Dubai chef tries raw food

Dubai chef tries raw food. Gulf News tempts a food expert into trying something new.  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Hey there, I'm here at the Radisson on the creek in Dubai and I'm going to prepare some

00:25raw food dishes for Chef Uwe. So I've got all my equipments here, I'm going to hit the

00:31kitchen and start preparing. So let's see how this goes.

00:42I'm here with Chef Uwe in the kitchen of the Radisson and I've prepared some raw food dishes

00:50for him to try. I've made a three course meal, we've got a mango tomato soup, we've got a pasta,

00:57the noodles are made from beetroots and zucchinis and then we've got a raw vegetable sauce and a

01:03raw cashew nut cream on top and then for dessert we've got a raw cheesecake made from nuts and

01:09dates and strawberries. So Chef Uwe, I would like you to just have a taste of these and tell me how

01:17you think these raw dishes stand up in your opinion. First look, it looks great, it looks a nice

01:23three course meal. I think I could live with that for a day but I could imagine to have some really

01:31nice crispy meat or something on top would be great. But I'm sure, I mean it looks good, I'm

01:36sure it tastes great. It's very nice. You have the, basically the tomato gives the soup the flavor

01:50and the sweet mango takes the acid of the fresh tomato away because normally what you would have

01:56with a fresh tomato you have quite a lot of acid which is normally you would have in the back of

02:03your tongue. Nice creamy, a little bit heavy because it's in the nuts but I mean it has to

02:10go together with all the rest. It's also, it's got some, it's got a fresh lime and some basil leaves

02:16in it as well to give it a like a pesto flavor. Yeah, you need to always to try whatever raw or

02:23cooked. It needs some acid. Again, the combination of the strawberries on top and then the dates,

02:43it goes very nice, goes very nice together. If you give me this as a meal, I would say it's a

02:50nice balanced meal. It's everything there what you need and it's great. From a chef's point of

02:55view because there's been no oils, no salts, no garlics or spices used in this, do you think that

03:02it could stand up to people's taste buds? Do you think there's enough from a flavor point of view?

03:07I think the flavors are there because one of the reasons is because the food is raw. It's not cooked

03:13so you have the natural flavors out there and you get the seasoning through the vegetables. Each

03:19herb or each food or each vegetable has got its own flavors and you just have to combine it right.

03:25And I think like here the combination is very nice. I think it's something what people would

03:30need to get used to it. I would think for me to eat this for a longer period, I would need to

03:38convince myself first because people are used to butter, used to oil, used to bacon. Food is a

03:46lifestyle. Food is not just something you stuff in yourself because you need to eat. You need to

03:50enjoy it. And if you go open-minded and really taste, then I think it's very nice.