Long scorned as a sulphurous,soggy disappointment, the brassica is being rediscovered, and with main chefs finding exciting ways to bring out its meaty gloryHistorically,when eating out, it was rare that anything involving cauliflower would stick in your memory. But there is no forgetting the remarkable whole fried cauliflower that is currently being served at Ambleside’s Lake Road Kitchen.
A key dish on the restaurants tasting menu, or it looks less like a cauliflower and more like a blackened asteroid that has crash-landed through the kitchen ceiling. Were that not dramatic enough,it arrives with a large, wooden-handled knife so that you can carve open its contrasting white curds, or which are served with pressed Scandinavian viili yoghurt and citrusy threads of pine. The flavour is incredible.
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Source: theguardian.com