The Bubs: Battle Tomato

Every so often Mario and I put our cooking talents to the test in good ol' Iron Chef style. This past weekend we decided to participate in battle tomato. Our tomato variety ranged from Heirlooms, Cherry Tomatoes, Sun Dried, Tomato Paste, etc.

Whenever we do these little battles we have three categories in which you can win: Best Presentation, Taste and Creativity.

Mario presented a menu of Heirloom Tomato Sliders, His version of a Tostada with a side of fried plantains, and Chilean Sea bass on a bed of pasta covered with a tomato mint salsa.

My menu consisted of a Tomato Ceviche with Flour tortilla triangles, Roasted Heirloom Bisque and Sun dried tomato pasta with Gorgonzola and flank steak.

In the Category of Taste we had a draw. Neither of us were willing to let the other one win. Both of these dishes were fabulous.

His tostada layered with grilled chicken, peppers, tomatoes and a slew of other great flavors all topped with a flavorful tomato based salsa.



My dish the Bisque was rich with the flavor of roasted tomato, pine nuts and butter accompanied with a parmigiana crouton.

The other categories were split right down the middle. Mario's tostada won also for creativity while my Ceviche won for best presentation.

Now with all this creativity flowing around sometimes dishes just suck. Well during this battle we both had dishes that did not do so well. His Sea bass and my flank steak dish both were not very good.