Cuisson cocktail Cultured butter, sourdough Ratte potatoes, hay, blue cheese, grelot onion Chicken parfait, charred pineapple, walnuts Slow cooked salmon, horseradish cream, watercress Lychee and mango bavarois, strawberry, black olive Popups are no longer trendy. Once the cool word to be brandished by…
James Beard American Restaurant at Seven Stars Galleria, Milan, dinner
Menu from a dinner at the James Beard American Restaurant at Seven Stars Galleria in Milan, Italy, with food by Paul Sanguinetti with ingredients from the beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel: Canapés Snapper popcorn with pineapple jam Burnt scallop with lard and trout floss Tartare of Florida shrimp Crab cakes Main Ceviche of redfish with yam and…
A world of chocolate in Grenada
I travelled to the island of Grenada recently for the second Grenada Chocolate Festival. It’s not the first time I’ve been to the Caribbean, or to a chocolate plantation, but Grenada had something different to offer – Grenada was the first cocoa producing country to do the whole cocoa bean to chocolate bar process. (You can…
The World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards 2013
As the chatter quietens down and lights dim inside the Guildhall ready for the countdown of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, a flurry of activity restarts. The results had been leaked. ‘It’s all over the internet,’ screams Twitter. How silly are we to be sitting down, waiting eagerly to see if Noma had been toppled? ‘Can everyone switch…