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Chilli Lime Butter Prawns
Chilli Lime Butter Prawns with Poached Pear and Peach, Tamarind Chutney, and Sake Herb Dressing
{Dhananjai}: "I am really excited to put forward my version of food to the critics. It's not just about eating or seeing a plate. It's about an experience that you're providing to the person in front of you."
{Dhananjai}: "Nervous. It's just going to be a new experience, a new interaction. So I don't know what to expect."
{Dhananjai}: "Lemon and chilli butter, poached prawns that go with macerated peaches and pears, along with a green goddess dressing that has got sake in it. The prawn dish definitely takes inspiration from my treks in the southern Himalayas. I was 14 and loved going there. I did a lot of solo trips, so it's taking inspiration from there. And the fruits of that belt of Amalias. That's peaches and pears."
{Dhananjai}: "So my dish is lemon chilli Argentinian prawns served along with macerated peaches and pears in pink peppercorn and star anise with a little tangy spicy tamarind chutney. And you can split lemon chilli butter with the green goddess dressing that has a hit of sake in it."
{William Sitwell}: "This is a very refined fine dining plate of food. It's a very beautiful thing to look at."
{Jay Rayner}: "Those prawns, they're beautifully cooked, beautifully seasoned, and I would have really killed for just a huge bowl of those."
{William Sitwell}: "I quite liked his fruit, but the problem comes from the sake sauce, which is so harsh, so acidic. I mean, it literally gets you at the back of the throat. Without the sake sauce, the rest of it is very nice. You know, he cooks well. He's got a refined touch."
{Jimi Famurewa}: "It's fresh. It's very distinctive. There's some good technique here."
{Monica}: "The prawns, they're not chewy. They're just soft and delicious and sweet. Tamarind chutney, the pear, the peach, I thought it'd be too much fruit. There's enough flavor coming from the butter and the herbs. It's a lovely balanced dish."
{Marcus}: "There's a lot of strong seasonings on here from the lime chilli that's wrapped around those prawns, but the sweetness of the fruit is balancing the sharpness. It's a very clever dish."
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