The menu looked interesting, so we entered and sat down - we were the only customers - well, I supposed it was quite early, really, about six o'clock, not the busiest period! It's not the prettiest of restaurants, so when my plate of food arrived I was amazed!!!
Doesn't it look good enough to eat??? I loved the tomato rose - so cleanly done, it looked really impressive. Nunu, the manager, came over to make sure we were OK, and stayed to chat for virtually the whole meal - he's a lovely man.
I asked him about the beautiful rose, and he said the chef made them freshly for each customer. I asked if I might be allowed to watch him, since the restaurant was quiet at the moment. He disappeared, and re-appeared with Babu, the chefly genius:)
Babu kindly agreed for me to take a few photographs, and was delighted to know that he would be appearing on a blog post, he was a really sweet man, and, as you can see, very clever with his hands.
He stood before us with a plate on the table, and a tomato in one hand and a sharp knife in the other. In no time at all, the tomato skin was pared away and spiralling down in front of him toward the plate.
He speedily gathered up the skin, coiling it round, then placed in on top of the tomato.
Then he sliced the tomato horizontally, leaving the "rose" sitting on a pedestal of a half a tomato. I'm sorry my photos don't do him justice.
And here is Babu himself - hi Babu - I hope you like seeing yourself in my blog!
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