This meal was in honour of my mate Tyson and his GF Philipa. She is a vego, yet a lovely girl….its quite rare the two of those go hand-in-hand. The dumpling idea came from a dish at Tets we did for the vego dietry in place of the crab ravioli, except I’ve replaced the potato with celeriac and finished it with a sweet lemon barley dressing. The rice salad may seem outta place with the dumplings and panzanella, but the crisp light taste of the fresh peas and shoots combined with fluffy jasmine rice, dressed in olive oil combated the strong flavours of the other dishes. Also, steamed rice with plenty of maldon and extra virgin is damn tasty….the addition of fresh mint, peas and shoots is just a bonus.

Celeriac and Goats Cheese Dumpling, Lemon Barley Vinaigrette

Pea, Mint and Snow Pea Shoot Rice Salad

Heirloom Tomato Panzanella