The Best meal I've ever eaten
I’ve been meaning to create this post for about 2 months now and finally I get round to it.
Whilst in Scotland with work I visited The Kitchin.
I first heard about this restaurant whilst watching ‘The Great British Menu’. The owner Tom Kitchin, won the Scottish regional final twice (see his recipes here).
When I got the menu even though I don’t eat meat I wanted to try everything, the descriptions were just out of the world.
So I had a major dilemma, firstly I belly is not big enough to eat it all and secondly my wallet is not big enough to pay for it all.
Whilst reading the menu I noticed that they had a tasting menu, Woo Hoo. Reading closer I notice that of the 6 courses on the tasting menu, 3 of the courses contained meat, Boo Hoo.
when my waitress came to see if I was ready to order, I explained my problem. No problem I was told, we can create you your very own tasting menu that contains no meat.
Instantly my dilemma was no more. Along with the tasting menu I choose the matching wines, which also took away the decision of which wine to choose.
- Tasting Menu - 6 Courses - £65
- Tasting wines - a different wine for each course - £45
Appetiser
Food: Pumpkin soup served with toasted pumpkin seeds and crème fraiche
Drink: Bombay Sapphire Gin & Tonic
Langoustine
Food: Ravioli of langoustine served with langoustine consommé with diced vegetables
Drink: Albarino Baixas O Rosa - Bodegas Terras Gauda Spain, 2008
Razorfish (Spoots)
Food: Razorfish from Arisaig, cooked to order and served with diced vegetables and lemon confit
Drink: Dry Riesling Donhoff - Nahe Germany 2007
Scallops
Food: Seared scallops from Orkney, hand-dived by Robert, served with an orange and endive tart and spiced Sauternes sauce
Drink: Kanu Kia-ora (late harvest) - Stellenbosch South Africa, 2005
Turbot
Food: Poached wild turbot from Scrabster, served with ink pasta and a samphire and saffron sauce
Drink: Pinot Noir Hautes Cotes de Beaune Domaine Delagrange, Burgundy France, 2006
Cod
Food: Fillet of North Sea cod served with a bouillabaisse sauce and rouille
Drink: Cote Roannaise, ‘Les Millerands’ - Domaine Serol France 2006
Dessert
Food: Warm orange pudding, served with sea buckthorn sorbet and seasonal fruits (I only remembered to take a picture half way through, probably because I was too excited by the description my waiter gave me)
Drink: Chivite Navarra - Coleccion 125 Spain, 2005
Sweets
Food: Hand made chocolate, Sweet and Jelly
Drink: Double Espresso
I highly recommend that everyone should go to this restaurant, it’s sensational, in 2009 it was voted the 2nd best restaurant in the UK, I assume that ‘The Fat Duck’ won. As yet I haven’t been to the Fat Duck so can’t comment. So The Kitchin is the best restaurant in the UK, probably the world!!!
I want one of these
I love my girlfriend
She’s the best.
Sometimes throughout the day i stop working and think about how great she is.
Just being honest :)
You too can cheat like Henry
I love my girlfriend
She’s the best.
Sometimes throughout the day i stop working and think about how great she is.
Just being honest :)
One of the funniest things I've read in years
Arctic Monkeys live at Wembley
as promised here’s the video form last night
Musical Cars
Run around, when the music stops jump into a car.
Button grabbed the Seat in Maclaren, next to Hamilton.
Mercedes grabbed Brawn Grand Prix and renamed it Mercedes Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg jumped into the Mercedes Grand Prix car and it looks like Nick Hiedfeld is jumping in with him (making it an all german outfit, with German national anthem and everything)
A new team, Manor F1, chucked in a couple of cars and Timo Glock and Brazilian new boy Lucas di Grassi have jumped in to them. Richard Branson also wants a part of this and looks likely to plaster his stickers all over the new cars and name them Virgin F1
Another new (well kinda) team Lotus have also put in a couple of cars but are keeping a lid on who’s in them.
Phillipe Massa and Fernado Alsonso, the choosen ones got in the Ferrari months ago and are not getting out, even when the music starts again.
The loser in this game is Kimi Raikonen, who has now gone off to sulk in a rally car
More photo’s from the Arctic Monkeys live at Wembley
see set here.
Video to come keep your eyes peeled.
