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  1. jordanofthecosmos on

    This is actually remarkable.

    Food, imitating food, imitating life.

    Insane.

    This dish would look right at home in a Michelin restaurant.

    Exceptional creativity. High culinary art.

    Well done.

  2. This is fantastic. A truly well balanced presentation between palatibility, color and texture. Well done. Definitely keep this one in your arsenal.

  3. Real interesting plate chef. A mango panna cotta or gelée might give you a more resembling texture/sheen to a yolk but this is still cool as fuck.

    It would be super cool if you could get the “yolk” to spill when cutting into it. I’m sure there is something that can be done with like agar agar.

  4. I’m a retired chef, from a “time before”……and I don’t comment on a lot here. So much is too busy and over-wrought….with good intentions.

    But THIS? I’d have been happy with this at El Bulli in its prime. Remarkable composition. Clean, uncluttered and visually arresting. Fan-fucking-tastic. Wow. Great job, Chef.

    Did you use a mold for the mousse?

  5. chroniclerofblarney on

    Everyone here loves this and so please don’t unload on me for offering a gentle, alternative take. This is obviously technically spectacular and anyone would be thrilled to have this served to them. But I don’t think it makes total sense, conceptually. Tromp-l‘œil desserts to me fall, first, more into the realm of cake competitions than plated compositions at high end restaurants (some folks have mentioned Michelin stars). When I’ve seen such presentations, it is because the thing playfully alluded to actually has an essential connection to the food itself. So, for example, Heston Blumenthal‘s meat fruit looks like an orange but it’s really pate (that it is served at the Hotel Mandarin takes this playfulness one step farther). But the pate is infused with orange flavor thus making it visually a preparation for what you are about to consume. I don’t quite see what this dessert has to do with an egg other than simply looking like an egg. I mean, it looks like a sunny side up egg. But beyond that there is no connection. It’s simply a visual pun. If it looked like a 1957 Chevy it would be the same thing. It’s just food that looks like a 1957 Chevy. Further, the pun itself is inconsistent. Sure, we think of eggs and nests as going together. But a sunny side up egg in a nest? I’m not quite sure I understand the meaning of that. ordinarily eggs in nests are not found in their cooked form. Again, this is all offered as a gentle critique not a criticism. Hopefully it’s received in that spirit.

  6. BadAdviceBison on

    Yooooo! This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! I think you’ve just become my new favorite person on Reddit lol 😃

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