Nitro Tea

F.O.G. sends word of this year’s most acclaimed restaurant, The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire.

The Degustation Menu:

MENU SAMPLE FOR TASTING MENU
NINETY-SEVEN POUNDS AND FIFTY PENCE

NITRO-GREEN TEA AND LIME MOUSSE
ORANGE AND BEETROOT JELLY
OYSTER, PASSION FRUIT JELLY, HORSERADISH CREAM, LAVENDER
POMMERY GRAIN MUSTARD ICE CREAM, RED CABBAGE GAZPACHO
JELLY OF QUAIL, LANGOUSTINE CREAM, PARFAIT OF FOIE GRAS
SNAIL PORRIDGE
Jabugo Ham, shaved fennel
ROAST FOIE GRAS
Almond fluid gel, cherry and chamomile
SARDINE ON TOAST SORBET
Ballotine of mackerel ‘invertebrate’, marinated daikon
SALMON POACHED WITH LIQUORICE
Asparagus, pink grapefruit, “Manni” olive oil
POACHED BREAST OF ANJOU PIGEON PANCETTA
Pastilla of its leg, pistachio, cocoa and quatre épices
WHITE CHOCOLATE AND CAVIAR
MRS MARSHALL’S MARGARET CORNET
PINE SHERBET FOUNTAIN
MANGO AND D0UGLAS FIR PUREE
Bavarois of lychee and mango, blackcurrant sorbet
CARROT AND ORANGE TUILE,
BAVAROIS OF BASIL
BEETROOT JELLY
SMOKED BACON AND EGG ICE CREAM
Pain perdu, tea jelly
LEATHER, OAK AND TOBACCO CHOCOLATES
PRALINE ROSE TARTLET

Reports are that the Nitro-Green Tea and Lime Mousse is a sorbet made with a pot of liquid nitrogen at your table. F.O.G. also expresses a desire to have culinary knowledge of ‘leather chocolates’. I can only concur. Expect a review when I discover that I have ninety-seven pounds and fifty pence to spare.

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One Response to “Nitro Tea”

  • John Says:
    June 20th, 2005 at 11:16 am

    The mouse is in a container under pressure. A small amount is formed on a spoon, then placed in a top-open flask of liquid nitrogen. The mouse freezes – obviously – and is then plated. The taste components are very light, with green tea predominating and an undertaste of the lime.

    The tasting menu is, if you will, well worth the cost. The restaurant is beautiful, the service superb, the food flawless.