Some of our recent recipes...
Ramen with a taste of the ocean
Building upon a pork and chicken bone broth, this ramen adds a taste of the ocean. The seafood flavours are engaging, making the soup more complex, yet so satisfying. …
Sake panna cotta with a blueberry reduction
Creamy and complex, this nigori sake-infused panna cotta pairs perfectly with the sweet yet tart blueberry reduction. Truly a “greater than the sum of its parts” experience. …
Sous vide pork belly with a blueberry reduction
The melt-in-your-mouth sous vide pork belly paired with a tangy blueberry reduction is a combination that both excites and satisfies. Created as a course in a tasting menu, this dish also works great as an appetiser. …
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]. …
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A selection of our past favorites...
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. …
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. …
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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Balsamic glazed octopus on a black garlic and anchovy puree
I have eaten octopus at Japanese restaurants – pondered those big tentacles at the fish market – eaten Vietnamese style stir fried baby octopus many times – marvelled at the giant squid at the Te Papa museum in Wellington, New Zealand. This glazed octopus is the synthesis of those experiences. …
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Black bean, black rice, and black garlic tortillas
This dish invokes some mystery for me. Black beans, black rice, and black garlic provide a dark backdrop to colour and light of the red peppers and fresh mozzarella. …
Grilled pork belly skewers on mashed potato salad
These sweet and succulent grilled pork belly skewers sit on a mashed potato salad enhanced with umami packed katsuobushi (bonito flakes), roasted garlic, and spring onions. …
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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Chicken kimchi burger
Kimchi is visibly present as a topping, but kimchi juices work together with buttermilk to ensure we have a tender, succulent, and tasty piece of chicken in this burger. …
Juicy chicken breast on a carrot salad and white bean puree
On a purée of white beans, yogurt, and roast garlic sits a sweet and sour salad of carrots, raisins, and walnuts, and some very succulent slices of chicken breast. Drizzled on top of the chicken is a balsamic honey reduction. …
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NZ Mussels steamed in wine and garlic
The large succulent mussels that live around New Zealand’s shores are truly delicious. Steaming the New Zealand mussels in white wine and garlic is certainly one of the best ways to prepare them. …
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. …
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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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. …
Mushroom and spinach dumplings in a málà broth
Dumplings are a great way to package flavours and differentiate them from their surroundings. Here, umami packed mushroom and spinach dumplings sit in a spicy, lip numbing, yet very tasty broth. …
Black sausage and apple parcels. Ginger garlic dipping sauce.
Call it fusion, call it a mash-up. The classic combination of apple and pork (blood) was encapsulated in a crisp spring roll wrapper, and dipped in a lively asian style dipping sauce that perfectly balanced the rich black sausage. …
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