I had snail porridge for lunch

[thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat]

and was a bit suprised that it was green

excuse me ????????

What the feck do you mean - snail porridge???

Did you go to the Fat Duck?

What did it taste like?

whaaaaaa????????

what on earth is 'snail porridge'?????

snail porridge, fat duck ??????????? WTF?

Forgot to add 'BARFerooney'

Did you go 'The Fat Duck' a la Heston? Saw your thread title and had to reply, it's the only place I know that does Snail Porridge - I loved it!

also had mustard ice cream with red cabbage gazpacho. that was all the right colour

please explain, my head is going to explode

was it like risotto?

Oh, I went in January, isn't it lovely?

Now I want to go again.

The snail porridge was delish, wasn't it. Did you have the 7-course thing?

Can you PLEASE have some sensitivity with your thread titles

Some of us are delicate little flowers you know

Isn't it something to do with ham and fennel?

NQC

I have stood next to you

and your sons played with my sons

How could you betray me like this?

I didn't do it.

It wasn't me.

Someone else did it.

I just had to let you know.

Hey, you're giving yourself more sons again. Are you pulling a Soupy?

seriously, what are you taking about?????

explains all

TR: The Fat Duck is a lovely restaurant in Bray, experimental cooking, like at El Bulli (sp?) in Spain. Really great stuff. Look it up online.

Trinity see The Fat Duck . Have a look at the philosophy section!

so not a snail has been near it...........ok, strange name then but hey the food sounds really good

NQC

I merely omitted an apostrophe

Your sons played with my son's.....

fill in the blank

No no, snail porridge definately had snails in it. Not ham and fennel.

Don't think Blumenthal uses artificial colourings. I had a beetroot jelly that was orange, and an orange jelly that was beetroot-coloured, but of course he used orange beetroots and blood oranges.

trinity rhino: here . The whole thing actually way exceeded expectations. I expected to enjoy the novelty of it all - wasn't sure if I would actually like the food! But I loved it. And I'm actually quite conservative - but I ate everything and enjoyed most of it. The snail porridge was snails with porridge - not porridge made of snails, iyswim. not my favourite thing. best was an oyster in passion fruit jelly with lavender. and the bacon and egg ice cream which came with french toast and the most amazing caramel and mushroom goo. Possibly one of the most notable things was the best service I have ever had - lovely smiley happy people who clearly enjoyed their jobs and were passionate about the food - not at all obsequious and not one single smidgeon of snobbery.

Goodness, did they really? DS2 will go for a "blank" if he gets the chance, but DS1 is pretty clear on the whole "willies are private" routine.