Home chef here; I recreated a Dungeness Tower from one of my fave restaurants. It has avocado, mango, Dungeness crab, topped with microgreens & a Balsamic reduction, basil oil & orange reduction.

Looks really good especially for a home cook. In my opinion it looks a little dated. But beautiful nonetheless. Also I’d say a little heavy handed with the mango, which imo isn’t really a necessary part of the dish. I’d say less of the green sauce but you probably already know that. Consider clarifying the orange sauce. I’d also consider maybe some fried shoe lace shallots or something for some texture 🙂

80s throwback!

Having not seen the original, my only comment would be that the crab to “everything else” ratio seems low. Highlight your ingredients! Dont bury them. I would think with all those flavors, the crab would be lost. Mango, balsamic, orange.

Looks like an apateaser the chef from Friends would make….

Well done and looks very tasty!

Looks beautiful, even though the Baltimore in me is craving blue crab…;) good job!

crab tower looks legit: i would have thought it was professional, from a restaurant. too much mango in relation to the crab, and it would make it too sweet. also, the dice on the mango and avocado could be more consistent.

the herb oil and the balsamic is poorly executed though, for 2 reasons:

1) doing a circle around the crab tower would be nicer. or do dots. or do a balsamic smear with a brush or spoon.

your oil swirls just looks too busy, and really distracts from the crab tower. oils should accentuate the dish, not steal the attention.

2) regardless of the pattern, there’s just way too much of it used.