Vegetable sides that disappear first
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Vegetable sides that disappear first

Bright, roasted, charred, dressed and spiced vegetables designed to compete with the main dish.

Vegetable sides that disappear first

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Chawanmushi Starter
Starter43 mins

Chawanmushi

Chawanmushi is a distinctive Japanese starter rooted in Japanese kaiseki and household cooking, celebrated for egg cust…

Takoyaki Starter
Starter1h

Takoyaki

Takoyaki is a distinctive Japanese starter rooted in Osaka street-food culture, celebrated for octopus, dashi batter, s…

Som Tam Thai Starter
Starter25 mins

Som Tam Thai

Som Tam Thai is a pounded green-papaya salad balancing lime, fish sauce, palm sugar, chilli and peanuts.

Gai Satay Starter
Starter1h 45m

Gai Satay

Gai Satay is charred turmeric-and-coconut chicken skewers served with peanut sauce and cucumber relish.

Tod Mun Pla Starter
Starter45 mins

Tod Mun Pla

Tod Mun Pla is springy fish cakes flavoured with red curry paste, makrut lime and long beans.

Miang Kham Starter
Starter45 mins

Miang Kham

Miang Kham is small leaf-wrapped bites combining coconut, lime, ginger, chilli, peanuts and a sweet-savoury sauce.

Yam Wun Sen Starter
Starter33 mins

Yam Wun Sen

Yam Wun Sen is a bright glass-noodle salad with herbs, lime, chilli and savoury seafood or meat.

Poh Pia Tod Starter
Starter1h

Poh Pia Tod

Poh Pia Tod is crisp fried spring rolls filled with vegetables and glass noodles.

Humita en Chala Starter
Starter1h 20m

Humita en Chala

Creamy fresh corn and squash seasoned with onion and paprika, wrapped in corn husks and steamed.

Matambre Arrollado Starter
Starter2h 5m

Matambre Arrollado

Rolled flank steak filled with vegetables and egg, gently cooked, chilled and sliced into colourful spirals.

Maryland Crab Cakes Starter
Starter37 mins

Maryland Crab Cakes

Maryland-style crab cakes with generous pieces of sweet crab, light seasoning and a crisp golden crust.

Hush Puppies Starter
Starter30 mins

Hush Puppies

Golden Southern cornmeal fritters with crisp edges, a tender centre and gentle onion flavour.

Acarajé Starter
Starter45 mins

Acarajé

Crisp black-eyed-pea fritters fried in dendê oil and filled with vatapá, prawns and salad.