The Fat Duck

It was a great experience! I can say it was the most interesting meal I have ever had, really don’t know how you would give The Fat Duck a review as its unlike anything you most likely have ever had or ever will. I have seen words like out of this world used for it and I have to agree! It’s a must try if you can. Oh btw a great wine list on top of it all.

Probably the best experience I ever had. We went for our 3^rd anniversary and also to celebrate our wedding and a lot of details were added to the traditional amazing experience to make it even more special to us. It was the second time there for my husband and even him found it very special that day and some dishes were different from his first time. A very special way of celebrating a occasion.

The Fat Duck has been on my ‘to do’ list for years but until the past year I didn’t really know any ‘foodies’ who wanted to try it. Once I found the friends, the Fat Duck had the audacity to shut for 6 months! Their reopening was eagerly anticipated by me and my fellow foodies. When they reopened for bookings our immediate plan was to book in the new year but somehow our excitement got the better of us and we decided to book for the weekend prior to Christmas.
We were lucky as the website reservations opened without a major fanfare, so we easily managed to get a table for dinner on a Saturday night. However, be warned, you pay for the meal at the time of booking. At £255 a head the ‘journey’ as it is described, isn’t cheap but it was definitely worth it if you are a full on foodie. Reservations now become live once a month at noon on the first Wednesday of the month and book three months in advance. If you are able I would advise trying to book an early table. Entrance into the restaurant is staggered which meant later diners could see what was being brought out to earlier tables.
The meal itself was amazing. As you would expect it was beautifully presented and full of tantalising flavours and textures. I don’t want to go into too much detail about the food as divulging details of the meal feels somehow akin to exposing the deep dark secrets of a mysterious society of which we became part. I felt a little like Alice in Wonderland, having stepped through the looking glass and into some magical fantasy land. The meal was playful and created childlike wonder as the journey evolved. The whole of our table went through the meal with silly grins on our faces as the ‘journey’ unfolded.
Would I go back? I’d definitely like to go a second time, even though it is the most expensive meal I’ve had to date. One of our group who has since returned said some of the dishes had changed, but with a major part of the meal being the performance around the journey I don’t think it would be a place you went over and over again as, to a point, you would know what was coming. But if you are a foodie, definitely one you should try once!

I went to Fat Duck maybe 3 years ago but I thought I’d review it now since I’ll probably never go back there (they never seem to change their menu!).
Fat Duck was a 4 hour — 14 course spectacular. It included everything you would expect from a Heston Blumenthal restaurant including smoke, sprays, melting gold, intricate food sculptures and strange concoctions.
However without these theatrics, I wouldn’t say the food was particularly memorable.
And even though they only have 2 sittings a day, food was brought out at different times to different tables, kind of ruining the surprise of what was coming next.
Also one of the waitresses gave me a dirty look for playing with my food (I rearranged the whisky wine gums okaaay). Serially though — if I’m paying £250 for my meal, I kind of expect to be able to do whatever I god damn please.
All in all I would say it’s a worthwhile experience if you have the cash to splash and love pretty food.

This is by far the best experience I’ve ever had dining. The food, molecular gastronomy, is out of this world. Service is excellent. This is just not a meal. Think of it as a show, but your there both as an audience member and an actor within the show. It’s a pricey meal but one well worth every penny.

This place is truly amazing. Tucked away in a tiny town nearly an hour outside of London, The Fat Duck is a delicious gem.
This place is impossible to get reservations. The restaurant is super small, and has just 14 tables for 45 guests. I got super lucky, and scored a last minute cancellation less than 2 weeks before the restaurant closes and moves to Melbourne, Australia for 6 months.
The meal did not disappoint. This was our meal:
1) We started with nitro-​poached aperitifs. The waiter used liquid nitrogen to whip up a gin and tonic in solid form. Here’s video I took of the creation process:
2) Our amuse bouche was an aerated red beet with horseradish cream
3) Red cabbage gazpacho with pommery grain mustard ice cream
4) A jelly of quail in crawfish cream. The dish was paired with truffle toast and the aroma of oak moss. Here’s some video of liquid nitrogen being poured over the oak moss, to simulate a forest scene:
5) Snail porridge with Iberico Belotta ham and shaved fennel
6) Scallop in almond milk
7) Mad Hatter’s Tea Party — mock turtle soup with farm egg, and a pocket watch tea bag broth, with toast sandwich. The waiter tells a story of the rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, as he drops a gold watch into our tea pot. The gold film dissolves away, releasing a delicious soup concoction inside. To better understand this course, check out this video I took of the meal:
8) «Sound of the Sea» — This dish was a work of art. We had different sashimi (king fish, octopus, and mackerel) served on top of dehydrated powdered sardine and tapioca made to look like sand, and seaweed foam. The course was served with a big sea shell with an iPod nestled inside. We were invited to listen to the sounds of ocean waves from the iPod as we ate our meal
9) Turbot fish poached in a licorice gel, served with artichoke, vanilla mayonnaise, and golden trout roe
10) «Umble Pie» — venison with truffle mushrooms. Served with red berry jelly and risotto
11) «Hot & Iced Tea» — There were two halves to this cup of tea. One half was cold, and the other half was hot. The tea was served as a semi-​liquid jelly, so the hot and cold halves literally were sitting side-​by-​side in a single cup
12) «The Not-​So-​Full English Breakfast» — scrambled eggs infused with bacon cooked in liquid nitrogen, and then served on candied bacon and french toast. The dish was paired with marmalade in jar with a lid fashioned out of chocolate. Here’s video a took of the creation process:
13) Botrytis Cinerea — A beautiful assortment of fruit flavors in the shape of grapes
14) «Wisk (e)y Wine Gums» — Mini shots of whiskey from around the world, packaged up into edible gummy candies
15) «Like a Kid in a Sweet Shop» — Final treats including a poker card made of cake and jelly, and made to taste like strawberry cheescake

A tick on my bucket list. If its not in yours, I suggest you add it.
First, how to find it. The sign is difficult to see especially at night so go slow when you are on that road. When you see the Hinds Head Pub, The Fat Duck should be right before Hinds Head on the right with the wooden door. Go slow on the bend and you will see a small sign on the left «Hinds Head Parking» and Fat Duck customers are allowed to park there. The sign is not at eye-​level — more at the height of your head lights so look out for it since its difficult to see.
Second, go with an empty stomach and open your mind to a new experience. Leave your prejudices behind and enjoy your meal.
Third, I also strongly suggest doing the wine pairing. Some may think that ordering a bottle will be more cost efficient but the wine pairing enhances the flavor of the food. Just make sure you have a designated driver. And pace your drink, because they refill your glass if you finish it before the course ends.
Anyway, definitely one of the best meals I have ever had.
They begin with an amuse bouche of beets but in an aerated ball texture. So its so exciting to be feeling food in different forms and textures.
Of the 14 courses, the ones that are memorable are the chicken liver parfait and truffle toast, snail porridge, roast foie gras, the mad hatter’s tea party (mock turtle soup) and the sounds of the sea.
Lastly, follow what they say. If they tell you to put on the ear phones, do so. Just open your mind and all your senses. and enjoy!
Oh and there is no dress code — so you can dress up or dress down. The atmosphere is not as formal as French Laundry or Per Se.

A once in a lifetime experience. So many amazing creations, but also items on the menu that really challenge you, and that’s how it should be at a place like this given the reputation of the restaurant.

Exquisite

Amazing, amazing, amazing. Heston — hats off to you mate.
This is an extremely creative culinary adventure. It’s not just the food, its the «show». Stimulates all your senses. Taste, Smell and even sound.
Food — exceptional
Service — exceptional
Be prepared to try things that you have never seen prepared this way. If you an open-​minded, non-​veg person who loves to be surprised, these 14 courses will make you extremely happy.
And for the first time in my life I realized what a good wine-​paring really means.
Well done Heston. I am a fan

Many reviewers before me have done an amazing job capturing this experience in words and photography, so I’m not going to bother with a half-​hearted attempt.
I will say, though, is that this experience was worth every penny. I can still remember the tiniest details of our meal at the Fat Duck, and I hope that holds true for a long time to come. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.

Items Enjoyed:
BEETROOT — Horseradish Cream
NITRO POACHED APERITIFS — Vodka and Lime Sour, Campari Prosecco Blood Orange, Tequila and Grapefruit
RED CABBAGE GAZPACHO — Pommery Grain Mustard Ice Cream
JELLY OF QUAIL, CRAYFISH CREAM — Chicken Liver Parfait, Oak Moss and Truffle Toast
SOURDOUGH — White and Wheat with English Farmhouse Butter
SNAIL PORRIDGE — Iberico Bellota Ham, Shaved Fennel
ROAST FOIE GRAS — Barberry, Confit Kombu and Crab Biscuit
SCALLOP — Birch Syrup, Bergamot, Coral Royale
MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY (c.1892) Mock Turtle Soup, Pocket Watch and Toast Sandwich
«SOUND OF THE SEA»
SALMON POACHED IN A LIQUORICE GEL — Artichoke, Vanilla Mayonnaise and Golden Trout Roe, Grapefruit
LAMB WITH CUCUMBER (c. 1805) — Green Pepper and Caviar Oil, Offal
HOT AND ICED TEA
EARL GREY ICE CREAM
MACERATED STRAWBERRIES — Olive Oil Biscuit, Chamomile and Coriander, White Chocolate Blanket
BOTRYTIS CINEREA — Noble Rot
WHISK (E)Y WINE GUMS
NITRO-​SCRAMBLED EGG AND BACON ICE CREAM — Pain Perdu, Tea Jelly
«LIKE A KID IN A SWEET SHOP»
Having lost favor on certain lists since being named «Best Restaurant in the World» in 2005 but still thrilling a packed house for every single service as reservations fill mere seconds into the two-​month advanced booking window it was with high expectations that I traveled to Bray in the passenger seat of a fellow epicure’s automobile and arriving at the fabled 16^th century cottage housing Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck just after 12:30 a nearly three-​and-​a-​half hour adventure began, the end result in every way justifying the journey. Still undoubtedly the definition of destination dining despite a menu that has long remained focused on the Chef’s «greatest hits» it was with warm greetings that we were welcomed to the restaurant’s casual confines and with two bottles of wine from my companion’s cellar joining the proceedings our first classics came quick, the ethereal beetroot cookie chased by a frozen cocktail that left us each blowing smoke. Rich in concept and multi-​sensory in spectacle as diners are encouraged to learn, watch, touch, smell, and even hear during each of seventeen courses that played out like a Hi-​Def highlight reel suffice it to say that any attempt to name a ‘best’ dish would only serve to undermine the meal as a whole and with flavors every bit on par with presentations from beginning to end it cannot be overstated that the ‘whole’ is even greater than the sum of its parts — a dining experience ranking amongst the best of my life and one I’ll cherish for years to come.

If it was possible to give more than 5 stars, this would get beyond 5 stars.
This meal was more than amazing food. It was a sensory experience that included smells, sounds, tastes, and textures that you wouldn’t imagine otherwise. A few of the plates told a story like the Jelly of Quail, Crayfish Cream and Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.
My favorite plates were Jelly of Quail, Crayfish Cream, Hot and Ice Tea (it is literally hot and cold tea), Macerated Strawberries, and Botrytis Cinerea.
The service was amazing too. We had a really sweet guy from Poland serving us and also a guy from Hungry, who prepared the Nitro Apéritif. They were particularly nice and friendly and answered all our questions about the dishes and how they were made. No one was pretentious at all and I felt really comfortable about the whole experience.
We even got a chance to look into their kitchen, which was surprisingly small considering the amazing and beautiful dishes that come out of it.
Attire: Surprisingly, no dress code. The experience is not very formal at all and the staff was very welcoming and accommodating in all ways. If you want to take all the pictures, you totally can and they don’t frown upon it at all.
Reservations: You have to be ready with credit card in hand to book your reservation online via OpenTable. They open reservations at 10am UK time and they go fast. I was able to make my reservation after my 3^rd 2am night/​early morning. Also, you have to book the day that they start taking reservations for that day. They start taking reservations 6 weeks in advance so plan in advance if you are traveling to London.
Getting there: From London, we took the train to Maidenhead. From the train station, we took a short cab ride there that cost £6.
In sum, go and pay the money for it. It’s all worth it and it’s amazing.

What can I say that has already not been said below. Definitely an unbelievable experience. I went with a friend and we took the train from Paddington to Maidenhead and then took a cab to the restaurant. We did a lunch time slot without the wine pairing.
TIPS:
— Check the reservation system every Monday. If work is slow (August!) and can take a day off later in the week, you may be able to nab a last minute cancellation.
— If you’re traveling from London, it’s a LONG experience. With train travel and meal service, it’s a 6h+ stretch. I would think that if you’re doing the dinner service, booking an inn for the night in Bray would be a good suggestion.
— The bread they bring around after the first few courses is delicious, as is the butter they serve it with. Remember though, you still have many more courses to go, so I would limit yourself to a single piece of bread. I regretted my second slice of bread about half an hour later.
Would I do it again? I’m torn on this. It is quite expensive and time consuming, but if I had someone special visiting that really wanted to go, I’m sure I could be convinced.

Ah, The Fat Duck… the stuff food-lover’s dreams are made of…
The Fat Duck has been on my radar for quite some time (no kidding), but I always seemed to forget to make reservations whenever I planned on being in London. This past time however, with my trusty iphone Reminder App, I made sure to mark the day to attempt to get reservations…
There are many forums devoted to techniques in obtaining a reservation, with most people making the attempt numerous times. Perhaps I was lucky, or rather I sat there staring at the clock at 2am (Los Angeles time) before being able to book.
I was able to make reservations without a problem, but I’m assuming that it’s not always that easy. I would advise you to be flexible however with your times. I went for lunch (same menu as for dinner) simply because I was fully aware of the time it takes to go through all the courses. Should you choose to go for dinner you will be there past midnight.
Our reservation was for 12:30pm, but our driver had us there a bit early. If you do find yourself in Bray with time to spare, walk around a bit… you’ll see others do the same thing, or maybe you’ll be like us, who decided to wait it out in the backseat, with the heaters (it was quite chilly). Our driver decided to check for us, and they were more than happy to seat us early. Warning my driver for the millionth time that he would have quite a wait on his hands, my friend and I went inside…
I will not spend time ooohing and awwwwwing over the food, simply because I’m sure I would not be able to write about it near as eloquently as some Unilocalers who have reviewed before me. What I WILL say is that it was all absolutely delightful, from the food, to the service, to the comfortable ambiance (although the whole ‘come as you are’ dress code took me a while to get over).
We ended up finishing lunch by 5:30pm…so a total of five hours (our driver thought we had died in there). Keep in mind it may take you longer or shorter, depending on your party.
TIP (Drinks): While I know it is tempting to order wine or other drinks with your meal here, I would suggest sticking to water, ice tea, etc… The food is what you come for and you should make sure you have room for it! Drinking wine would have definitely limited the amount of courses I would have been able to complete.
TIP (Getting There): You could take a taxi (wouldn’t recommend it), or you could attempt to take public transport (not a good idea either), but it would be quite time consuming. There are several chauffeur services that will do a pick up or drop off between London and Bray so you do not have to hire a car to just wait over the course of however many hours you’re there.

wow! 23 reviews before me and they were all 5 stars reviews?!
even the 6 filtered reviews were 5 stars reviews?!
amazing!!!
that is a testament of how consistently good they are.
my first date with heston was for lunch at dinner.
i must say he did not quite create the impression i expected of him.
i love watching his shows on tv.
he has an amazing love for doing the unexpected and a genuine desire to bring out the best in every dish he attempts.
this being my second date with heston, i needed extra motivation especially when he expects me to drive my ass all the way to bray (a lovely place by the way) just to give him a second chance???
that is if you can get hold of a reservation here.
a random attempt to book a table of 4, turned up alternative dates and timings available.
no second invitation required.
lunch at 12pm on 5jun it is!
no stuffy dress code here and children are allowed.
no children’s menu but they can modify certain dishes to cater to their palates.
do note however that it is still based on the same, only, tasting menu and still £195.
your heston entertainment starts even before you arrive in bray.
you will receive a video in your email for a prelude of what’s to come.
driving here isnt difficult but parking can be challenging.
we managed to park near the hines head hotel.
do plan extra time to cater for that or in our case just arrive extra early like 11ish and head for the hines head for a drink and free wifi!
the staff were excellent.
friendly, courteous, helpful, accommodating, knowledgeable and non pushy.
a great team with great attention to details, like remembering if you are left handed and whether it was still or sparkling you were drinking.
the setting is a small dining area packed to the brim but not uncomfortably so.
it is not particularly tall people friendly as low support beams criss cross the room.
caution also required as you come down the stairs after using the bathrooms located upstairs.
however, anyone 1.73m or shorter can safely traverse without concerns.
the pacing for the 14 courses lunch was nothing short of perfection.
do remember to bring along all your senses as they are mandatory when you dine at the fat duck!
in typical heston fashion the colours, textures, tastes, sounds and smells were all incorporated for your total enjoyment!
special fat duck film left on your tongue to bring it to live.
oak moss scent was both visually and olfactorily stimulating.
sand and foam collided in texture with seaweed and smoked fish whilst you listen to the lapping waves.
crispy crab biscuits contrasted with melt in your mouth foie gras.
the kirsch spray prior to the black forest gâteau dessert makes you wonder if you even need to taste it.
and now for the awards:
1) best dish — roast foie gras
2) most creative — «sound of the sea».
3) best costume — mad hatter’s tea party.
4) most alcoholic — whisk (e)y wine gums.
5) best dessert — macerated strawberries.
6) best special effects — jelly of quail, crayfish cream.
7) best scientific application — tied by nitro poached aperitifs and hot & ice tea.
8) most forgettable — lamb with cucumber.
9) environmental award — snail porridge.
10) most unexpected — salmon poached in a liquorice gel.
11) best name — the «BFG».
12) most unusual — red cabbage gazpacho.
13) and the best movie goes to — «like a kid in a sweet shop».

The Fat Duck. Wow. What an epic culinary experience. I have eaten at a few 3-​Michelin starred restaurants, but none had the same level of creativity and food wizardry as the Fat Duck. It clearly lives up to its top billing as the most famous and influential restaurant in the UK and is worth the journey to Bray regardless where in the world you live.
Where to begin?
To start I had a «gin & tonic» apéritif that was frozen in front of us in a vat of smoking liquid nitrogen. This was the prefect start to a 4.5 hour tasting menu with wine pairings. Highlights included:
The «sound of the sea» which came with ipods hidden in giant counch shells allowing you to actually listen to the surf as you eat edible sand and a collection of seafood.
The Alison in Wonderland inspired Mad Tea Party mock turtle soup complete with «gold pocket watches» that melted under the broth of the soup and turned into edible gold leaf
Snail porridge — no further explanation needed
The Whisk (ey) Wine Gums — a collection of gummy candies flavoured by whiskies across Scotland and randomly Tennessee
The like a kid in a sweet shop — a to go bag of ridiculously tasty candies — caramel with edible wrapper.
And that only covers ½ of the courses. All in it was an expensive over the top experience (£180/​person for food only), but one that needs to be on top of all foodie’s must eat at lists.
Without any doubt, Heston Blumenthal is clearly the Dumbledore of the culinary world.

If you don’t want to read the long review, this is the best meal I’ve ever had so go, just go.
In many ways its not even worth reading many of the other reviews as they will tell you about the surprises that await… and that’s bad, very bad. You want to be surprised by the magic and bewilderment of the experience.
My only real advice about here is… hunt a reservation… book it (an Olympian task)…go!!!
I even cancelled a dentist’s appointment to get there; the extra week’s toothache was worth it!
A meal at the Fat Duck is looooog, about four hours with 14 small courses on their tasting menu (your only choice). Each dish is an assault on the senses. They also love liquid nitrogen, no they really really love liquid nitrogen… prepare to be surprised! These guys make this a truly theatrical as well as a culinary experience.
Every dish is designed to bring back memories, visually, nasally and even, in some cases, aurally. You will be taken back in time, you will laugh at the new tastes and feelings on your tongue and with each new dish (don’t worry they are small) you will savour the next experience.
It goes without saying that the food is cooked to perfection, the service is exemplary. It’s the combination of unusual tastes, ingredients, smells, textures and sounds that make the restaurant a 3 star Michelin place. My friend and I are both slightly geeky Burning Man veterans who spent half the evening asking «How did they do that?» and trying to reverse engineer them.
When the bread and butter and the (optional) cheese course came out we were just confused and looking for the novelty! Where’s the damn liquid nitrogen!
This was my introduction to Michelin starred places; I suspect everywhere else will be a disappointment.
Go, just go.
Top Tip 1: The menu; your only option, is about about as expensive as a weekend away (£180). The restaurant is somewhere you need to drive to (you can get a train to Maidenhead from Paddington then a 10 min taxi but we were still eating until midnight). If you are the designated driver, no drinks (though I may have had a cheeky Burn’s night whiskey), you get home early and your wallet is a fair bit heavier :)
Top Tip 2: The village car park is free.
Top Tip 3: If you have food allergies they will ask you beforehand and will provide an equally exceptional alternative, (I’m not sure about vegetarians)
Top Tip 4: The restaurant is only distinguished by its logo, no huge signs. It’s the white building just next to the «Hind’s Head» pub that says «High Street» on it.
Top Tip 5: If you don’t want to come over as a jaded foodie refrain from doing reviews for at least a month after eating there.

This is the most expensive meal that I have ever had in a restaurant. It’s a great experience and something that I am pleased to have done, but obviously not a treat that you can do too often.
We had the tasting menu — I think this is the only thing that you can get. We were there for the lunch service. When each of the courses came out, we all took photos (everyone around us did too, when their turn came around). Each course was a work of art. The service was impeccable — we got a good explanation of what each course was and how to eat it. (One of them — Mock turtle soup — involved dissolving a «gold watch» in hot water which became a broth that you poured over the rest of the dish in a bowl — awesome stuff!)
My favourite courses were the snail porridge, sounds of the sea and the black forest gateaux.
We had a nice bottle of red wine to go with it — we had help from the sommelier who was very helpful when recommending a bottle of wine to our taste and within our price range.
The whole meal took 4 hours, but really it didn’t feel that long. We never felt that we were waiting long in between courses, yet it also didn’t feel rushed. We were experiencing the tastes, textures and sounds at our own pace.
Fully recommended.

Der Besuch dort gehörte zu meinen schönsten drei Erlebnissen in 2007. Noch fragen?

This, people, is a proper 5.0 star review. For the vast majority of my 5 star reviews, in truth, they’re 4.51 to 4.99 and being the generous fellow that I am, I round them up. However, this is the real thing — 5.0 stars and fully deserving of every whole one
Next thing is to warn you that this review will be full of spoilers! More than any other restaurant, if you truly want to enjoy each and every little surprise of Heston Blumenthal’s molecular gastronomy cooking menu as the wow moment it was intended to be, you need to stop reading at the end of this paragraph. Suffice to know that I’ve had the privilege to dine at most of the 3 and 2 Michelin star restaurants in England, New York and San Francisco (yes, the French Laundry and el Bulli are 2 major omissions) and this has been the best single meal of my life. You will be thrilled in so many ways and with so many senses that it will be an unforgettable experience
Still with me? OK, you’ve obviously either dined here before or have an insatiable curiosity! Everyone who dines in this light airy restaurant goes for the tasting menu — I’ve been twice and I haven’t seen the a la carte menu served once. I took a good friend for her birthday this time and was curious to see what if anything had changed since I last dined here a few years ago
1 Palate cleanser of nitro-​poached green tea and vodka and lime mousse. The meal opens with the spectacular table-​side use of liquid nitrogen to freeze the mousse. Green tea powder was pouffed on and a spritz of lime aerosol completed the sense enhancement
2 Pommery grain mustard ice cream and red cabbage gazpacho. You could taste all the ingredients clearly despite the unfamiliar presentation
3 Pea purée, quail jelly, langoustine cream, parfait of foie gras layered in a bowl, oak moss and truffle toast on the side. The food was rich and decadent as you’d expect from the ingredients and the scent of oak moss was added by pouring warm water onto a large square of moss on a board on the table
4 Snail porridge — several succulent snails on a bed of oat porridge with fennel shavings on top. My friend wolfed it down despite initial reservations about the snails
5 Roast foie gras ‘benzaldehyde’ served with almond fluid gel, cherry sauce. Rich and yummy
6 «Sound of the sea» — an amazing medley of fresh fish, eel and anchovy roasted to look like sand, seaweed and vegetable foam, served with an iPod playing seaside sounds. It was served on top of another box containing sand, so it looked like we had a piece of beach on our plate. We agreed this was the best dish of the menu.
7 Salmon poached in liquorice, asparagus, vamilla mayonnaise & salmon pearls. Trust me — it tastes heavenly despite the unpromising sounding ingredients. It somehow all fits together in 1 mouthful
8 Ballotine of Anjou pigeon, black pudding sauce and spiced juices. Cooked sous-​vide, this is moist and very gamey. There was pigoen on the menu before but cooked differently
9 Cup of tea which tastes hot on 1 side and cold on the other
10 Mini cornet with ice cream and a granita
11 Pine sherbet dipper
12 Bavarois of lychee & mango, blackcurrant sorbet, mango & Douglas fir purée. Delicate flavours all intermingling and complementing each other
13 Parsnip cereal — could eat this for breakfast everyday!
14 Egg & bacon ice cream scrambled table-​side with liquid nitrogen, served with bacon sliver, tomato jam & pain perdu. Tea jelly on the side. More spectacular visually than before with table-​side presentation but not enough salt now in taste mix
15 Petits fours — mandarin aerated chocolate, violet tartlet, apple pie caramel with edible wrapper
Each dish is explained at the table-​side by the staff, helping to bring flavours to life. Service was impeccable. We really liked it because it was friendly and not stuffy like some fine dining establishments can be.
My friend had the wine pairing, which resulted in 7 wines and a sake being delivered to a increasingly happy customer! I enjoyed their organic Sicilian lemonade and the pear & apple juice.
Perhaps the thing that reflected the quality of this experience the best was that when we checked our watches at the end of the meal, 4 and half hours had passed and it was like the blink of an eye. Time flies when you’re having fun and trust me, you will have a lot of fun at the Fat Duck!

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