Tasting Menu

Question 1

Sweet Potato ingredients:

Answer 1

Rose water yogurt mousse
Russet potato salli
Carambola (star fruit)-green mango ‘air’
Avocado-mint chutney
Tamarind chutney
Strawberry-chili chutney

Question 2

Sweet Potato garnish:

Answer 2

Sweet potato crisp

Question 3

Sweet Potato allergens:

Answer 3

Pork (gelatin)

Question 4

Pani Puri ingredients:

Answer 4

Passion fruit sphere (liquid center)
Green mango, apple, onion, cilantro
Buckwheat tart
Chili
Edible flowers (marigold)

Question 5

Éclair ingredients:

Answer 5

Tomato compote (tomato, ginger, garlic, jaggery sugar, vinegar)
Choux pastry
Cornflake crisp

Question 6

Éclair garnish:

Answer 6

Tomato jelly
Cornflake
Micro sorrel

Question 7

Éclair allergens:

Answer 7

Gluten
Egg
Allium
Dairy

Question 8

Egg ingredients:

Answer 8

Poached egg
Tempered asparagus
Kerala egg roast mousse
Fried onion
Golden Kaluga caviar
Babka bread
Cultured cream

Question 9

Egg garnish:

Answer 9

Buckwheat tuile

Question 10

Egg allergens:

Answer 10

Allium
Dairy
Egg

Question 11

Butternut Squash ingredients:

Answer 11

Sambar (lentil, butternut squash)
Medu vada (deep fried lentil and fermented rice batter)
Coconut
Red pepper-tomato pachadi
Masala butternut squash

Question 12

Butternut squash garnish:

Answer 12

Edible flowers

Question 13

Butternut Squash allergens:

Answer 13

Allium
Coconut
Mustard
Lentil

Question 14

Lamb ingredients:

Answer 14

Braised lamb rib (finished over ember)
Pomegranate molasses barbecue sauce
Celeriac XO
Cauliflower crema
Pickled kohlrabi

Question 15

Lamb garnish:

Answer 15

Celeriac crisp

Question 16

Lamb allergens:

Answer 16

No answer for now

Question 17

Celeriac & Parsnip ingredients:

Answer 17

Celeriac & parsnip (lentil and spices) kebab
Pickled shallot
Avocado
Smoked date/black garlic chutney
Citrus gel

Question 18

Celeriac & Parsnip garnish:

Answer 18

Edible flowers

Question 19

Celeriac & Parsnip allergens:

Answer 19

Dairy
Lentil

Question 20

King Prawn ingredients:

Answer 20

U6 prawn
Balchao (Goan spice blend used to marinate the prawns)
Lump crab stuffed courgette blossom
Lemon ‘air’ (in my opinion, this adds the perfect balance of bitterness to the dish)
Butternut squash-raw mango piccalilli

Question 21

King Prawn garnish:

Answer 21

Edible flowers

Question 22

King Prawn allergens:

Answer 22

Chili
Shellfish
Allium (maybe? There is typically garlic in Balchao, but will double check with chef)

Question 23

Morel Ingrédients:

Answer 23

Morel
Asparagus
Parmesan yakhni (split sauce)
Summer truffle shavings
Walnut shavings

Question 24

Morel garnish:

Answer 24

Summer truffle
Walnut

Question 25

Morel allergens:

Answer 25

Tree nuts (removable) Dairy Mushroom/truffle Chili

Question 26

Cornish hen ingredients:

Answer 26

Poussin (28 day old chicken), rolled in a roulade, pan seared, cooked over ember Smoked red pepper makhani Butter-fenugreek powder

Question 27

Cornish hen garnish:

Answer 27

Edible flowers (typically cilantro flower)

Question 28

Cornish hen allergens:

Answer 28

Allium Dairy Tree nuts

Question 29

Paneer ingredients:

Answer 29

Planner (Swiss chard wrapped) Kadai gravy (spiced, tomato-based sauce) Black rice papad (fried North Indian flatbread) Potato pavé Artichoke-studded turnip

Question 30

Paneer garnish:

Answer 30

Edible flowers

Question 31

Paneer allergens:

Answer 31

Allium Dairy

Question 32

Black dairy lentil dal ingredients:

Answer 32

Black lentil Butter Cream Tomato purée Spices Fenugreek

Question 33

Black Dairy Lentil Dal allergens:

Answer 33

Dairy Lentil

Question 34

Apple Bebinca ingredients:

Answer 34

Apple Coconut water caramel Milk ice cream Black rice brittle (brittle-like joggers sugar crisp)

Question 35

Apple Bebinca garnish:

Answer 35

Coconut water caramel poured tableside

Question 36

Apple Bebinca allergens:

Answer 36

Coconut Dairy

Question 37

Coconut Payasum ingredients:

Answer 37

Coconut sponge Sunchoke malai ice cream Cashew brittle Edible gold

Question 38

Coconut Payasum garnish:

Answer 38

Freeze dried honey Cashew brittle

Question 39

Coconut Payasum allergens:

Answer 39

Coconut Mushroom (might have changed) Tree nuts

Question 40

Treats ingredients:

Answer 40

Besan Barfi Opera cake (besan, chocolate ganache, pistachio financier) Mango chundo (pickled mango gel) Chocolate Air Paan (chocolate air, paan gel, edible gold)

Question 41

Treats garnish:

Answer 41

Besan (changed to a gel—need to check with pastry) Mango (sugar) Paan (edible gold)

Question 42

Treats allergens:

Answer 42

Besan (chickpea, dairy, tree nuts) Mango (only vegan treat) Paan (dairy)