Just as the fabrics, tiles and artisan furnishings at Maroma have been sourced, as far as possible, locally, so has the food.
So last year the chef set up an online store, selling ingredients that are sourced as directly as possible from small producers.
And their book, "The 50 Mile Bouquet," out this week from St . Lynns Press, makes the case that flowers can be sourced as carefully as slow foods.
The menu, which features what he described as "Asian dishes with American ingredients, sourced as locally as possible," includes three soups: "phot roast" (to use Mr. Talde's term), won-ton noodle and market ramen.
While their keeper, Wes Foderingham, had to save solidly from Daniel Powell and sensationally from Will Grigg steaming on to Darren Potter's 40-yard through-ball, they sourced as much down the left, from where Massimo Luongo and Ben Gladwin crossed to a man arriving beyond the far post.
Low velocity features resolved here indicate that this process may be sourced as deeply as the top of the mantle transition zone at 410 km.
