{"id":1223,"date":"2017-08-30T14:07:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T12:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newbalkancuisine.com\/?p=1223\/"},"modified":"2017-08-30T14:07:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T12:07:21","slug":"what-is-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newbalkancuisine.com\/en\/what-is-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Optional?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prejudice can highly affect the way we experience food and create a conscious refusal to taste a certain dish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most of us refuse to try certain ingredients for no objective reason.<\/p>\n<p>This fact lead us to create a dish under the name OPTIONAL.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the menu guests are informed that for the dish called Optional a description will be given after consummation. At that point guests are given a choice to try the dish or to change the dish for one from Vegetarian menu.<\/p>\n<p>Most of our guests accepted to try the dish and they genuinely enjoyed it. However, some of them did mention that they wouldn&#8217;t even try it if they knew what was it.<\/p>\n<p>Dish called Optional are in fact, bull&#8217;s testicle medallions in herbal crust,\u00a0saut\u00e9ed on brown butter. They are topped up with crispy chips made from bull&#8217;s penis. The dish is completed with nettle cream and chamomile gel. If you ask me, perfection&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Texture of testicles\u00a0saut\u00e9ed on butter is similar to texture of Scallops. Toasted note comes from penis chips and is similar to pop-corn. 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