Photo du jour: 3 Novembre 2013

Twins - Paul Pairet

This is a design for a dish called Twins by Chef Paul Pairet of the restaurant Ultraviolet in Shanghai, China. There are two identical looking plates, one with tomato and mozzarella and the other with the same forms created in sweet food. You are supposed to eat one, and then the other to provide a kind of sensory confusion. This was one of the exhibits at Cook Book an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux Arts here in Paris. 

Presentation

I have become very conscious of my presentation when cooking recently, and really feel that I have moved up a notch in the last couple of months. That was until yesterday, when I attended a demonstration with Chef Iman Bogen at the Cordon Bleu School here in Paris. It was a real privilege to watch Chef Bogen in action. I think you will agree, his plates put the haute in haute cuisine.

Crème de topinambours aux cèpes et dés de canard fumé

Côtes de veau mijotées en cocotte aux petits légumes et champignons

Moelleux d'amande et mûres tièdes, sabayon pistache