Sanpellegrino, the ambassador of fine dining, will present the best of modern German cuisine from the Bangkok restaurant Sühring at PRU, Phuket’s renowned farm-to-table restaurant at the Trisara beachfront resort in Phuket, on 16 and 17 June, 2017.
The price per person is THB 2,900++ for food only, and THB 3,900++ for the option in which carefully selected German wines are served with each course.
The event is part of the Fine Dining Lovers Guest Chef Series initiated by Sanpellegrino, designed to demonstrate how the finest natural mineral water can be used to enhance the greatest of dining experiences. This series brings renowned chefs to Thailand from top dining destinations around the world, and also showcases top chefs from Thailand’s own creative restaurant scene.
PRU stands for “Plant, Raise & Understand”, the philosophy that governs the restaurant’s own farm in Phuket, where the team plant their own vegetables, herbs and fruits, grow their own mushrooms, and raise their own animals. The team also churns their own butters, creates plates from driftwood and recycles food waste. At the helm of the kitchen is Jim Ophorst, Thailand’s contestant for the San Pellegrino Young Chef Award 2016, who transforms the locally sourced ingredients into inventive European cuisine.
Sühring is owned by twin brothers Thomas and Mathias Sühring, who are from Germany and who began to form their ambition to become chefs when they spent their annual school holidays on their grandparents’ farm, where they became interested in techniques such as fermentation, pickling, smoking, drying and curing, which are rooted in the German tradition.
Thomas and Mathias then went on to work in European Michelin-starred restaurants before moving to Thailand, where in Bangkok’s Chongnonsi district they opened Sühring in the early part of 2016. The restaurant has quickly won several awards, including being ranked number 13 in Asia’s Best Restaurant listing for 2017.
At Sühring, the two brothers showcase the best of modern German fare inspired by childhood memories and family recipes, all elevated to the level of haute cuisine and combining the essence of traditional dishes with contemporary Central European influences.
At PRU, the menu begins with a selection of eat-with-your-fingers food, including a choice of Berlin street food, before appetisers of 24-hour-cured ocean trout, and a dish that the twins describe as Brotzeit Picnic are served. The two appetiser courses are accompanied by a 2016 Weisburgunder Juwel from Juliane Eller, and a 2015 Welschriesling Freyheit from Heinrich.
The menu then moves on to a regional German dish named Leipziger Allerlei, which is said to have been invented in Leipzig after the Napoleonic wars and which is made from peas, carrots, asparagus, morels and crayfish, the twins sourcing their crayfish from Chiang Mai. A 2014 Rielsing Spatlese Trocken from Koehler-Ruprecht accompanies this course.
Next comes a dish of soft egg noodles sprinkled with summer truffle, accompanied by a 2015 Rielsing Gaisberg from Stagard.
The main course is Hungarian duck, aged for seven days and served with braised onion and smoked shitake. Accompanying this course is a 2013 Pinot Noir Select from Fritz Wieninger. Dessert is a traditional rhubarb and sorrel apfelstrudel, accompanied by a 2012 Beerenauslese Cuvee from Kracher.
For further information and bookings for the special two-day event at PRU, email pru@trisara.com, or phone +66 76 310 100. Guests are also welcome to stay for the weekend at Trisara, Phuket’s most luxurious pool villa resort and enjoy a special 40% discount on hotel suites and villas by using promotion code “SP40” when booking on www.trisara.com for stays between 16-19 June.
Sanpellegrino initiated the Fine Dining Lovers Guest Chef Series to feature renowned chefs from top dining destinations around the world, bringing top-notch epicurean experiences to diners in Thailand. Sanpellegrino is dedicated to promoting the fine dining scene through top-class dining events, as well as on Finedininglovers.com, an online magazine sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna that congregates an inspiring and engaging community to which the brands are intrinsically linked.
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