Chef. Michael Wignall; Gidleigh Park
Location: Chagford, Devon, England
We had a lovely meal with Arthur's family. 12 courses and it took a few hours to complete but overall it was an amazing experience.
The beginning cocktails: Elderflower sparkling juice and olive oil and fish paste served with chickpea crisps
Course 1: I can't remember what these were though the left round dish was a dumpling and the middle one taste like sushi and the last one had tiny prawns and the green dish was warm.
Course 2: Bread and butter, the pale butter is the first stage of the process of butter and the yellow rolled butter is the finished product.
Course 3: Umami: loch duart salmon marinated in nori. Mylor prawns, garlic panna cotta, frozen lovage, umami broth
Course 4: Beef: Marinated salt chamber aged beef, confit hens yolk, beef and bovril, pickled celeriac
Course 5: Rabbit: Loin of rabbit, spiced leg chorizo with lardo, kohlrabi and leek
Course 6: Sea Bass: Yuzu cured Cornish sea bass, melon and trout roe, poached river Ex oysters, kaffir lime panna cotta
Course 7: Pollock: pollock, cauliflower, scallop and charcoal emulsion, coconut and curry
Course 8: Venison: Scottish roe deer, salt baked celeriac, salsify and kale, ceps, boudin noir, sweetbread (yes I found out what sweetbread was after I ate it)
Course 9: Savoury: Epoisses and Old Winchester, carmelised pear and apple, oatcakes
Course 10: Gin and Tonic: Plymouth gin, set white chocolate, compressed cucumber and sherbet, nitro citrus, marigold sorbet
Course 11: Pumpkin: Pumpkin and orange aerated parfait, sea buckthorn, Dulce chocolate, stem ginger cake and ice cream
Course 12: (Lillian's Favorite) Hazelnut: Praline parfait Carmel, bitter chocolate, frozen yoghurt
As you can see all the dishes were works of art. Even some I had to eat before photographing. Overall it was an unique and special experience. I do not think we would eat like this everyday...but it was a lot of fun stepping out of our usual comfort zone and trying new things I would have never imagined trying!
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-Lillian and Arthur
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