It’s very different from my previous articles about traditional Malaysian-Chinese dishes, and I’d really like to know if you find these weird, unbridled explorations interesting at all. I’ve been making a lot of weird, cross-cultural dishes that are hard to categorise into a particular cuisine / style. Hmm, seems like my blog has taken a random turn lately. And hopefully with a bit of luck, we're able to come up with some interesting, funky, tasty dishes, and learn a thing or two along the way. Now I gotta admit, the idea for this dish did initially sound as ridiculous to me as it is to you, but this worked out surprisingly well in the end! Now I'm not claiming to be a genius chef or have created a real special dish here. (Pfft, chefs would probably laugh at my silly chirashi fruit bowl.) All I set out to do every time I'm in the kitchen, which I encourage you to do as well, is to have fun and play around with food and ingredients, while treating them with the love and respect they deserve. I admit its a little heavy on its own, but the fruit manages to cut straight through the richness, making the dish quite nicely balanced. Hmm, I think I might've found the antithesis of the bland, cafeteria gloop that first turned me off rice pudding! HAHA.Īs much as the aesthetics of this dish amuses me though, we all know it's the flavour of the dish that matters most. And I'm proud to say, my weird creation tastes pretty darn good too! This is coming from a guy who, after years of gloopy British-boarding-school cafeteria dinners, almost abhors rice puddings. Granted, I did make my rice pudding a little unconventional by using sushi (calrose) rice, and incorporating a really rich brown butter vanilla caramel into it.
So judge all you want, but I think this bara chirashi fruit bowl is weird and wonderful in its own right. And I must say, I'm quite proud for having come up with this silly little idea. Okay this might seem a little ridiculous and forced (and in a sense it is), but I was just having a little fun and getting all weird and creative in the kitchen.
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