Yes a new feature, inspired by PDC. I'm known to make rash statements, "like this is easily the best dish we will eat tonight" (when we have barely started entrees) or "it's new world pinot, maybe NZ", (when I have only smelt the glass), so when I remarked last week end that this was my dish of the year, PDC urged me to start this as a monthly feature, to see if I was right... he's tricky isn't he!
So here it is, my pick for September.
Tom Cooper smoked kingfish with pinenut sorbet - MoVida
This dish was a special, but it was very, very special. The elegantly smoked kingfish was dressed with a creamy pinenut dressing, some oil and a scattering of micro herbs and pinenuts, and then the component that made the others sing, a quenelle of creamy, nutty pinenut sorbet.
Tom Cooper is a legendary Melbourne smoker. An expat Canadian that moved here when our food scene was much less sophisticated and has worn a few different foodie hats in his time, but now he smokes things. When I say things, mainly hand pin-boned fish but also the odd tomato, and the odd handful of salt (god knows how he does this). The key thing about Toms smoked products is the attention to detail, care and passion, this is the highlight of my dish at MoVida. The gentle smokey flavours that meld with the others on the plate to create a dish of contrasts and complements.
Jack
I have to admit I love the food at MoVida (almost my namesake!), it's so tasty that my mouth does a little dance inside itself, a little party going on inside!! How lucky am I to have a name like mine, when I was in Chile I felt an absolute STAR with my name in song, up in lights, even television stations named after me (NOT) but seriously I did feel very special, it's crazy to see your name EVERYWHERE! Thanks for listening to me blah blah blahing Vida x x x
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