Oil Spill Wasteland

With the ongoing tension with British Petroleum and it’s representatives on the recent oil spill and with my inability to manage current posts with current photographs I guess posting this shot would not come at a better time.

This is actually a simple dish made to look complicated (ok well kinda). This dish however could be quite a “turn off” for some people. As we all know that the eyes enjoys the dish first. To be really honest, the main flavors are Tuna, Orange and Sesame. Does not look like it? Well I went through a phase (ok maybe still am but not as much) comprising dishes that played tricks to the diners. Tasting something that “was not” in the dish. If you were to dine at my table and received this dish what would you have thought? Well the first thought would to think that the dish comprised of bitter notes correct? But the element of surprise kicks in when you simply taste Tuna, Orange and Sesame. Some might want to label this as sensory dining with all its blah and glamor. I just like to call it fun and laughter (provided the diner doesn’t return the plate back to the kitchen first). The tuna sits in a marinade of orange juice and zest, then just before serving it is coated in squid ink whihc has been infused with a grat amount of orange zest and slices. Then it is torched to “dry” the coating. The same infused squid ink is then diluted with orange juice and made into jellies.Then the “waste” is made from black sesame oil, crumbles, broken tuiles & powdered black sesame. Nothing simple yet nothing too complex.

With the way this dish has been compiled it reminded me of the recent spill. I am not the most “GREEN” person in the world. You can even hear me commenting to environmentalists that before they go on with their gibberish go sell off their car and ride a bicycle. However I seriously am put off with the recent events. and more so with the response form the people responsible. I will keep my comments on this topic for myself and thank God that I am not directly affected by it. But for those who are you have every single right to vent in anyway you see fit.

No one person can save the world alone, but everyone has a responsibility not to harm it.

Please follow the link to BP Global.

Till then HAPPY FOODING !!!