Honey-lemon marinated plum tomatoes, compressed watermelon, pickled red onion gel and pickled red onions, pickled mustard seeds, feta mousse, rucola, potato crisp, and finished off with grated freezed feta.
Two different platings. Which one do you prefer? Any thoughts?
by Cmdr_W0lff3
9 Comments
Everything looks better before the rocket and quenelle.
Maybe plate the quenelle first and use the spoon to make a nice sized well in the top, can put tomato water or watermelon jus broken with oil in there, then build the rest of the components around that? Does that make sense?
Build a circle, shallow “bowl” in the middle and do the playing the way in the first picture, hiding the ricotta. Make a nice arugula emulsion with soft boiled egg and white balsamic to get that peppery bite.
I would personally be VERY happy to receive the first plating. Maybe a touch more garnish but otherwise very very happy.
Where are you located? It looks good but for the northern hemisphere, your produce is out of season
Shmear the feta mousse in a circle on the plate then build the tomato watermelon mosaic on top of that. I know it’s not a mosaic but I like how it looks it reminds me of stained glass I wouldn’t hide it. Put like 5 strands of arugula I like the flavor combo. Chip off centered. That’s just me though I’m pretty rustic in my style.
I do not care for either of the final platings. You’re hiding the vibrantish colors of the melon and tomato.
I would start with the mousse in the middle. Put down the rucola around it and then the watermelon and tomato on top of that but in proportion so the green still shows through. I would probably ditch the grated feta but maybe finish with a little black salt.
I think the onion and mustard may be a bit powerful but if you’re dead set on them lightly mix them with the greens.
Just my take tho. Others may have some better ideas for cohesiveness.
I think the first plate is really nice. Room for improvement on the green garnish, but it isn’t causing an issue.
Also I feel like it’s a little wet around the edges, if you had a very shallow bowl/plate hybrid the liquid would collect under the fruit, but that is extremely nitpicky.
Some of the other plates look nice enough but are a bit busy.
Omg these look so good, I wish I was there to try!