Christmas dinner @SiberiaRestaurant - degustation.
Siberia is an eastern Russian influenced restaurant, food of the forest, which sounds very fascinating and intriguing to me as someone that loves trying new things. I had travelled through the western part of Russia a few years ago.
Pear, peach & prosciutto salad
Wow, this is such a tasty salad, fresh, body with the thin slices of pears, and I particularly love the slightly thick strips of slightly chewy prosciutto. It adds a different texture to the dish and a most delicious flavour to tie all the ingredients together along with the dressing.
Rye sourdough, smoked horseradish cream, a fish which is like a sardine
This is delicious. The rye bread while toasted has a little spongy give, the horseradish cream is nice and creamy, I love the sweet acidity of the pickling juices of the cucumber against the oily fish which is yum. The salad helps balance the oiliness of the fish. I really loved this, fantastic balance of flavour and textures.
A traditional Russian crepe stuffed with beef and venison.
The crepe has a lovely golden brown outside, when I bit in I was expecting a crunch but a lovely soft comforting spongy crepe instead greets you. The shredded beef and venison in the crepe is really tasty. A very unique and satisfying dish. I can imagine eating this on a cold winter's day!
Lamb backstrap cooked medium rare, barley, and a poached pear with the salad
The lamb backstrap is cooked nicely, slightly pink on the inside and a slight char smokey flavour on the outside. The barley is very tasty, I've not eaten barley like the way it has been prepared here. Poached pear, which is usually the domain of a dessert, has been transformed as part of the main! A stroke of genius, very tender, the wine flavour coming through and the flavour of the pear goes perfectly against the meatiness of the lamb.
Christmas cake balls, vanilla custard, shard
Looks a simple dish but the Christmas cake has a nice hit of alcohol and the custard with the cake is delicious. I Iike the colours of the sugar shards, looks like a work of art, but is edible.
Cherry mousse, meringue, raspberries
I'm really full and they're still wheeling out food! This is quite light, the cherry mousse is more like a gel, a lovely flavour, the meringue is a little sweet against the slight tart cherries and the raspberries provide a nice fruity flavour. This is a lovely summery dessert to finish.
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