Scallops

This really is revisiting an old dish but with some new garnish & new presentation. Pan seared scallops with a roasted cauliflower purée scented by ras el hanout, sliced purple cauliflower & florets, roasted sliced cauliflower, sliced romanesque, dehydrated capers, baby coriander herb. We have also enlarged the dish to create a main course, for…

Lunch salad

Lunches aboard the Rosa seem to have been neglected a little, here is a salad from Monday lunch. Green salad leaf, violet endive, black olives, artichoke hearts, cherry tomato, sun blush tomato, red salad onion, cornichons & pumpkin seeds.

Fig tart tatin

New dessert of fig tart Tatum with brown butter ice cream. Figs have just come into season in the south west, here a whole fig is made into an individual tart tatin, served with honey , a roasted fig segment, chocolate soil & a brown butter ice cream.

La Tupina

Following in the footsteps of Rick Stein in the French Odyssey television series I visited La Tupina restaurant in Bordeaux this week for lunch. La Tupina used to be in worlds 50 best restaurants, cooking food that is classically from the south west of France & an amazing ambience you feel like you are eating…

Fromage Torteau

Walking into a market in the south of France always a pleasure as a chef, there is always something new but what appeared to be a burnt offering at the cheese stall in Aguillon market intrigued me as I have never seen anything g like it before. Although it appears to be completely burnt this…