Australian chef Drew Nocente coming to Bangkok
As a part of Sanpellegrino’s Fine Dining Lovers Guest Chef Series, Bangkok is to welcome Drew Nocente, the Australian executive chef/ patron of Singapore’s much-acclaimed Salted & Hung restaurant.
Salted & Hung is a contemporary Australian restaurant which opened in the Lion City in the first half of 2016 to offer dishes with a strong focus on in-house curing and flaming. It is where Nocente reflects his Italian-Australian culinary background and showcases his forte in traditional curing methods along with his passion for showcasing quality produce on the grill.
The cookery is inspired by Australia’s multicultural heritage and based on European technique, especially French, Spanish and Italian, yet absorbing ingredients and ideas from Asian neighbours.
Nocente will be in town to join Freebird’s executive chef Dallas Cuddy to create an exhilarating dinner at the stylishly-set restaurant on Sukhumvit 47.
Both Salted & Hung and Freebird restaurants specialise in contemporary Australian cuisine, and the two chefs will be working alongside each other to present an eight-course feast.
Highlighted dishes include flaxseed with barramundi brandade, roe and pennywort; crab with seaweed, umeboshi and dashi; pork belly, pickle apples, nuts and mustard; mackerel with pickles, horseradish and nori ash; quail with spiced sausage, fermented onion and mustard seeds; and wagyu flank, homemade XO sauce and pickled cabbage.
The eight-course contemporary Australian cuisine dinner by Drew Nocente and Dallas Cuddy will take place on Friday, March 31, at Freebird restaurant on Sukhumvit 47. Prices are 2,750 baht per person, and 4,750 baht with options of wine from Australia and New Zealand.
For reservations and further details, call Freebird restaurant at 02-384-4660.