Caviar goals, opulent ingredient now a preferred menu merchandise
Caviar bumps can be discovered at SK Steak & Oyster in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley and at arkhé, the Adelaide restaurant of former Merivale Chef Jake Kellie.
Closer to house, Luke Mangan has added a model of the appetiser to his menu at Luke’s Kitchen on the Kimpton, whereas Silvester restaurant at The Marriot has supplied patrons a caviar service.
“When I started cooking 25 years ago I would never have thought I’d serve caviar, it was just so elite – like foie gras was seen as,” Toft stated.
“There’s clearly an appetite in the city,” he stated.
He stated the quirkiness of caviar bumps could make an elevated eating expertise extra relaxed and an elite menu ingredient accessible.
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“By eating something off your hand with your hand in the first 15 minutes of going into quite an elevated dining experience – I think it kind of removes the shackles and anxiety that come with it,” he defined.
“We’re seeing something that was held in the luxurious echelon that is almost being available to a broader range of people unlike ever before.”
But whereas Toft stated he appreciated the success of caviar bumps, “I don’t want that [caviar bumps] to be the only thing that Mimi’s is known for”.
