Eat This Now: the seaweed donuts and trout roe with cream from Corvino
Donuts and fish — such an appealing, intuitive combo! How has nobody thought of it before?
We joke, we joke. But only because of how much we love this Corvino dish, which doesn’t remind us much of donuts or fish. These donuts ain’t Krispy Kremes, for starters. They’re savory, and a little puffy, and — as the name implies — they’ve got seaweed inside them. Try ‘em blind, though, and there’s a good chance you’d never guess about the seaweed. It snakes subtly through the dough, dispersing flavor, and the bites are rare when you can even register this raw marine plant on your tongue.
As to the fish: it’s trout roe — little pink fish eggs — floating in a gooey lake of heavenly cream. Hold the donut in your left hand. Grab the oar-like utensil they’ve provided you, and smear the creamy roe on the hot donut. Toss that baby into your mouth. Revel in the almost criminal saltiness that washes over your taste buds. Repeat until the main course arrives. Do not try at home.
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