Hortum Soigne (SwÊŒn Yay)
Aubergine is a huge purple berry that needs serious cooking to transform it from a sponge to a delight, once there it becomes other wordly, rich smokey and Umami, it is paired in a creamy coconut squash wedges, pierced with mango curd and salt lime pickled kale
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Hortum Soigne – (hoor-Tom Swanyay) roughly translates to “Well presented garden”. our most colourful offering. In a word of food porn we need a centerfold. The ancient roman food lover Apicius stated we eat first with our eyes. Don’t take this too literally like my mate Stan did with his saveloy and chips, chips come out the frier at 180 degrees, most eyes don’t have the required teeth to break those crispy chips down. He looked like had some thyroid problem for about a week.
Aubergine is a huge purple berry that needs serious cooking to transform it from a sponge to a delight, once there it becomes other wordly, rich smokey and Umami, soft boiled egg, sweet pickled red onions, fresh light salad, crispy fried peas and a lemon and tahini dressing.














