After our Chocolate Wine Slush, we were invited to try the cheese board, to which some of us hesitantly said "yes", and "perhaps", but Nikki just came out and firmly said, "today is not a day for saying no" and went ahead and ordered. Spurred on by her enthusiasm, I decided to have one too. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘food’
this one's going to haunt me for the rest of my life
It's time for pudding! I love pudding. The dessert section of the menu was rather good, as you'd expect. My favourite dessert was the first one, which was actually two on the same plate; a Bavarois of Lychee and Mango, and a Blackcurrant Sorbet topped with a wafer. The bavarois was deliciously sweet and fruity, [...]
Mad Scientist Cookery
It's almost a shame that the opening dish of the Fat Duck tasting menu is already so famous, because the familiarity of the idea almost made it disappointing. I think it would have been more exciting if I hadn't been expecting to see it at the start, but it was still a lot of fun [...]
Taking Holy Communion at the Altar of St Heston
In case any of you were wondering about that thing I tweeted on Sunday, no, I haven't suddenly converted to Catholicism. I'm still hampered by a personal lack of faith as far as mystical entities with omnipotent powers are concerned, so that's not likely to be happening any time soon. As a matter of fact, [...]
The Great British Sandwich
The Great British Sandwich – I totally can't stop refreshing this page as it keeps making me laugh.
art and food
Although I don't make resolutions, one thing I do tend to do in the new year is make a concerted effort to go to more exhibitions (which often peters out later in the year). I think one of the reasons is because lots of exhibitions seem to end at the start of the year. I've seen three exhibitions already…
