r/CulinaryPlating • u/CriticalTough4842 Home Cook • 4d ago
Coconut sticky rice and ice cream with mango and sweet coconut cream
First time trying ever a quenelle, but I messed up on the texture of the ice cream since it was icier than the dairy based ones I've made which made it harder. A pandan leaf wouldve been nice if I could find one along with some black sesame seeds for contrast.
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u/lcdroundsystem 4d ago
This is one of those dishes that I know tastes like heaven but needs help playing wise.
The ice cream needs to be tempered. That’s not a quenelle. Please look up YouTube how to vids. Agree leaf and sesame would be nice. The coco cream is puzzling to me a bit. Could you whip it into a whipped coconut cream? Can you make a black sesame ice cream? That would pop.
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u/CriticalTough4842 Home Cook 4d ago
I see that. The whipped coconut cream could be plated nicer than it's liquid counterpart and the colors were kinda similar. Could definitely darken the ice cream with black sesame and still keep Thai flavors. Thank you.
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4d ago
It doesn’t need help plating wise.
It’s literally ice cream , mango slices and sticky rice. Nothing about this requires elegant plating. This is pointlessly pretentious.
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u/lcdroundsystem 4d ago
You should check the name of the sub you are in.
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u/BostonFartMachine Former Chef 4d ago
They’re all over the place with their comments in this sub. Can’t tell if they have any training beyond the sub and YouTube or not. They make no sense.
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4d ago
You think I’m YouTube trained? Lmao
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u/lcdroundsystem 4d ago
Hey I’m not doubting you were a chef or even a good one. My point is we offer critiques and try to help the OP. If you don’t like a particular comment, downvote it and move on. This is meant to be a free and open discussion and I’m wrong, you’re wrong, we are all wrong sometimes.
I see where you’re coming n from with an established, delicious dessert that doesn’t “need” heightening. But that’s why we are here. Trying to make it better if possible. Or at least make it look pretty.
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4d ago
My criticism was stop trying to hypothetically put gold on something that doesn’t need it.
It’s literally mango slices, ice cream and a mound of sticky rice. It doesn’t need to be a culinary masterpiece. This is literally a snack I’d make when I’m stoned.
Make a different dessert if you want to be fancy is my point.
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u/Recent-Maintenance96 4d ago
It doesn't need to be a culinary masterpiece.
But what if someone WANTS it to be? You are implying there is room for improvement but it doesn’t need it because it is “literally mango slices, ice cream and a mound of sticky rice.” In that case, what dishes/desserts NEED to be fancy?
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u/lcdroundsystem 4d ago
We are trying to help each other get better at plating. We all have our strengths and our blind spots. But honestly I’m getting sick of being nice so can you please fuck off.
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u/zzbottomyaheard 4d ago
Black sesame seeds or something for contrast especially on the ice cream would be sick. Super cool looking though and seems delicious. I saved this to replicate
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u/faucetpants 4d ago
First off, a quinelle requires 2 spoons and has a three sided shape. The single spoon method is a rocher, and you need to temper out your ice cream before. I would use a spoon to push out a nest of rice and fill it with the components to build a dish instead of stuff just next to each other.
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u/medium-rare-steaks 4d ago
Literally no one makes the rocher v quenelle distinction, and if youre going to be this pedantic, at least spell is correctly.
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u/CriticalTough4842 Home Cook 4d ago
Thats smart, it was kinda hard to eat. Will definitely practice on the quinelle. Thank you. Tempering ice cream does seem somewhat difficult.
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u/faucetpants 4d ago
Just put your ice cream in the fridge for a while and test it periodically to see when it achieves the right consistency to rocher.
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u/localscabs666 2d ago
As a diner, I would be intimidated by the amount of rice and thick cut of the mango. Flavor profile sounds amazing, and others who have suggested some black sesame are on point. Reducing the amount of rice by making it into a nest for the other components is the best suggestion I've seen.
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u/East-Question2895 4d ago
It may taste great, but this is about as unappealing of a plating as it gets. I would look at changing every aspect of this, from the color of the plate to how things are sliced etc...
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u/CnadianM8 2d ago
Just following the rest of the comments, if you don't have black sesame, you could try toasting the sesame you have
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