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Food
Two essential components of life, food and drink. Everybody has to drink and everybody has to eat, so might as well make it worth while. I have experimented with many different foods and diets from vegetarian to keto to paleo and have come to find out that the best diet is no diet. In the words of the late great Anthony Bourdain, "Your body is not a temple, It's an amusement park, enjoy the ride."
I have always loved building a dish and tasting it as well, if you don't believe me, check out my instagram @dishes_drinks_and_more
Dish: Amberjack
Location: ZOI - Spilt, Croatia. Overlooking Split right on the city walls with the water a mere 50 feet away.
Ingredients: Amberjack fillet, spring spinach cream, handcrafted Grana Padano cheese croquetes, champagne sauce, parsley tuile, and baby spinach
Peach and blue cheese Bruschetta with drizzled honey, perfect summertime snack.
Starter: Calamari and prawn sashimi
Location: Zori - County of Spilt-Dalmatia. Overlooking the water filled with Yachts, the location of this was stunning.
Ingredients: The calamari was served with pickled beats, cauliflower, thyme, and onions.
Dish: Beef Tenderloin
Location: Zori - County of Spilt-Dalmatia. Overlooking the water filled with Yachts, the location of this was stunning.
Ingredients: I don’t have every ingredient for this dish because I forgot to take a picture of the menu instead I’ll verbalize what I tasted.
- First off, the presentation was nearly perfect in my opinion. It was eloquent, fancy, and different without taking away from the food itself. Some restaurants try and focus too much on the presentation and that can lead to subpar quality, this was not one of those restaurants.
- The base, the blood looking stuff on the plate is actually a beat root reduction with a hint of white truffles and honey. It had the perfect amount of sweet flavor to contrast the well seasoned beef tenderloin.
- The meat was cooked perfectly and oozed with flavor and juice.
- Surrounding the meat were green beans with mini peppers and onions dispersed throughout. A few pieces of shaven white truffles on top was the icing on the cake.