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  1. Have you thought of a nice vibrant green herb oil to circle the fish? Give it some much needed contrast with all the pale colors? And perhaps some curled scallion greens on top of the fish to add height as well as introduce some brightness?

  2. Love the sear. White fish on white sauce…..maybe get some color going? More textures to help the crispy-ness of this fish come out?

  3. I don’t see what is “plated” about this. Pretty much just a piece of fish in a pool of sauce with some sort of greenery poking out from underneath. Not sure either why two nearly identical shots were necessary.

  4. honestly so much better than most of the overdone plating i see here. Not every dish needs a ton of contrast. Could take one more element if u wanted but i like this.

  5. I cant taste the sauce, but it looks to me like you could mount a little more butter into it. It looks a little grainy. It would make the plate pop. What about something white to keep w the theme of white on white. Warm celery root Salade, or cauliflower, maybe a puree of something white, button mushrooms, a dew dollops of whipped creme fraiche.. For garnish a plouche of chervil, some rough chopped fines herbes. I want to eat this. Nice work.

  6. KusarigamaEnjoyer on

    Whatever garnish that is under the fish looks really sparse. Either add more of whatever component that is so it looks more substantial, or put it on top of the fish, or ditch it. When it comes to plating every element should be displayed clearly so it’s immediately clear what you’re eating. Basically all I’m seeing is a piece of fish sitting in a pool of sauce without any clear contrasts. On the one hand things shouldn’t be overcomplicated, but there’s not really much “plating” to begin with. The sea bass itself looks nice though, good sear.

  7. Don’t add green oil, it’s dumb. Definitely mount some butter in your sauce before serving. I would have gone all white with cauliflower and a shaved fennel salad.

  8. When you say confit, you obviously, I assume?, didn’t cook it on its own fat.

    So what fat or oil did you use?

    In a circulator or in the oven?

  9. Sauce looks a little grainy, not sure if maybe the roux needed to be cooked out a little more. Is there butter to finish? Seems like it’s lacking color, maybe an infused oil?

  10. stretchy_palendrome on

    Theres a guy in r/kitchenconfidential that could loan you some chives. Needs green for sure.

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