Smart food at the Mayday bar

Smart Food

Brain Food, Mood Food and Beauty Food

There can be few chefs who keep such a close eye on what his colleagues in the business are up to as Roland Trettl. Then again he's been on the hunt for a new, innovative concept for the “Mayday Bar”. “For a long time now I've wanted to cook in a way that yields optimal health benefits, because I believe that's an idea with a future.

But as a chef, I simply don't know enough about the scientific aspects of nutrition,” explains Roland Trettl. Then by chance he met the renowned Swiss nutritionist Marianne Botta. She explained to him why modern insights in the field of nutrition are compatible with the sheer pleasure of eating and how you can achieve a great deal with clever combinations of individual foods – improved powers of concentration, for example, a sound physical constitution or more healthy skin and hair.

“But my knowledge serves absolutely no purpose if it isn't translated into something that's good to eat,” says Marianne Botta. After all, no one wants to eat healthily if it means having to give up food that tastes great. Now the top chef and the nutritionist have pooled their knowledge and expertise to create the first dishes to enhance brain power, lift your mood and improve your looks.

These Smart Food Menus are offered until March 07 2012 at the Mayday Bar.

Brain Food Menu

Food

Roast saddle of rabbit with cream of Jerusalem artichoke and chestnut-vinaigrette
or
Scorzonera soup with smoked eel, pumpernickel dumplings and walnuts

Venison satay seasoned with parsley, curry and kaki chutney

Chocolate-panna cotta with blood oranges and mandarin sorbet

Drinks

Iced black currant tea with Red Bull Sugarfree and cranberry juice
or
Chilli-soy milk-orange-raspberry-hazelnut smoothie

Mood Food Menu

Food

Maki rolls with char, beetroot, lardo and horseradish-dip
or
Spicy tamarind soup with winter melon and breast of quail

Chicken wings with sweet potato-chips and chilli-pineapple ketchup

Banana ragout with poppy seed ice cream and rosemary-ginger foam

Drinks

Hot cardamom tea with saffron, apple juice and kiwi
or
Yoghurt-Red Bull Simply Cola-cashew nut-kaffir smoothie

Beauty Food Menu

Food

Poached egg with oatmeal porridge, char caviar and carrot-apple juice
or
Soup of radish and pomegranate, celery and seasoned shredded crepes

Fricassee of cod, fennel, Edamame beans and miso

Green tea foam with papaya ragout and vanilla ice cream