It treads a careful boundary between nasty and sweet, balancing the rude humor of humiliation with an affirming, tolerant, almost scolding final message: Be nice!
The combination imparted a pleasing savory-sweet balance to the fresh seafood.
"The crust is just perfect, and so is the tart-sweet balance.
Among the classics, the margarita had a great tart-sweet balance and the cosmopolitan, too, had more flavor and backbone than most.
*** Tia Lusso 700ml, £11.99, widely available Strong bitter coffee nose which transfers to the palate with a strong bitter-sweet balance.
In the rush to add hamachi ceviche and epazote-wrapped lamb loins to a menu, the fundamentals -- like the acid-sweet balance of a perfect salsa verde, or the burnished brown of a freshly roasted poblano chile -- can get lost.
Indeed, the tart-sweet balance of the fruit ketchups, and the cold brininess of the oyster version (fresh oysters blended into a base of wine, butter, shallots and mace) could have come out of any of the professional kitchens where Mr. Andrés first trained as a chef.
