theloftproject

Firstly apologies for my awful lack of love for my blog of late....it's not that i've given up on it.  


On the contrary: i'm actually in the process of pimping up my blog and website and bringing them together.  So watch this space!


Anyway, in the meantime here's something i want to bang on about a bit: I'm going to be doing The Loft Project in late September, along with a mate - Mark (the sous chef at Nahm).


It's basically a special private dining space owned by Nuno Mendes of Viajante.  Top chefs from all over the world cook - there doing multi course menus for a single table of 16 diners.  

TheLoftProject  

We are doing two nights - the 23rd and 24th of Sept.  


The food will be at least 8 courses of Southeast Asian food, plus canapes and petit fours.  


We're going to be finding the best & most interesting Asian ingredients. smuggling some things from Bangkok and combining it all with some of the best British meat & seafood. 



I urge you to come! See here for more info and to book: 


http://www.theloftproject.co.uk/whats-on/ 



We've been working on it for a few weeks already, coming up with ideas and testing dishes.


Here's our example menu:

*Canapes*

Kanom 'taco', grilled pork, pickled ginger flower & chilli jam

Powdered trout, crispy shallots, cold watermelon

*Menu*

Som saa cured scallop, lemongrass, orange chilli & mint

Grilled cured pork, crisp quail egg & white turmeric salad

Duck broth, green melon & chanterelles

Red curry, harlequin squash & green papaya

Salad of Thai herbs, snake-head fruit, tamarind & sesame

Lobster, grilled coconut relish, Thai basil

Braised beef cheek, bamboo & pickled Vietnamese vegetables

Warm perfumed coconut cream, tapioca pearls, jackfruit doughnut

*Petit fours*

Mango 'gnuan', teenage coconut

Lychee, iced jasmine and pandanus syrup