Review: The Goanut
It seems that fusion food seems to be the 'thing' right now. Following on from the craze of the cronut, Executive chef at The Tower Hotel, Christian Rozsenich has come up with his very own, slightly crazy spin. The hotels new menu will now feature a dish call the goanut, which to you and me is a goat's cheese donut.
The Tower Hotel's brasserie has recently a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for 2013, so before you even open the menu you know you can expect to enjoy a fabulous meal in a great location (the hotel overlooks the Thames and Tower Bridge).
The sweet and savoury dish may sound a bit too out there at first, but believe me when I say that the combination of goat's cheese, beetroot, English mustard, combined with sweet caramel, pecan nuts and double cream, makes for a rather tasty dish.
The sweet and savoury elements make it difficult to decide whether it is a sweet or savoury starter. But to be honest, when it tastes this great, who cares what category it sits under.
The sweet dough and goat's cheese, despite being a combination I'd never put together, worked really well. And the doughnut was not greasy at all, which you may expect from the food usually found sugar coated at the seaside.
Each serving comes with two of the savoury sweet delights which is just the right amount for a starter.
All in all you can expect to go crazy for the goanut. Hopefully it's not just a crazy food fad and the goanut will be a regular on the venue's menu.
The Tower Hotel's brasserie has recently a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for 2013, so before you even open the menu you know you can expect to enjoy a fabulous meal in a great location (the hotel overlooks the Thames and Tower Bridge).
The sweet and savoury dish may sound a bit too out there at first, but believe me when I say that the combination of goat's cheese, beetroot, English mustard, combined with sweet caramel, pecan nuts and double cream, makes for a rather tasty dish.
The sweet and savoury elements make it difficult to decide whether it is a sweet or savoury starter. But to be honest, when it tastes this great, who cares what category it sits under.
The sweet dough and goat's cheese, despite being a combination I'd never put together, worked really well. And the doughnut was not greasy at all, which you may expect from the food usually found sugar coated at the seaside.
Each serving comes with two of the savoury sweet delights which is just the right amount for a starter.
All in all you can expect to go crazy for the goanut. Hopefully it's not just a crazy food fad and the goanut will be a regular on the venue's menu.