Short and Sweet: The Fat Duck

Well first of all let me say how difficult it is to get a booking for Fat Duck! Paul made the booking in around September 2011 and he didn't get a table right away. Fortunately we got placed on a reserve list and received a pleasant phone call one evening! I was simply over the moon to find out we would be going on the actual day of my 27th birthday (January 17th).

The Fat Duck is in a quaint town and you wouldn't think it was an international top 10 restaurant just walking by. The restaurant was heavily staffed - interestingly none of them sounded English; they seemed to have very thick European accents. So I'll shut up now and move onto the food :)

Aerated Beetroot with Horseradish Filling

I was a sucker for the use of dry ice!
This was to create the feeling of being in woodlands.

Snail Porridge

Roast Foie Gras - AB-SO-LUTE-LY DEEEELICIOUS

Mock Turtle Soup (from the Mad Hatter's Tea Party)
There was a pocket watch made of gold foil which the waiter dissolved into the soup.

My favourite dish - Sounds of the Sea
There was an iPod shuffle in each of our shells playing soothing ocean sounds!

This was weird to eat: sashimi with seaweed, "sea foam" and "sand" made of tapioca.
Listening to the ocean sounds simultaneously made me feel like I was at the
beach getting dumped by a wave!