9 February 2026

Asian prawn cocktail

Peel and clean 4 Giant Tiger prawns and marinate them in 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp Tabasco sriracha, 1/2 tbsp grated ginger and 1/2 grated clove of garlic

Make a dressing from 1 tbsp mayonaise, 1/2 tbsp soy sauce and 1/2 tsp Tabasco sriracha

Start filling 2 nice glasses with pieces of iceberg lettuce, cubes of mango and avocado

Panfry the marinated prawns and cut them in small pieces, the add to the glasses.

Finish with a few drops of lime juice, the mayonaise, some sesame seeds and a few leaves of coriander

(Here Stephanie Bex' original recipe in Flemish)

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Steak tartare on double fried potato

Peel a very big potato and cut out 2  90x33x20 mm rectangles, boil them about 8 to 9 mins. in salted water. Drain and cool 

Make a kosho from the zest of 1/4 lime, 1/4 lemon, 1/4 orange and 1/2 finely hacked red chili. Weigh and add 20% salt

Deep fry the potatoes in 150°C fat, 3 to 4 mins. 

Slice 125g bavette as thin as possible, then cut in tiny cubes, then hack

Mix the meat with 1/2 tbsp soy sauce, 1/4 tbsp Worcester, 1/2 egg yolk, the brunoise of 1/4 shallot and 1/4 sweet gurking, 1/4 tbsp Dyon mustard, 1/4 tbsp hacked capers. Season with salt and pepper.

Deepfry the potatoes a 2nd time, but now in 180°C fat, again 3-4 mins

Cover the French fries with the kosho, then with the steak tartare.

Finish with chives and chervil

(Here Loĩc van Impe's original recipe in Flemish)

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Tuna tataki, Osietra caviar


Brush 150g sashimi grade tuna with olive oil, then roll trough black and white sesame seeds, then panfry in a dry pan, 1 min per side

Make  a dressing from1,5 tbsp soy sauce, 1,5 tbsp rice vinegar, 2,5 tsp sesame oil and 1/2 tsp runny honey

Start plating with a tbsp wasabi mayonaise and use a fork to create ridges

Add slices of the tuna tataki and spoonfuls of Osiertra caviar

Finish with edamame and mustard cress

(Here Stephanie Bex' original recipe in Flemish)

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