Clam with your cappuccino? Menu pairs coffee and seafood at London Coffee Festival

The unlikely combo is part of a three-course menu available this weekend
Coffee cuisine: Herring tartare with your cuppa, anyone?

When it comes to food, some things are made for each other. Cheese and wine, tea and cake, bacon and eggs … and, according to an award-winning restaurant, coffee and seafood.

The unlikely combination features on a three-course menu at this year’s London Coffee Festival in Brick Lane.

It has been created by The Scandinavian Embassy, a restaurant in Amsterdam. The first dish is an espresso-smoked oyster, a mussel with coffee-infused vinegar and a clam with coffee and cherry-infused butter. Guests wash down the array of seafood with a chilled espresso made from Colombian beans.

Next are scallops flambéed with Hernö gin and roasted coffee flowers served with a long coffee made from Ethiopian beans. The final course is a herring tartare with Ethiopian yirgacheffe beans.

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Head chef Rikard Andersson said: “Seafood and coffee go insanely well together. I’m not sure why it’s not being done more. We have matched the flavour of the coffees with the seafood so the seafood brings out the complexities in the coffee.”

Festival founder Ludovic Rossignol, said: “I thought it would be a really interesting addition to this year’s bill that would push and challenge Londoners. It’s not for the faint-hearted and is more for the discerning foodie.”

Festival tickets are from £14.50 for adults and £4.50 for children. The pairing menu costs £35 or is included in the £65 VIP ticket price.

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