We had a spectacular meal and I even chose the vegetarian option! For anyone that's known me more than 10 years, that's quite a surprise as I'm usually a meat and potatoes kind of girl. Mark had the non-vegetarian option and we enjoyed trying both of the degustation meals immensely.
We were a bit shocked on sitting down at the table to see some champagne glasses, alongside the wine and water glasses. Mark secretly thought "That's a bit presumptuous", are they trying to up-sell. As it turns out, Lori & Markus had organised a surprise glass of French champagne for us to start the night off right. It was extremely thoughtful and lovely!
Mark chose two half bottles of French wine so we could try different styles and they were both lovely, especially the Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Bourgogne 2007.
All of the dishes were excellent, but the stand-out on the night was the quail. See selected pictures from our wonderful meal.
1. Tofu chakin, essence of tomato gazpacho, spicy cucumber and melon
2. Watermelon and Thail oil, daikon with spiced nougatine, peanuts, leek & gherkin
3a. Snapper with four peppers, fennel, sencha and lime emulsion
3b. Witlof a l’ orange and kombu swede cooked in salt crust,
lemon myrtle and apple jelly, cider vinaigrette
4. Pumpkin and cauliflower tempura, sticky black rice and Persian fetta
5. Cripsy quail breast tempura, sticky black rice and Persian fetta
6. Wagyu beef rump, oyster sauce and mustard ice cream
7. Delice souffle of cottage cheese and comte, stinging nettle sauce
8. Pear and caramel, earl grey & orange tea ice cream
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9. Petit fours
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