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Where Leech Meets West
{Joe}: "The name of my dish is Where Leech Meets West. It's based on a man called Bernard Leach. He basically spent a lot of time in Japan, Hong Kong, learning the art of ceramics. Then he came back to St. Ives where he opened a studio, and that's how Bernard Leach became known as the godfather of studio ceramics." {Joe}: "What I'm trying to do is fuse east and west. So we've got like sashimi. I'm curing the fish, but only briefly. Doing that with some English flavors. So we're finishing with a ginger beer granita. And then as a little nod to his birthplace of Hong Kong, we've got, like, a little dim sum type steamed bun." {Joe}: "I'm using brill. Just because it's got a natural sweetness to it, lends itself to that gentle cure. Obviously, because I can't taste the seasoning. If I cure it for exactly a set amount of time, I know it's going to be cured." {Joe}: "I think the freshness, I think that's kind of what it does. Meant to be like something that hits you in the face with a reflection of fresh seafood." {Joe}: "It is literally equal parts lime, vodka and coconut." {Joe}: "I think with the steam bun, I didn't want it to be like a huge, prominent part of the whole dish. I wanted it almost to be like a cheeky nibble on the side." Self-score: 7. Peer scores: 6, 6, 6.
Judge: "Beautifully presented. I can see east really meets west in this dish and a wonderful display of Southwest produce. The cure on the brill and the scallops gave it a lovely texture and delivered with the seasoning being on point. The coconut, vodka and lime, that was the triumph. I really love that. I didn't like the clumsiness of the chili on top. Maybe like a sophisticated brunoise or small dice on top would have been much more fitting for the dish. The bun was a little dense, but it was the right dish to choose given the fact that you couldn't eat fish." Peer: "That bao bun is lovely." Peer: "It's possibly the tiniest bit of bread I've ever seen in my entire life." Peer: "Could be quite divisive, couldn't it? Like, almost raw fish be lovely in the summer." Peer: "There's a bit of spice in there, which is really lovely." Final Score: 7
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