{"id":1838,"date":"2016-05-15T08:43:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T22:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccls.flywheelsites.com\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2021-04-13T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T03:40:37","slug":"the-day-biota-came-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/the-day-biota-came-to-town","title":{"rendered":"The Day Biota Came to Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a culinary coup for the Central Coast, Avoca\u00a0restaurant Bombini partnered with Bowral\u2019s Biota to present an epic Sunday feast.<\/p>\n

Combining the flavours of the Southern Highlands with fruit and veg\u00a0plucked fresh from Bombini\u2019s organic garden, the joint lunch was a celebration of regional produce.<\/p>\n

Despite the incessant rain, it turned out to be a smokin\u2019 hot Sunday lunch.<\/p>\n

\"Bombini<\/a>

Chefs James Viles and Cameron Cansdell<\/p><\/div>\n

More like apron-clad stand up comics than two of the State\u2019s hottest regional chefs, Bombini\u2019s Cameron Cansdell and Biota\u2019s James Viles\u00a0clearly share a sense of humour as well as\u00a0the\u00a0same food philosophy \u2013 a focus on sustainable, regional\u00a0produce.<\/p>\n

They also share a postcode \u2013 James is an Avoca native when he\u2019s not\u00a0cooking up a storm at Bowral.<\/p>\n

He’s only arrived home from the Southern Highlands in the early hours and is straight to Bombini to dig\u00a0a hole for his piece de la resistance \u2013 suckling pig.<\/p>\n

\"Bombini<\/a>

Basil and chilli pippies at the Bombini and Biota lunch<\/p><\/div>\n

James loves the distinct flavours from wood cuttings (or fruit pits if you\u2019re fresh out of wood) so just about everything on the menu has been smoked over the fire.<\/p>\n

There’s a burnt chilli and pumpkin salad, charred eggplant with toasted garlic, and suckling pig with crunchy crackling and sweet onion shells.<\/p>\n

\"Bombini<\/a>

Bombini and Biota lunch<\/p><\/div>\n

There are also lots of Bombini trademarks sprinkled throughout.<\/p>\n

We’re greeted with a cucumber spritz, bright sunflower heads beam up at us from the pretty table setting and\u00a0classic Italian primis \u2013 burrata with salsa rosa, chilli and basil pippies, octopus with chickpea puree \u2013 are served on the restaurant\u2019s sunshine-yellow plates.<\/p>\n

\"Raw<\/a>

Raw white fish and radish at the Bombini and Biota lunch<\/p><\/div>\n

The shared garden-to-plate ethos is evident throughout the three-course meal, which actually ends up being more than a dozen tasty share plates with matching Krinklewood wines.<\/p>\n

The slices of black radish mixed up with raw white fish are foraged from Bombini\u2019s sub tropical garden \u2013 the frilly dianthus flower garnish is courtesy of Biota.<\/p>\n

As are the black pigs from Red Leaf farm \u2013 so \u201cbloody tasty\u201d, according to James, because they have been roaming wild on 200 acres grazing on wild berries and the like.<\/p>\n

\"Bombini<\/a>

Fruit from the fire for dessert at the Bombini and Biota lunch<\/p><\/div>\n

These Coastie chefs have whipped up what appears to be a very sophisticated menu only a few days ago, based on what’s in the garden.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s even a surprise dolci – pineapple (found in the Bombini cool room) and figs, that have been cooked over the same flames as the pig, are served with a burnt butter and honey sauce.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s in addition to an exquisite cocktail of Cam\u2019s famed Jersey milk gelato with James\u2019 caramelised pomelo and delicate flakes of dried milk.<\/p>\n

Biota and Bombini exist in vastly different climates but for one day there is\u00a0a definite Southern Highland chill in the air in Avoca – perfect for a menu infused with fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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