Fragrant Poached Chicken, Salted Daikon, Smoked Eggplant Cream, Sashimi Sea Scallops, Ginger-Scented Milk Curd, Virgin Black Sesame

This is one of my most sensual and pure plays on texture. The yielding, fragrant masterstock chicken against the smoky, silky eggplant cream, contrasted with salted daikon and slippery sashimi sea scallops, has great interplay. For me, the perfume of this dish is what makes it so elegant: the ginger-infused milk curd and the intoxicating aroma of the Korean cold-pressed virgin black sesame oil.