Sunday, February 3, 2008

The last degustion post





Deep fried pea and mint fritters with black vinegar caramel and spring onions rounded out the savoury menu. The crispy little fritters were cooked perfectly. A crunchy crumb on the outside, meltingly soft on the inside. I couldn't taste any mint in the fritters, but there were roughly torn mint leaves in the salad. The black vinegar caramel was sweet and made a nice dipping sauce for the fritters.
Before dessert was served, a palate cleanser arrived in a little shot glass. This contained coconut panna cotta at its base, a thin layer of lemongrass jelly followed, topped off with pineapple granita. I was pretty sure I wouldn't be able to pack anything else in after that, but somehow I managed.
Dessert took the form of a chilled rhubarb and mango crumble with vanilla bean ice cream and meringue sticks. Decorating the mottled square glass plate were dabs of a sweet red syrup and tiny cubes of strawberry. The dessert was delicious. A perfect way to cap off the night.

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