"In Istria you'll find intensely wonderful pristine flavors from the earth.
At the same time, he plays a deft, subtle hand with high-risk spices like cumin, and he revels in clear, pristine flavors.
I loved an appetizer of steak tartare, served molded into two pristine red eggs, flavored with Worcestershire and cornichons rather than the traditional capers.
A bit of freshly ground, toasted cumin gets on swimmingly with the lemon and grapefruit juice in the dressing, adding a bit of mystery to the otherwise straightforward, pristine march of flavors on the plate.
His warm chocolate cake, just gooey enough on the inside, came with a scoop of green ice cream permeated with a mint flavor so pristine that it instantly banished all memory of scoops past, with their overtones of sticky peppermint candy.
The dimensions of his pristine alto saxophone tone — a small, bright thing with a flavor both tart and sweet — kept warping slightly, in the manner of an R&B singer.
Their deep, rich flavor sported a pristine edge.
"We're finding flavors we've never ever tasted before, different fruit and floral flavors from really pristine, clean coffees.
On a very different note, a fresh, very appealing appetizer of raw yellowfin tuna with bits of marinated cucumber and gazpacho sauce does an intricate little dance, with bright, sharp flavors enhancing the pristine, velvety slices of tuna, a fish often condemned to be nothing more than color on the plate.
The flavors here are absolutely pristine, the lightly poached sea urchin in perfect balance with the saffron.
