Some of our recent recipes...
Pink soba and mentaiko
Pink soba, stir-fried with pink surimi and topped with mentaiko, a spicy cured cod roe, makes for a visually striking dish – especially if you like pink! More importantly, it’s delicious. …
Seared gnocchi with miso peas and charred red onion
Seared gnocchi is the foundation for this sweet umami-packed miso and pea creation. The charred red onion adds a nice counterpoint, the taste, texture, and colour. …
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Seared scallop with gazpacho
The sweet succulent seared scallop is beautifully complemented by the fresh yet earthy chilled gazpacho. A surf and turf dish unlike any of the more meaty varieties you might encounter. …
Black Bean Wellington with a mushroom miso gravy
The classic Beef Wellington reimagined with a more tasty, nutritious, and environmentally friendly black bean core. And that mushroom miso gravy! Have you ever wanted to lick the plate? …
Fermented fish consommé (Bún mắm trong suốt)
This fermented fish consommé gets its intense flavour from a rich bone broth, and a liquor made from boiling fermented fish. The clear broth packs a flavour punch that is sure to create some photo-worthy facial expressions. …
Potato and black sausage waffles with crème fraîche
Crispy potato waffles are a delight any time, but add the complexity of black sausage and a dab of crème fraîche and you have something worthy of savoring together with a good wine. …
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Trio of garlic wrapped in chicken and speck. Braised red cabbage.
A trio of garlic – roasted, black, and raw – are wrapped in chicken and sealed with that tastiest of cured hams – speck. The braised red cabbage adds a nice sparkle. …
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Salmon wrapped in speck with charred corn puree and braised endive
The sous vide salmon wrapped in speck, the charred corn puree, and the braised endive incorporate diverse culinary influences, yet complement each other perfectly. …
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Blueberry and Roquefort flatbread
Two of my favorite indulgences, blueberries and Roquefort cheese, sitting atop a flatbread that is worthy of such an esteemed topping. A combination made in… [your choice of utopia]. …
Salmon and avocado burgers. Honey mustard mayo.
Salmon and avocado are one of those perfect matches. Whether salmon and avocado sushi, or salmon and avocado burgers, this combination is divine! …
Duck and herb spring rolls. Very special dipping sauce.
These duck and herb springs rolls would be great with a wide range of sauces. With this very special dipping sauce, they are phenomenal. …
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Fusilli in tomato sauce
Sometimes a simple dish can be a truly amazing dish. This fusilli in tomato sauce is one such dish. …
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A selection of our past favorites...
Herb crumbed fillet on grilled parmesan polenta. Strawberry relish.
There is a journey here, from the sweet and sour strawberry relish, to the umami packed herb crumbed fillet, and landing on the crispy yet creamy polenta base. …
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Corn and green onion waffles with three dips
Succulent sweet corn and umami packed green onions are encased here in crisp waffles. While delicious on their own, the three dips add their own very distinctive dimensions. …
Pickled mushroom salad, polenta chips, romesco, poached duck egg
There is a diversity of flavours and textures here, yet in a satisfying balance. Crisp, creamy, bright, crunchy. And that is before we get to the poached duck egg, which has its own delectable complexities. …
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Soba salad with natto, kimchi, okra, and poached egg
A salad to surprise and challenge your guests. As healthy as it is tasty, you will feel good after eating this soba salad. …
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Seared scallops with roasted garlic sauce on mash spiked with black pudding
An appetiser’s purpose… stimulate your appetite and leave you wanting more. The rich and complex flavours in this dish certainly had people hungry for more. Seared scallops are great any time any where. The black pudding spiked mash – delectable! And the roasted garlic sauce – more please! …
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Beetroot and ricotta gnocchi with a brown butter thyme sauce, walnuts and Roquefort
What really sets this dish apart is the way the beetroot and ricotta gnocchi is so perfectly complimented by the Roquefort cheese, walnuts, and brown butter sauce. …
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Easy and fun Focaccia
Made some pizza bases? Ready to step up to a higher level? This focaccia is an easy and fun next step in bread making. With a satisfying crispy crust and moist tasty crumb, this delicious bread goes great with soups and salads. Or, enjoy with a piece of prosciutto or…
Ricotta gnocchi and slow roasted tomatoes
Like rice, pasta, and potatoes, gnocchi are a stage on which you can feature more complex flavours. Here the ricotta gnocchi, together with slow roasted tomatoes, garlic, and thyme, are in the spotlight. …
Seafood lasagna with scallop, pickled seaweed, caviar, and dashi foam
Something of an ocean theme here. This mini seafood lasagna looked great, and tasted even better. And it did what an appetiser is supposed to do – excite the palate – and appetite – ready for the next course. …
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Onsen Tamago (Poached egg in a soy dashi broth)
Trying to sum up this simple dish in words is difficult, and actually seems pointless. This onsen tamago is simply a flavour explosion, so difficult to describe, and yet so easy to create at home. …
Sake steamed seafood in red miso soup
This darker style red miso soup has an intensity of flavour very different from those made with the more familiar white miso. Piled on top was seafood steamed in sake and various aromatics. The combination was truly a symphony of flavours. …
Salmon Miso soup. Carrot, daikon, and zucchini waffles.
Miso, wakame, and roasted red peppers transform the salmon head stock into something divine. Add the flaked salmon, and the carrot and daikon waffles, which act like dumplings, and you have a salmon miso soup as nutritious as it is delicious. …
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Mussels grilled with roast garlic and butter
The mussels are grilled with roast garlic and a little butter. Roasted garlic has a subtle sweet taste that complements the mussels rather than overpowers them. To balance the sweetness, the balsamic vinegar adds a little acidity. …
Blueberry and brie hotteok
Hotteok is Korean street food. A dough is wrapped around a sweet filling, normally a mix of sugar, nuts, and spices, and then shallow fried. In this version, the filling is a delicious blueberry reduction and a slice of brie. …
Kimchi consommé with crispy roast pork belly and tempura mussels
While there is a bit of a surf’n’turf angle to this dish, there is so much more. The kimchi consommé is something very special. Disguised as a light colored broth, it is so packed with flavour. The Cantonese/Vietnamese style crispy roast pork belly is decadently delicious, and nicely complemented by…
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