Caviar dish.... first dish I recalled from the past will be colors of caviar from Guy Savoy. Layer of caviar vinaigrette, haricot vert puree, caviar cream fraiche and topped Ossetra caviar, served with caviar sabayon. Simply hard to forget since I made probably over couple hundred of this!
The best caviar dish I recalled..... it's tough question to ask, but... will be Kindai toro tartar, avocao with ossetra caviar.... I thought it was with lobster bouillon gel, cucumber flower, parsley puree, cream fraiche.... Toro, caviar, avocado, boom!! Hands down!!!
Anyway... what's going with caviar? cream fraiche, chive, red onion, blinis.... In certain way opposite, but I try to think caviar as bacon when I try to compose new caviar dish! It surly sounds strange but because of the intensity of the flavor, saltiness and character does have similarity I think. I mean to being innovative as an creator, we must break the shell and sort of 'common sense' to break the limit of creativity: caviar=bacon! Well, unfortunately this dish stayed 'classy' way as a result though... Wait for next caviar dish!
I.P.F. (*Ingredients profiling file) for Caviar a la Baume
Blinis: caviar need something to eat with.... could be pasta, bread, pancake... and this is all time champion!
Caviar: strong character, slatiness, sexy black outlook, one of "THE ONLY ONE."
Chive: Caviar is strong in flavor and not stinky, but 'fishy' sort of. Ginger, garlic, lemongrass... many things can be eraser for seafood, but for caviar, stinky chive is the best solution.
Cream fraiche: Visually black & white contract, spell start with same C, flavor pairing match... those mean to be together.
Grape: Caviar with grape..... it's least for me sounds weird for me at the beginning. But it did going well surprisingly as a result.
Lemon Meyer: One of the king of citrus, the aroma is divine.
FCTV
Flavor: how to bind caviar with grape, that's the test chef Chemel gave me. the breaking point is Caviar / champagne SO CLASSIC!
Concept: Make caviar dish with grape by Chef Chemel
Title: Sometimes the dish have no soigne title unfortunately... thought about 'black sea & white cloud', but the visual didn't match the title eventually. Will use this title one day....
Visual: No foam on the menu.... As a master foamer, let's make 'Cloud' with nitro smoke on the plate.
Can you mergination & inspiration?