Progressive chef Karlos Ponte Maldonado will host a one-off collaborative dinner at Silo on Wednesday, the 1st of August, the UK’s first zero-waste restaurant. Serving a carefully crafted tasting menu, the evening will showcase the innovative concepts behind Silo, as well as Restaurant Taller, the Venezuelan gourmet restaurant in Copenhagen.
Restaurant Taller’s menu draws inspiration for the Venezuelan cuisine with its diverse range of flavours due to the country’s varied landscape of Caribbean shores, dense Amazonian jungle, vast grassy plains and towering Andes. For this event, Karlos will work with Silo founder Doug McMaster and Head Chef Dan Gibeon to create an inventive eight-course menu that is a reflection of both restaurants.
The menu showcases ingredients originally from Venezuela. Combined with the fresh produce sourced from around the UK and foraged by the Silo team. Karlos also brings Diplomatico Rum to the event, a carefully crafted sipping rum from Venezuela, widely recognized as one of the finest in the world, for guests to enjoy at a tasting demonstration before dinner.
Menu
Oyster, mango and angostura bitters (oysters, mango, ham oil, mirasol chilli oil, blood orange and angostura bitters granite)
Corn arepa and caviar (flatbread made of corn, lardo, chicken stock and caviar)
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“Tribute to Sofrito” (fermented slow fried vegetables cream, grilled onions, tamarind
pickled tomatoes, black garlic, crispy bell peppers, dry aji dulce and mañoco (dried yellow yuca)
“Pizca Andina” (Pommeanna glazed with duck stock, duck egg yolk and foamy sauce of milk, parsley and roasted spring onions)
“Yuca” (roasted cassava root, sour cassava root cream, brown butter, ancho chili and
pine)
“Langoustine and blood sausage” (rum steamed langoustine, Venezuelan blood sausage pure and
tomato crisp)
“Lamb and Guasacaca” (grilled lamb, lamb stock, grilled herb bouquet, and guasacaca sauce)
“Soursop and Avocado” (soursop sorbet, avocado cream, chamomile and lemon verbena crumble and summer
herbs)
“Venezuelan Cocoa” (100% Cocoa ganache and frozen air, seasoned with seaweed, dry blackberries and
pink pepper)
The event starts at 6pm with a demonstration from Diplomatico Rum and a complimentary drink upon arrival, before serving dinner at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced at £45 per person, including a 5-course dinner, cocktail and wine pairing, and can be purchased from here: https://www.rsvp-popup.com/events/taller-x-diplomatico-tour-stop-1-brighton.
