‘Looks like cat vomit’: Poh Ling Yeow’s seared beef with an unusual-looking bright pink sauce is slammed by MasterChef viewers… so would you eat it?
Poh Ling Yeow dazzled the judges on Monday night’s episode of MasterChef Australia: Back To Win with her colourful seared beef dish.
But not everyone was impressed, with fans of the hit show taking to social media to declare they wouldn’t have eaten it.
One even went so far as to compare the meaty dish, covered in an unusual looking bright pink sauce to ‘cat vomit’.
‘Looks like cat vomit’: Poh Ling Yeow’s seared beef with an unusual looking pink sauce blew the MasterChef judges away on Monday nights episode but was slammed in social media by viewers
‘Yuck, disgusting, looks like cat vomit,’ she said.
Another added: ‘Ewwww yuck looking’.
‘That Fluro pink is visually disturbing is they are using appearance as a judging criteria,’ said another.
No love for Poh: The charred beef with caulilini, parsnip and thyme puree with a bright pink prickly pear dressing was labelled as ‘yuk’ and ‘visually disturbing’ by fans of the hit show
But others were blown away by the inventiveness of Poh’s dish.
‘Love this so innovative and fresh,’ said one.
Another added: ‘Though Poh should have won this’.
Support: But others though Poh’s dish showed real ‘innovation’ and she should ‘have won’
The remaining contestants were put to the test on Monday when they were presented with a mystery box featuring eight ingredients including prickly pear, rib eye beef, wattle seeds and caulilini- a hybrid mix of broccoli and cauliflower.
In a departure from regular mystery box challenges, which saw contestants having to use only one ingredient, judge Melissa Leong shocked them with a twist.
‘Today you have to use all the ingredients across two dishes- one savoury, one sweet,’ she announced.
High praise! While judge compared the colour of the sauce to play-doh, he told Poh he was ‘surprised’ by the sweet and savoury flavour and he ‘really dug it’
Poh used her 75 minutes to whip up a charred beef with caulilini, parsnip and thyme puree with a prickly pear dressing and a fried souffle.
The unusual-looking beef dish drew high praise with judge Jock Zonfrillo saying he was ‘surprised’ but he really enjoyed the flavour.
‘Great flavour on the caulilini, great flavour on the beef. The sauce is a surprise… it looks like play-doh,’ he said.
Contenders: Callum Hann, Laura Sharrad and Poh went head to head in the immunity challenge the next night
‘But it’s sweet and savoury, I really dig it.’
Melissa Leong added: ‘I really loved it’.
Callum Hann, Laura Sharrad and Poh all advanced to the immunity cook the next night, which eventually saw Laura secure her place in the top six.
Winner! Laura Sharrad (pictured) was delighted to win immunity for the first time on Tuesday night’s episode, which ensured she has a place in the top six this season