To share my Michelin star dinner experience with you?

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I'm travelling for work and my DH gets a bit jealous so I can't share with him not post on social media about it...

What is it exactly?

Is that all? I'd need to go to the chippy on the way home!

Place marking as I want to know what that main course is.

Totally agree with you, the presentation of that main (not posted by op though?) is not at all on par with the Michelin star places I’ve experienced 😵‍💫 Hope it tasted amazing though!

I was not expecting the main course to look like that! Have they popped a bit of crumble topping on the side there?

I’ve never eaten at a Michelin star restaurant and I thought it would look more elegant…

You can't share stuff with your DH because he gets jealous? That's a problem

That was another course

Yes do, I went for my 50th birthday.

My companion has a very limited range of foods he eats so they made him his own menu.

I agree! We had a Michelin star dining experience and it was exquisitely presented. 12 taster courses. Looks a little bit sloppy on the photo.

Thirding Adams. Got taken by a recruitment agent and it was just amazing. Simpsons is good too, but Adams is somehow another level.

At a rough estimate, five chickpeas, a bit of a pig's left cheek, pinch of garden cuttings and some sawdust.

No table cloth?

Is anyone else looking at the photos thinking that they haven't missed out on not eating a Michelin star dinner? I'd be heading to Coventry Rd after for a 99p chicken box.

Depends which one you go to! I’ve been to quite a few and it’s not just looks. It’s taste too. I’ve never been disappointed and prices vary a lot too. LEnclume will cost a bit but you won’t forget it. Others are more reasonable but we like tasting menus and don’t want to be over full. We don’t do wine flights though.

Honestly guys, don’t knock it til you’ve tried it!
Especially with the wine flights. Even better if you can get work to pay I guess.

I'm a good cook and there's a limit to how amazing you can make a few chickpeas in a bowl taste. That course looked crap, and I can't imagine it tasted exquisitely either.

Fourteen courses with a wine flight at l’Enclume was the best meal I’ve ever eaten in my life. Full of things that sounded rubbish or looked tiny and foods I didn’t normally eat. Seaweed custard with an oyster and beef broth sounds shocking on paper but oh my god, it’s divine.

@TheHorneSection I ageee. I think either you like this type of dining experience or it’s not for you. I would highly recommend Aulis London if you loved L’Enclume. You won’t be disappointed. It’s a brilliant experience and seeing the chefs working at close quarters is impressive.

I’d never go to L’Enclume as he have heard he has such a bad reputation locally for treating his staff appallingly.

I’d love to go to Aulis

I'm thinking this, too. Paying a fortune for an 'experience' that looks like it leaves you hungry? Nah, thanks.

Well my sneaky meal on the sly lasted week was fish and chips with 2 pineapple rings..
Ssh though...

I really would expect a table cloth 😳
I don't like bare wood, makes me think of sticky pub tables ...

We have a nice clean cloth at home for our dinners - for £120+ per head i'd want at least what i have at home!

@Laiste What difference does a tablecloth make to the food? Some restaurants have them and some don’t. I actually am more critical of cutlery. It’s got to be the right weight and quality for the food. I’ve never experienced anything but an impeccable table in a Michelin starred restaurant.

As Simon Rogon has trained many chefs and is very much involved in keeping the local economy going in his bit of the Lake District, I think he’s a decent employer. He works with the local college too. However these jobs are not easy and some students won’t stick it.

Sorry but this looks like food that’s been vomited before there’s been a chance to digest it properly