SOROSHI MICHELLE
ART
Topographies is a project that aims to present South Asian culture beyond reductive narratives. It explores how human conduct in South Asia is shaped by factors in the private, public, emotional and spatial realms by combining contemporary art from the region with its culinary practices.
The food follows Soroshi’s artwork themes — growth, layering, time and memory.
We have chosen Xacuti curry as well as Bolo Sans Rival cake, two quintessential Goan dishes, to represent the artist's themes. The bites are designed to reflect the landscape and food culture that shaped the artist’s relationship with nature.
FOOD
Jackfruit Xacuti Pao
Goan milk bread, Green Jackfruit, Coconut & tamarind curry
The curry unfolds in layers: woody roasted spices, caramelised aromatics, earthy tamarind, ending with a gentle sweetness from coconut and jackfruit. Like growth marked into a tree, each layer carries traces of what came before. Tamarind cuts through the intensity of the spices, suggesting how periods of stress and weathering can rupture what exists and make space for transformation and new growth.
Bolo Sans Rival Entremet
Cashewnut cake & mousse, Nutmeg cream, 70% chocolate
Cream and cake are delicately layered with patience (time) and care, echoing the gradual formation of a tree’s rings. Crisp chocolate shards form a protective exterior around the soft inner layers that hold memories of growth, while nutmeg brings a woody note that feels reminescent of Soroshi’s relationship with nature.
