can this really be Apollo noodles yes yes it can hi everyone welcome to Lakaz Mwa a restaurant in
a beautiful garden setting we got permission to go backstage so let's go check it out oh my word
what is that hey wait a second i recognize those fingers look who our master chef is
what we're having today Riki Apollo wow Apollo noodles
back to this weird fruit it's a bean it's a winged bean and we found them at Flacq market
and i thought well this cut it like this it's gonna look pretty awesome and a little bit exotic
it's gonna be cool i can't wait so i'm gonna elevate you some Apollo elevated Apollo yeah
yeah that's right Riki never cooks Apollo that's always me who does it anyway Riki open it up
and chuck it in the boiling water wait we should boil the water first then we'll chuck it in flame
on now remember wait for that to boil inside there's a little bag that you must pull out
that that's got all the spicing and everything on it and a little bit of chili now i know a lot of
you are going to say oh why are you doing the blue one well the blue one is Riki's favourite mine
is the red one it is but we're having a special thing today yes we're going to elevate with some
dorado i've got the dorado here in my ice cream tub which has been marinating in some soy sauce
and other secret things because this is a restaurant and i'm not going to tell you you're
not going to give away all their secrets now i'll show you a piece outside where we had the whole
fish together well this is the piece of frozen dorado it was 50 rupees but how beautiful is it
wow that's that that glitter on the skin you're going to eat a mermaid
a mermaid tail no Riki while we're waiting for the water to boil Riki's going to do the fish
wait for that pan to get really hot okay so the pan is on and the fish is being marinated
and Riki will explain through the rest when we get there so i'm just going to pop a little
bit of sesame oil there and a little bit of regular sunflower oil for our fish not too much
oh sizzling away oh yeah that looks so good and they smell great you can already smell it
oh man a little bit of marinade on top i think i'm misting up everyone i think i'm misting up
the water is boiling and in goes the noodles back to the fish wow how how long do you have to sear
it for uh but you can put it oh look at that i guess you see when it's caramelized yeah oh man
that is a beautiful looking piece of fish we're not going to be too pedantic about
cooking it all the way because the heat will cook the rest of the fish okay there you go you
don't wanna overcook fish don't overcook your fish oh it's not so good it really does they're
caramelizing in whatever sauce magic sauces you put on it okay the Apollo's starting to boil
in there a bit oh add the little crumbles from the pan of course no wasting food okay so this
is the trick you just have to stir the one so that the other can get under the water as well
they'll get there Apollo is really easy to cook and it is one of my
favorite noodles what's great is that it doesn't uh it doesn't dissolve in liquids
yes they always keep their shape fish out fish is coming out
this looks so great they really do i know i'm not supposed to say myself
man that looks good is it the cook or the fish we're adding the seasoning in now
we're not going to add the chili seasoning because we're going to add our own chili
but this is love how you're you're not you're giving the recipe for this this is my kitchen
sorry Riki you have no idea what's going on you're just an innocent bystander yeah no oh what's the
chef doing now what was that powder that you put into the Apollo yeah it's the powder that comes
with the Apollo it is the seasoning and this is the shrimp one or the prawn one yeah prawn same
thing i really like it yes it is really nice it's refreshing it's a lot more refreshing
and how long does this cook for it's about three or four minutes okay cool so we've
got about another two minutes but if it goes for five minutes that's fine as well
right so the beans this is how i always do beans is my restaurant so although i don't
know what these beans are i heard that there are beans beans must be treated like beans and
you gotta love this one pot cooking okay well two pots remember we got the noodles still on
there's a bit of butter in there oh i just love melting butter in a pan
oh you just chuck your beans in well they look so exotic they really do
with their little star shapes a little bit of salt i don't know why i'm roboting you
that looks like lemon yes lemon brings up beautiful greenish beans okay
and then you just counter that lemon with a little sprinkle of sugar
never boil beans Riki said so oh and it's going to get the lovely caramelization from the
the fish caramelizer because this is the fusion restaurant we're taking gorgeous Mauritian
ingredients and just elevating it a little bit Apollo is now going to become this gourmet dish
you don't want to overdo these you still want them to be nice and crunchy but just warmed wow
look at them the butter gurgling inside it's great oh man it smells so good and into the bowl they go
so Riki's going to start slicing the fish i mean the chef the chef will tell you what they're doing
oh i'm just cutting nice chunks look at that perfectly cooked do we get like
free samples because we've been so good waiting so long you can try this little end piece
oh wow good fish wall approved some fresh ginger fresh ginger
fresh garlic fresh garlic doing it again pick up all those flavors
a little bit sesame oil oh that garlic oh when you smell it and the ginger as
well is now starting to come through wow the noodle okay here comes the noodle
loads and into the pan remember to keep the sauce
to one side because some people like gravy noodles yeah some people being me
oh i look at them starting to golden up i love it when the sauce goes on like that
it's still too steamy the steam's blowing in my direction sorry everyone oh the smell is amazing
and yeah i'm sorry guys i'm using a metal thing but this is a very very old frying pan
very very old it's not it's not a non-stick anymore the stick has we've long eaten the
stick off of it sticks yeah a little bit of soy sauce a little bit of soy sauce a bit more color
i think we're good we're good time for plating Bryan likes the broth broth and we're making
because he's a special customer yes a really big big bowl
and goes to noodle i love my noodles and the broth i really do
look at it look how it like uses into the broth man i'm in the way of the next one
Riki likes hers dry yeah yeah just like that oh man they're so golden delicious sorry my
thing keeps misting up it's just because they're all steaming and okay then i'm going to put some
of the fish the gorgeous dorado so some dorado on the side lots of gorgeous dorado because we've
got tons of gorgeous dorado better save some for yours oh no this is one one dorado fillet
what we get a whole fillet yeah but that's so much it's a generous restaurant that's why it's my
favorite restaurant reaching over you and now the the greenery this gorgeous gorgeous winged beans
wow egg
past you it there's a small kitchen everyone but it produces good food the best food
cut through in the egg
sorry my fingers there we go don't worry about that too much
and look at that look at that plate of yumminess and then oh wait there's more for Bryan
red chilli everyone my favorite gorgeous red chilli oh man it looks so beautiful Riki
fresh coriander a little bit of fresh coriander oh it looks so good it really looks so good
put the coriander on the egg just a little bit over the fish
and then oh there's something being sprinkled we can't see
because of that sesame oil you're putting sesame okay we couldn't see it because your hand is it
wants to be unfocused look at the sesame all over it and then last step last step
a little grinding of black pepper
oh man oh wow look at that yeah Apollo noodle elevated that is just Apollo noodle everyone yeah
just for show you can pull them off later oh man look at that how beautiful is that
and then and then the final piece de resistance sprinkle sesame oh man
left-handed thanks Riki appreciate it i'm a little bit ambidextrous and on with the black pepper
i'm making you have to do it the wrong way for photography
gorgeous what gorgeous meals let's go eat it let's go eat it no wait a million photos million
photo this stuff is going to be ice cold by the time we eat it i'm at the table waiting patiently
for it to arrive look at it here it comes here it comes oh i'm going to stand up oh wow oh man
that is it Riki going to get bit of footage of me sitting in front of it
in a minute and that's Riki's oh in this garden setting with that beautiful plant on the table
that's a piece of coriander yeah we gotta we got to get a bit of greenery looking at Riki's bowl
and a fork for madame because they know us here so they know Riki always uses
a fork and has less chili we might have issues and i use chopsticks we got issues
can this really be Apollo noodles yes i really do love this garden setting it is a fantastic
setting and and the food i'm going to get i'm going to try some of the noodle first
oh the sesame oil in the garlic
oh that is really good i know it goes with the fish have a look at that mouthful
hot still yeah nice to eat hot food for a change how those little weird things
i'm i want to try one what if they taste horrible and we've done this whole thing
oh they're crunchy oh oh they're really nice like a bean mmm i think it's more like a like
a snap pea you know those little okay mange tout yes those i love them oh wow awesome i don't know if it's
because of what you did to them well they naturally like that what the chef did to them
i've got to try the broth and i didn't get a spoon remember it's okay this is a very
accommodating restaurant we're used to you doing weird things here oh oh elevated broth as well
oh yes now you've got the garlic and ginger in it but it's sesame top top restaurant top restaurant
well Riki's got the dry noodles oh she's going to take the chili off first
wait wait yeah no i put it in mine i feel the tingle on my mouth already
uh i want to try one of these things yes definitely give it a go
oh uh huh it's surprising yeah
i like those i'm gonna get those again definitely if we can find them i've never seen them
before or since oh i got the gorgeous noodle yes see the noodles and Apollo is a great noodle
Apollo is a great noodle because it can take a bit of punishment some fish and some fish
swinging around for a bit of reaction that is it really good compliments to
the chef mm-hmm i'll let i'll let her know it was really good thank you in the kitchen
just kidding it was Riki who cooked it you probably know that i hope you guys have enjoyed
this a lot of you have been asking what do we eat at home well sometimes it's just simple Apollo
noodles but Riki does like to get creative so and i'm happy with it because i get to eat this
i really enjoy taking like street foods or things that are pretty commonplace and just making them
i suppose a little healthier making them a complete meal adding things zhuzhing them up
actually it's quite hot hey even just on my fingers it was like wow what chili is that i
thought that was the mild one those little red chillies are potent oh man yeah they're great
so if you guys have enjoyed this put a comment see if you'd like to see us elevate any other
commonplace dishes i love Riki's elevated food so yeah and there's not much i can't do
set us a so set Riki a challenge how beautiful is that coconut tree in all the sunshiny glory
oh man and how beautiful is this meal it is so
lovely it looks a little messy now i know it still looks beautiful it's absolutely gorgeous
this was fun i hope you guys are enjoying it because i'd love to do more yeah me too so for
those of you who like to know costs of things this particular dish is about 50 rupees each
yeah yeah that entire dorado frozen dorado was 50 rupees and then everything else on top is
about another 50 rupees i know pretty good meal for 50 rupees that's why we
come here so often because they don't take our money i think it needs a bit more coriander
you use the pot plant that's what pot plants are for why would you have a pot plant if it wasn't
going to give you a little bit extra coriander that's cool people should do that and actually
put a chili bush maybe as well that would be epic a chilli bush and you can add your chili oh man
what a brilliant idea and i thought coriander was brilliant well done Riki well everyone Lakaz Mwa
fantastic place well thanks for watching and we'll see you next time we live here
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