A bit about the food.

I shall wait till Adrian scans in our post-Tetsuya's memorial drawings to write about the food... although i can't help but imagine it'll just sound something like: and then we had the scampi on foie gras with walnut oil, and that was amazing! and then the confit of ocean trout with konbu and a fennel salad, that was also amazing!

You get the idea.

There were a few particularly astonishing items though, like the strawberry shortcake that arrived in a shot glass, on account of being liquid! It looked like some thick cream swirled in with some smooth strawberry puree, but digging the spoon in further, discovered that Tetsuya had managed to make a liquid crust. Well literally that's what it was, something that had the consistency of a crumbly custard, which tasted like the yummiest pastry crust ever. That was a highlight.

It was also sweet when, on account of it being a (pre) birthday celebration, they presented me with a surprise dish, consisting of a lighted candle, a fluffy flourless chocolate cake, orange ice cream, and a bitter chocolate sorbet that was pure Evil. Bear described it as the liver of some bitter chocolate monster. All i have to add to that is that my first taste made me giddy!

So the menu was pretty much as promised, although we had spatchcock instead of beef, and instead of hazelnut soup, had macerated cherries in kirsh and some vanilla ice cream (i think).

3 dessert courses! The truffle butter! Ohhhhh....

It was such an extraordinary experience. I'm so glad we went. I have the most wonderful Bear in the world (he paid for me), and I'm glad we asked Adrian along as well, because it wouldn't have been as fun without him. Yay!