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THE WAY FORWARD
DISHANTHA VARUNA THE LIGHTHOUSE, D3
What is your favourite dish on the menu?
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Tough to choose just one, but if I have to, it’s the truffle rigatoni.
Tell us about the dish
It’s full of truffle’s umami flavour and powerful aromas. The creaminess is so delicious, and the crispy shallot rings adds some crunchy texture.
What makes it a standout dish?
We use fresh truffles from Alba in Italy, the home of truffles, and that makes such a difference to the final execution.
We try to source a lot of our fruit and vegetables locally, and other key ingredients from all over the world, such as the burrata from Italy and honey and feta cheese from Greece. Everything is made in-house from scratch including bread, jams, cream, chocolate and ice-cream.
SAGAR KUMAR JOSHI VIBE UAE
What is your favourite dish on the menu?
There are so many dishes which are close to my heart but if I need to choose one then it’s going to be G.O.A.T. Salad.
Tell us about the dish
It’s served as a warm salad and has a completely different texture to any other salad. The filo is crispy and creamy and the base of the salad is smooth, coconut-and beans-based, with a signature touch of the pink goat cheese tuile. I made this dish as a fusion of Indian coastal and western cuisine. I’m a big fan of crispy pastries and coastal dishes, so for this dish, I merged them both. The mustard seeds, curry leaves and coconut found in coastal cuisines combine with the crispy puff pastry and filo’s in western cuisine. It very quickly turned into one of my most delicious vegetarian dishes.
What makes it a standout dish?
As I belong to a vibrant and colourful theme-based restaurant, I tried to put different colours on a plate that makes the dish stand out, like white coconut, green beans, pink goat cheese and brownish hot filo.
Where do you source the ingredients from?
We source all our ingredients from premium vendors for both organic and the healthiest grade. However, for me, these are trade secrets. There are so many criteria to be wary of in terms of sourcing produce that is additive, homogeneous and pathogen-free. We spend a lot of time researching and testing to make sure that what we source are not just healthy ingredients, but rich in flavour and ethically produced too.
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