I just did some reading after seeing this to see if I could find out how much the fat duck costs to run and how much money it actually makes (not a huge amount, as it turns out), and found out that the mechanical sweet shop thing cost £150,000! No wonder the prices are so high!!!
@@organizedchaos4559The average The Fat Duck Group salary ranges from approximately £22,574 per year for Server to £33,933 per year for Sous Chef. Average The Fat Duck Group hourly pay ranges from approximately £7.95 per hour for Host/Hostess to £8.21 per hour for Bartender
@@organizedchaos4559 You obviously know absolutely nothing about this industry if you think the chefs there are millionaires. Heston may be quite wealthy, but he is the owner and head honcho. His underlings make a fraction of what he does. Plus, that mechanical sweet shop may cost a lot, but it's a one-time investment. The high prices are due to the expensive ingredients, the ridiculous amount of labor that goes into everything (watch some videos on how they make some of the stuff) and the skill level of the staff involved. I saw in another video that it said there's about one chef/cook per diner in the restaurant. These restaurants are not exactly gold mines.
I have worked at FD and all I can say is the dedication and the measurement of times is beyond your imagination. It is like a show in a theater but with food. You can not make mistakes because then all the stations will slow down and everyone must eat at correct times. There are cameras and people are watching customer's satisfcation . I was blessed to be part of the team back at 2019 -2020 and I am still happy to see FD evolving without losing the destination.
But bro you cannot experience anything like the fat duck, it’s not just any other fine dining menu, it’s art. The machines they use cost 150,000 alone. It’s not pricey at all 300 pounds for per person? That’s way lower than most restaurants.
0:14 I love how Heston tells you which year he started preparing each of the dishes - the fact that they take years, sometimes decades, to prepare is a testament to his dedication!
In medival days, alchemists used to take months or sometimes even years to prepare their condiments and potions. The ones that took the longest were rumoured to be the most effective.
@@MrACSRC I wonder how they all felt when they found out that alchemy was nothing but hokum. Did they feel like they'd wasted their lives? I sure hope so.
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There is a good film out that satirizes these places called The Menu. It's got Ralph Fiennes and Anna Taylor-Joy. An example is one dish they are served a breadless bread plate, with only the accompaniment.
I'll be honest - when they pulled out a centrepiece for the 'walk in the woods' and started explaining what it was supposed to represent, my eyes nearly rolled out of their sockets.
Ahh. The joys of being at a butlins camp with people shouting in the background. Only 500% more expensive. Image taking your wife here to listen to that backtrack.
I recently started viewing your many videos. I love the restaurants you have showcased. I like the descriptions ons the dishes. I only wish they were longer in time. If only there were a way you could convey the deliciousness of the dishes you ate. I'd love to virtually experience the delicacy.
@@garethgriffiths8577 yeah i know, was joking. I’m from London, and the running joke as a kid was that no matter where we went on holiday (Spain, Portugal, France) I’d always ask for egg and chips.
Yes it’s pretentious and over the top.. but life is too short to not splurge on experiences like this once in awhile with someone you love. It sucks the closest Michelin star restaurant to me is thousands of miles away but I hope someday to dine like this. I absolutely love fine dining. The fanciest restaurant I’ve ever dined at was in Vegas at that Eiffel Tower restaurant. It was very fancy and I literally had the best tasting meal I’ve ever had, but even that place didn’t get this fancy. However, it wasn’t anywhere near as expensive. I went with some friends and their were 8 of us and the entire bill with tip was around $3,000. I seriously had the best steak in the WORLD there. The filet minion. It was incredible.
I feel like I’m watching ingredients that have had the life processed out of them. Not one dish conjured any association with an actual foodstuff. More like watching an elegant science experiment.
Its more of a sensory experience, like some of the Lush Spa treatments using sounds, dry ice and memory triggers. Interesting for a date night to watch their reactions 😋
Seems like a pretty worthwhile life experience imo. You can't take your money with you why not create some memories with it. I remember doing an 8 course tasting memory 20yrs ago.
Walk in the woods with Oak taste and smelling the green and eating things from the earth, then listening to the sound of the sea and eating seafood and so forth. Another level of eating experience.
@@kevinmsft Yes I do know. But in the wool eating food with wood flavor and then followed immediately by flavors of the sea with sea food… difficult it is. 😉
This is a spectacular embarrassment. I can’t imagine having to work there and present this folly day after day. This must be the opening act in the decline of Western civilization….a true pity.
I’ve been lucky enough to go to The Fat Duck twice in the last eighteen months. Well I’ve driven into Bray on my way down the M4, taken photos of the outside, taken loads of screenshots of the dishes and then checked in on Facebook with my family 😂
The problem I am having with this video ....is that - there is so much noise in the background that at times I cannot hear what the waitress is really saying. For example - what fish was that....Chilean Sea Bass? @10:05 ??
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A £3.50 chicken?! Animal welfare not high on your list then....... As long as you stuffed your face with some crappy sounding instant food though, I guess basic decency can take a back seat.
Few years ago, did Fat Duck and Waterside Inn on consecutive days. Glad I did the Fat Duck, but no need to repeat, while I could do the Waterside Inn every day for a month.
How much did the experience cost? An arm,a leg or both? I have to wait till 2023 for my reservation. Who waits 18months to eat? I’ll be dead by the time they get to the 1st course.
I couldn’t deal with this I love going to a restaurant ordering my food and actually getting too talk to my partner without being interrupted every 5 mins food looks lovely though
@@SchlaftaterNrzZz This is a different thing, you don’t talk through an opera, you are there for the performance. This fine dining is all about the creation of the chefs, not about you going there.
While I would agree that this place is outstanding and worth it for a very special occasion (in my price range, anyway), it is one of the more expensive ones. Last time I checked, the full tasting menu alone is now at around £300, which I believe is more than nearly any other triple Michelin restaurant in the UK (I'm sure there are more expensive ones abroad).
Went there about 5 years ago, I was very disappointed. Had far better meals. Do you plan on doing Kitchen Table in London? That was spectacular for me.
The Hind's Head? Also owned by Heston and Michelin starred itself now I believe..... I went for a drink there while waiting for our table at the fat duck!
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I think this is a tremendous example of a dining experience having a good amount of food. The experience delivered on top of this makes this a truly once in a lifetime experience thoroughly worth the money, rich or not. This is the kind of thing I'd have to save for a few months for, sure, but it's an experience so strong and profound that this would be a truly memorable meal. Finally, to address your idea of sense, where is the sense in expecting large portions on a menu consisting of so many courses? Where is the sense in the expectation that this wouldn't cost a significant amount of money to source, execute and deliver? I suggest you experience something like this for yourself before holding such a negative idea of what it entails. Those mouthfuls stay with you for a very long time and the restaurant deserves to be compensated for such invigorating hospitality.
A tasting menu is a collection of several dishes in small portions, served by a restaurant as a single meal, so you can try more restaurant signature dishes
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Let me break this meal down for the hungry...-194c meringue, why? Followed by red cabbage water with a lump of herb butter in the middle. Followed by 2 spoons of Hartleys jam squares on fancy spoons.Followed by a bonsai tree in a glass sphere that looks too good to eat to be fair. A piece of paper for your tongue followed by more dry ice. green snot soup with noodles, off to Skeggy with two tiny cornettos for the borrowers that dont taste like cornetto's. Yes.... finally white FOAM! 80's are back! Awesome. Followed by white fish and more foam with hartleys lemonade jam squares, followed by two mini croquettes with fish eggs on them. Some red meat that was cooked on a radiator. Washed down with white pillows and some sugar. Thanks for coming, that will be £1500 please 🤣
A tasting menu is a collection of several dishes in small portions, served by a restaurant as a single meal, so you can try more restaurant signature dishes
I ate hear with a friend about a decade ago - it was, if memory recalls £150 a head. Fine dining has skyrocketed in price in the last couple of years but this particular seems to have more than doubled in price since I went, which does seem excessive. But then it's packed for every sitting so I guess it's easy to justify! Anyway, it was a wonderful experience. Just really good fun. Incredible food. Great, friendly service. Surely one the of the most relaxed three star dining rooms in the world. There isn't even a dress code. Would like to go again but glad I got in there before the prices skyrocketed. To this day, I still hold the Walk In The Woods dish as the tastiest thing I've ever eaten. Though both myself and my friend really didn't enjoy the Sound of the Sea.
@@GourmetBGourmet the thing that neither of us liked about that course was the foam over the top of it - it was supposed to represent the sea on the dish and to my palate at least, it tasted like sea water! It may have changed in the last decade of course! Every other course was spectacularly good.
There is a difference between "cultured" and "decadent." If you're not sure: the fact that the store is as loud as a train platform indicates that you're just among barbarians with money.
@@barbz2741 A lesson for you, too, about the subtle differences: talking in a restaurant at a subdued private volume and talking loudly through each other so that everyone can overhear every table conversation and the overall volume is so high that it's impossible to relax, those are not the same things. I'm sorry that your upbringing didn't include consideration for other people's needs. You seem to agree with the people in the restaurant who seem to think that included in the high price is permissible behavior, as if you were the only patron there.
@@uschuster Congratulations, you've managed to become even more pretentious! The other guests are clearly talking at a normal speaking level, no raised voices at all. Perhaps it could be an issue with the audio equipment? Imagine that! Enjoy silently eating your food from your ivory tower you pompous ass.
The food in michelin star restaurants is made with incredibly high quality produce that is often as fresh as possible. The methods they use to construct these dishes can take hours to prep and the combination of flavours are often unique and amazing. The service is also a huge aspect of the cost, as the experience is unlike anything you'd experience in a regular restaurant. Gourmet restaurants are something that whilst costly, are amazing to do once or twice a year for a special occasion.
It's quite expensive because: 1) They have one staff member per customer, so the staff costs are astronomical. 2) The ingredients, liquid nitrogen, ornaments etc. are all pretty expensive. It's very expensive because people pay it, it's simple business sense to charge as much as people are prepared to pay.
I’m surprised the restaurant doesn’t get sued for Copyright infringement . I been eating at the original Fat duck Chinese restaurant in lower manhattan for years
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Look I'm sure this is all very creative and delicious but if I'm hungry I generally don't want or need my meal to come with a fucking instructional lecture.
Yeah, but if you're just hungry then there are other options, aren't there? You don't go here because you're hungry and just passing by - you're going because you nabbed a table months ago. It's not a quick meal to fill a hole!
Any restaurant where the staff have to stand over you waffling on about the £50+ spoonful of food your about to swallow and 2 burps later your hungry again looks like hell.
Foods looks amazing but the pretentiousness of it as an experience would be too overpowering, I've always fancied trying The Fat Duck, but if anything, this has put me off.
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I just did some reading after seeing this to see if I could find out how much the fat duck costs to run and how much money it actually makes (not a huge amount, as it turns out), and found out that the mechanical sweet shop thing cost £150,000! No wonder the prices are so high!!!
that's after they pay themselves not shit they don't make a lot. They probably give themeselves exorbihant salaries like a million dollars a year
@@organizedchaos4559The average The Fat Duck Group salary ranges from approximately £22,574 per year for Server to £33,933 per year for Sous Chef. Average The Fat Duck Group hourly pay ranges from approximately £7.95 per hour for Host/Hostess to £8.21 per hour for Bartender
@@organizedchaos4559 You obviously know absolutely nothing about this industry if you think the chefs there are millionaires. Heston may be quite wealthy, but he is the owner and head honcho. His underlings make a fraction of what he does. Plus, that mechanical sweet shop may cost a lot, but it's a one-time investment. The high prices are due to the expensive ingredients, the ridiculous amount of labor that goes into everything (watch some videos on how they make some of the stuff) and the skill level of the staff involved. I saw in another video that it said there's about one chef/cook per diner in the restaurant. These restaurants are not exactly gold mines.
Marco Pierre white described modern 3* experience as a series of canapés where you spend your evening talking to the waiter - seems accurate 😢
I have worked at FD and all I can say is the dedication and the measurement of times is beyond your imagination.
It is like a show in a theater but with food. You can not make mistakes because then all the stations will slow down and everyone must eat at correct times. There are cameras and people are watching customer's satisfcation .
I was blessed to be part of the team back at 2019 -2020 and I am still happy to see FD evolving without losing the destination.
It doesn’t matter
Why did you quit? Was it too stressful working there?
I saved $895 by eating my frozen pork bun and making my own green tea while watching this episode
🤣
Absolutely hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣
But bro it's about the experience 😭
But bro you cannot experience anything like the fat duck, it’s not just any other fine dining menu, it’s art. The machines they use cost 150,000 alone. It’s not pricey at all 300 pounds for per person? That’s way lower than most restaurants.
@@rosie6 Well it is expensive. And which other restaurants are charging ore than 300 pounds a head?
0:14 I love how Heston tells you which year he started preparing each of the dishes - the fact that they take years, sometimes decades, to prepare is a testament to his dedication!
In medival days, alchemists used to take months or sometimes even years to prepare their condiments and potions. The ones that took the longest were rumoured to be the most effective.
Yes he indeed create a coronation dish back in 1685
I wouldn't wait decades for my food to turn up.
@@soloperformer5598 I guess people back in the days had a lot of free time on their hands.
@@MrACSRC I wonder how they all felt when they found out that alchemy was nothing but hokum. Did they feel like they'd wasted their lives? I sure hope so.
Glad to see that the Fat Duck is as popular as ever. I don't see Heston on TV anymore so I like to rewatch his shows here on YT
most of these dishes made me think of squidward when he says “we serve food here sir” 😂
And SpongeBob learning Fine Dining
This inspired me so I went and made - slice of crusty bread with a centre piece of butter, topped with table salt and Sarsons malt vinegar jus!!!!
What an incredible noise inside.
It sounds like beeing in the stations vestibule.
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I would have believed somebody if they said this was satire.
There is a good film out that satirizes these places called The Menu. It's got Ralph Fiennes and Anna Taylor-Joy. An example is one dish they are served a breadless bread plate, with only the accompaniment.
Good they explained things. I would have assumed it was all part of the restaurant decoration and just waited for the actual food to arrive !
If food is telling stories about chef's past, influences, skills, ideas, then this specific menu was a fairytale.
A star restaurant really just looks an experience with good food on the side
A lot of them are just incredible food, the duck however is all about the experience
At least they have the decency of providing their guests with magnifying glasses so they can see the microscopic portions!!!
That’s what I thought initially but 11 courses should get most full….
I'll be honest - when they pulled out a centrepiece for the 'walk in the woods' and started explaining what it was supposed to represent, my eyes nearly rolled out of their sockets.
well this is one of those many bullshit food so they need story to raise the fucking price.
i agree with you
Right!? I felt like there were a lot of gimmicks. Looks good tho
Ahh. The joys of being at a butlins camp with people shouting in the background. Only 500% more expensive. Image taking your wife here to listen to that backtrack.
@@marksinclair846 speak englisch i dont understand buddy
All creative like a art and delicious. I really like crab iced cream and kids sweet shop.
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Hahahaha, one of the dishes is a sound that you listen to by getting headphones served to you, brilliant!
I recently started viewing your many videos. I love the restaurants you have showcased. I like the descriptions ons the dishes. I only wish they were longer in time. If only there were a way you could convey the deliciousness of the dishes you ate. I'd love to virtually experience the delicacy.
Glad you like them! I will consider to do the taste on CC
6:55 ……it’s…..bread and butter. That’s it. That’ll be $50. 😂
Double egg and chips with some white bread and butter. Love from N Yorkshire
Yep, egg and chips is about the level of gastronomic sophistication you’d expect from Northerners
@@pejpm I'm sure it's not just northerners that enjoy this gastronomic delight. X
@@pejpm ABSOLUTELY but can l add sausage to that? And the egg has to be very running!😁😁😁
@@pejpm Hey l am from Australia and l would rather have sausage egg and chips than ANY if this fancy muck!
@@garethgriffiths8577 yeah i know, was joking. I’m from London, and the running joke as a kid was that no matter where we went on holiday (Spain, Portugal, France) I’d always ask for egg and chips.
Doc: What happened to your fingers?
Waiter: I lost my fingers to frostbite ....... while waiting a table ....... on a hot summer evening!!!😅
Yes it’s pretentious and over the top.. but life is too short to not splurge on experiences like this once in awhile with someone you love.
It sucks the closest Michelin star restaurant to me is thousands of miles away but I hope someday to dine like this. I absolutely love fine dining.
The fanciest restaurant I’ve ever dined at was in Vegas at that Eiffel Tower restaurant. It was very fancy and I literally had the best tasting meal I’ve ever had, but even that place didn’t get this fancy.
However, it wasn’t anywhere near as expensive.
I went with some friends and their were 8 of us and the entire bill with tip was around $3,000.
I seriously had the best steak in the WORLD there. The filet minion. It was incredible.
Michelin 3 stars fine dining good for your special day. We agreed, life is too short, work hard play hard and eat well. I love Vegas too
The meal costs more than half my monthly wage. I'm not going here ever lol
hang on, if life is so short why would you spend the same amount of money on a dinner as you would on a weeks holiday in the sun?
I was hoping to see a really nice duck based meal. Glad I watched. Won’t bother in future.
I feel like I’m watching ingredients that have had the life processed out of them. Not one dish conjured any association with an actual foodstuff. More like watching an elegant science experiment.
Its more of a sensory experience, like some of the Lush Spa treatments using sounds, dry ice and memory triggers. Interesting for a date night to watch their reactions 😋
Heston is all about science. Look up Alinea in Chicago, chef Grant does similar things, creating pure essence of flavors in balloon form!
Hey, what about the bread and butter? That was normal.
Seems like a pretty worthwhile life experience imo. You can't take your money with you why not create some memories with it. I remember doing an 8 course tasting memory 20yrs ago.
Eh save the money for travel, or buying a piece of art…
It's presumptuous to imagine people could spend that kind of money on a meal
Walk in the woods with Oak taste and smelling the green and eating things from the earth, then listening to the sound of the sea and eating seafood and so forth. Another level of eating experience.
You know you can buy a sandwich and eat it in the woods / by the sea?
@@kevinmsft Yes I do know. But in the wool eating food with wood flavor and then followed immediately by flavors of the sea with sea food… difficult it is. 😉
This is a spectacular embarrassment. I can’t imagine having to work there and present this folly day after day. This must be the opening act in the decline of Western civilization….a true pity.
@@fellspoint9364 what u say men ?
I’ve been lucky enough to go to The Fat Duck twice in the last eighteen months. Well I’ve driven into Bray on my way down the M4, taken photos of the outside, taken loads of screenshots of the dishes and then checked in on Facebook with my family 😂
Snail Porridge! Of course !
i knew there was something missing from my breakfast menu!
The problem I am having with this video ....is that - there is so much noise in the background that at times I cannot hear what the waitress is really saying. For example - what fish was that....Chilean Sea Bass? @10:05 ??
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For 3 star Michelin I’m surprised with the amount of noisemakers and minimal privacy
It's not a mansion with 20 bedrooms
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Wow, very interesting this fine dining restaurant, all foods look amazing and delicious.
What a gaggle of rich people sounds like.
I’ll stick with the dinner I cooked today: a £3.50 whole roast chicken from Asda, some Aunt Bessie’s roasts, minted peas and Bisto gravy 👍
Shit your pants good 👍
Good call Captain!
A £3.50 chicken?! Animal welfare not high on your list then....... As long as you stuffed your face with some crappy sounding instant food though, I guess basic decency can take a back seat.
@@michaelfoley906 got more money than most then buddy?
Few years ago, did Fat Duck and Waterside Inn on consecutive days. Glad I did the Fat Duck, but no need to repeat, while I could do the Waterside Inn every day for a month.
Delightful and beautiful 🤩 I hope I get to experience something like this someday!!
Absolutely stunning.
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How much did the experience cost?
An arm,a leg or both?
I have to wait till 2023 for my reservation.
Who waits 18months to eat?
I’ll be dead by the time they get to the 1st course.
you can join waiting list, when they have available or cancellation they will send an email to you.
I couldn’t deal with this I love going to a restaurant ordering my food and actually getting too talk to my partner without being interrupted every 5 mins food looks lovely though
Its very rude
@@SchlaftaterNrzZz I agree but I guess it's part of the experience
@@SchlaftaterNrzZz This is a different thing, you don’t talk through an opera, you are there for the performance. This fine dining is all about the creation of the chefs, not about you going there.
@@max-6035 OK max
So I am paying but I’m not really there ?
It’s the best restaurant period. At least for me. You can say it’s not worth it but it’s the least pricy of most three star restaurants. It was art❤
agreed
While I would agree that this place is outstanding and worth it for a very special occasion (in my price range, anyway), it is one of the more expensive ones. Last time I checked, the full tasting menu alone is now at around £300, which I believe is more than nearly any other triple Michelin restaurant in the UK (I'm sure there are more expensive ones abroad).
Went there about 5 years ago, I was very disappointed. Had far better meals. Do you plan on doing Kitchen Table in London? That was spectacular for me.
That's the plan!
I love dining in fine restaurants, but although this is clever artistry, I would rather see a plate of food championing local produce. Field to fork!!
Couldnt agree more sir! Give me a hefty roast with fresh local ingredients any day
I went to the pub across the road, lovely ham & eggs, from the same kitchen I believe
The Hind's Head? Also owned by Heston and Michelin starred itself now I believe..... I went for a drink there while waiting for our table at the fat duck!
But what can I order if I'm actually hungry?
sourdough bread will make it full, free for refill
A thousand dollars for a dinner, and the background noise is worthy of a Luby's. What a waste.
yes full table of customers and drunk make more noisy, but we enjoying the service and foods
Did you get to try the Norovirus oyster souffle? It's a special he offers every few years.... bring your own vomit bag.
I haven’t get a oyster soufflés, let me check menu, when will have oyster soufflé I will book it, sound funny I want try what the taste
@@GourmetBGourmet I assume the Norovirus component was removed from the menu..... it wasn't popular with customer's digestive systems.
Lol. 😂
With the the portion sizes they spent $900 for dinner two hours later ordered a pizza because they were starving again.
£650 , and the next day looks identical to my £5.99 chicken and mushroom pie.
Wow.. Amazing, threat yourself in this beautiful fine dining restaurant is feels like so special.. Love it. Thanks my friend for another beautiful video. Watching and greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
Sweden is a sh*thole
@@user-ts7yg7xu3e oh be quiet you fool
@@ratboysam123 no u
900 dollars… i could almost buy a whole tank of gas for that.
Where can I get a plate that looks like that? 2:50
Not a pleasant room to eat in though... quite unwelcoming.
What a performance! Small amounts of poncey 'food' for people who have more money than sense.
tasting menu is a collection of several dishes in small portions, served by a restaurant as a single meal for signature dishes
I think this is a tremendous example of a dining experience having a good amount of food.
The experience delivered on top of this makes this a truly once in a lifetime experience thoroughly worth the money, rich or not.
This is the kind of thing I'd have to save for a few months for, sure, but it's an experience so strong and profound that this would be a truly memorable meal.
Finally, to address your idea of sense, where is the sense in expecting large portions on a menu consisting of so many courses? Where is the sense in the expectation that this wouldn't cost a significant amount of money to source, execute and deliver?
I suggest you experience something like this for yourself before holding such a negative idea of what it entails. Those mouthfuls stay with you for a very long time and the restaurant deserves to be compensated for such invigorating hospitality.
And this is your dinner sir, 5 gram chicken with wings !
A tasting menu is a collection of several dishes in small portions, served by a restaurant as a single meal, so you can try more restaurant signature dishes
I’d love to go if someone would treat.
Hermoso....herramientas adecuadas, ingenio y buenos ingredientes
Cologne on your appetizer, sir?
Why does it say 2006, 2007 etc under each description
This iconic restaurant celebrates its 25 year anniversary with an Anthology Menu of its classic dishes
@@GourmetBGourmet oh that’s cool thank you
@@nebraskaryan9308 you are welcome 🤗
lol @ the prices of the wine menu, 3/4 of the bottles are worth around 20€ 😂
That would do my head in the waiting staff telling me a story for 5 minutes while my food goes cold.
It might be tacky, corny and Kitsch, And it would be one of the most memorable and fun experiences you’ve ever had.
how many times have this guys restaurants been shut down by health inspectors?
All foods presentation marvelous and like a art.
I am enjoying your all videos
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing. Do they still have the full map menu?
Yes you are welcome, they still doing anthology menu of volume one two three four. Thanks
Imagine paying all that money and frightened to go the toilet , most expensive crap you'd ever had
Food as an artform is well and good, however there are days when a hot bowl of Tikka is all that I need.
Whats next? Laser engraving a cheeseburger on your tastebuds?
Plug yourself in and the brain tells you are eating but you are not. Nothing new for vegans of course...
Are the drinks complementary?
Just ❤
I would leave within 5 minutes due to the constant cacophony spoiling my walk in the woods
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@11:47 Not a dish, just helping a constipated Tribble.
What is that (course 9) red meat type of thing with fish on the top? It is meat, but not mentioned
Let me break this meal down for the hungry...-194c meringue, why? Followed by red cabbage water with a lump of herb butter in the middle. Followed by 2 spoons of Hartleys jam squares on fancy spoons.Followed by a bonsai tree in a glass sphere that looks too good to eat to be fair. A piece of paper for your tongue followed by more dry ice. green snot soup with noodles, off to Skeggy with two tiny cornettos for the borrowers that dont taste like cornetto's. Yes.... finally white FOAM! 80's are back! Awesome. Followed by white fish and more foam with hartleys lemonade jam squares, followed by two mini croquettes with fish eggs on them. Some red meat that was cooked on a radiator. Washed down with white pillows and some sugar. Thanks for coming, that will be £1500 please 🤣
A tasting menu is a collection of several dishes in small portions, served by a restaurant as a single meal, so you can try more restaurant signature dishes
I ate hear with a friend about a decade ago - it was, if memory recalls £150 a head. Fine dining has skyrocketed in price in the last couple of years but this particular seems to have more than doubled in price since I went, which does seem excessive.
But then it's packed for every sitting so I guess it's easy to justify!
Anyway, it was a wonderful experience. Just really good fun. Incredible food. Great, friendly service. Surely one the of the most relaxed three star dining rooms in the world. There isn't even a dress code.
Would like to go again but glad I got in there before the prices skyrocketed.
To this day, I still hold the Walk In The Woods dish as the tastiest thing I've ever eaten. Though both myself and my friend really didn't enjoy the Sound of the Sea.
London still have many amazing Michelin restaurants, why they don’t like sound of the sea, I like it, is my favourite course of fat duck
@@GourmetBGourmet the thing that neither of us liked about that course was the foam over the top of it - it was supposed to represent the sea on the dish and to my palate at least, it tasted like sea water! It may have changed in the last decade of course! Every other course was spectacularly good.
@@michaelfoley906 so... the foam that represented the sea tasted like... the sea...
Restaurant looks so beautiful and all food looks so delicious
Hot dogs from Weiner's Circle in Chicago are way better. Get one. You might become human.
They dropped the mockturtle soup from the menu???????????
I will not pay that amount for food, with so much noise around me. In a place like that I would expect people to talk as if they are in a library.
Wow beautiful video
There is a difference between "cultured" and "decadent." If you're not sure: the fact that the store is as loud as a train platform indicates that you're just among barbarians with money.
so damn loud, was genuinely annoyed
That was about the most pretentious comment ive ever seen. Imagine people talking in a restaurant of all places! Barbarians!
@@barbz2741 A lesson for you, too, about the subtle differences: talking in a restaurant at a subdued private volume and talking loudly through each other so that everyone can overhear every table conversation and the overall volume is so high that it's impossible to relax, those are not the same things. I'm sorry that your upbringing didn't include consideration for other people's needs. You seem to agree with the people in the restaurant who seem to think that included in the high price is permissible behavior, as if you were the only patron there.
@@uschuster Congratulations, you've managed to become even more pretentious!
The other guests are clearly talking at a normal speaking level, no raised voices at all. Perhaps it could be an issue with the audio equipment? Imagine that!
Enjoy silently eating your food from your ivory tower you pompous ass.
Wow amazing looking food 👌🌹🇬🇧
Hopefully one of Heston's inadvertent servings if Salmonella in aspic was off menu for your meal
I never really understood why gourmet restaurants are so expensive though for that, seems like a lot just like me some chicken looks good
Good question!
100%. First comment that makes sense. 👍
The food in michelin star restaurants is made with incredibly high quality produce that is often as fresh as possible. The methods they use to construct these dishes can take hours to prep and the combination of flavours are often unique and amazing. The service is also a huge aspect of the cost, as the experience is unlike anything you'd experience in a regular restaurant. Gourmet restaurants are something that whilst costly, are amazing to do once or twice a year for a special occasion.
It's quite expensive because:
1) They have one staff member per customer, so the staff costs are astronomical.
2) The ingredients, liquid nitrogen, ornaments etc. are all pretty expensive.
It's very expensive because people pay it, it's simple business sense to charge as much as people are prepared to pay.
The market is a confusing thing
I’m surprised the restaurant doesn’t get sued for Copyright infringement . I been eating at the original Fat duck Chinese restaurant in lower manhattan for years
Feels like a science lab
Earth, fire, water, air and that one elusive umami..
Symphony on the palates
Foodgasm.. 🤤
vauu super Beautiful video 👏👏👏👍👌💯
What a load of bollocks. I bet most people leave that place still feeling hungry. They certainly will feel like they have been robbed.
ABSOLUTELY will need to get a kebab on the way home!😁😁😁😁
@@galegrazutis964 A 3 Star Kebab ! 👌
Wow! That's a Michelin stars restaurant for you, amazing dishes and playful. 😍😍😍
You know what else is playful? That some whore refused to abort you and now you steal oxygen. Very playful indeed!
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Look I'm sure this is all very creative and delicious but if I'm hungry I generally don't want or need my meal to come with a fucking instructional lecture.
Yeah, but if you're just hungry then there are other options, aren't there? You don't go here because you're hungry and just passing by - you're going because you nabbed a table months ago. It's not a quick meal to fill a hole!
the only thing i dont agree with is the snail course with the sauce being green
you don’t like green sauce?
How was it?
Nice
Any restaurant where the staff have to stand over you waffling on about the £50+ spoonful of food your about to swallow and 2 burps later your hungry again looks like hell.
Cultured Swine: *me, swigging from my 3rd bottle of Tesco's finest Rose, and a packet of Scampi fries*
Impressive 🏠
A teaspoon of the first course already cost $200.
Am I supposed to demand a cheeseburger at the end in order to survive?
Question Everything: OK, How come this meal is so dam expensive?
Foods looks amazing but the pretentiousness of it as an experience would be too overpowering, I've always fancied trying The Fat Duck, but if anything, this has put me off.
I like to eat in peace...
This is most certainly not that.
the noise in that place. those people should go to a pub.
we still not considering hide background noisy, or cover by music, we want show real experience as norm customer but control volume for you to watch... you can see and compare
of course u may can feel different with sitting there actual sound and through video we guess ...
I don’t understand the bill description. Was that meal for 2? And why did you get charged twice of the same amount?
Yes u right it was for 2
£550 pre paid when booking
£98(beverage and service)paid in restaurant
@@GourmetBGourmet thanks for the clarification
You are welcome!
@@GourmetBGourmet which = utter insanity and mindless stupidity. Thanks for clarifying.
@@user-ts7yg7xu3e welcome 🤗