Dining @ the Fat Duck
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2010
- Dining @ The Fat Duck to celebrate two birthdays (Janet and Mine), as well as our 1 year Engagement anniversary. I video'd the most dramatic courses - that being the Liquid Nitrogen poached Green Tea and Lime Mouse, the Mad Hatters tea party, and Oak Forest inspired dish.
Thank you, Bernard for the video. Dining at the Fat Duck is definitely on my bucket list. Saw the makings of the Mad Hatter course in one of Heston's Feast videos and was blown away by the effort that goes into the dish.
Best part is when they all did a runner before the bill arrived
Britian, has the best of everything! The restaurants like the Fat Duck serve such amazing food but yet such small portions!
These days the top restaurants are more like a stage show. And there's nothing wrong with that. I'd pay for something that excites me, engages my senses and leaves me with something to talk about for weeks to come. Like going to a musical, it's expensive, gives you something completely different but sometimes when you get home you just want to chuck on the TV or movie to fill up the rest of your night :)
As a chef, I can appreciate the elements and precision that goes into Heston's dishes. Why is that the general population require copious amounts of processed food to be content? The prices are actually quite reasonable for the experience. Compared to the $700 13 course gastronomy menu at my workplace, it's quite cheap.
Wow Ben, where do you work? $700 seems like an awful amount of money to be paying!
Bernard leung Vue de Monde Australia.
Bernard leung if you earn 10k a month, and many people do, $700 every now and then probably seems reasonable.
guguigugu I can see how some would think that but I know some people who earn in excess of that and they would still find that extravagant. Having said that I guess it's about the experience and everyone's perception of worth for that is different. Some people would pay $X,000 for the experience of carrying around a LV hand bag. Personally is prefer to go eat a few times at mckennaben505 workplace ;-)
That would be a dinner I wouldn't forget in a hurry, for a plethora of reasons.
The best thing about this is that despite the hefty price tag, there's no dress code or imposed formal behaviour. Everyone is welcome if they can foot the bill.
this is more about the experience than to fill your stomach
Seven shades of purple won't even fix that.
If the prices here were even half reasonable you'd be lucky to get a reservation within the next decade...
I would recommend trying definitely. Be aware that bookings are avaialble 2 months from the day you want to eat, and most bookings are gone within the hour. I tried for 45 minutes on 2 lines, and only managed to get a weekend lunch reservation. Week days are much easier, but still a small trial.
everyone i know who has been there said it's an amazing experience
To all those comments about being "filling" or "pizza". You don't eat at these establishments to be "full" just as you don't open a vintage french wine to satisfy your thirst. That would be just dumb. Also, best of both worlds. These people enjoy the creativity of food as well as a piece of dough filled with pepperoni. You critics only enjoy the latter. It's about new experiences. I have eaten pizza since birth and I'm sick of it. I want to explore just as you all should.
I liked that waiter!
You seem like the kind of guy who instead of going to see live music, just sits at home listening to static on the radio because let's face it, you're still hearing noise.
I agree with iSaac92. Restaurants like this brings an experience to food in the most unusual ways. We all go to the traditional restaurants often, but it must be something to experience a molecular gastronomy-based restaurant at least once. I definitely plan to do one one day.
dining at the Fat Duck - "aint nobody got time fo'that"
Interesting when I did the Mad Hatters Tea Party I was given a clear Tea Pot to swirl the consomme. Guess they had non left.
Yeah they changed it to the clear pot and mug, they told me all about it when I had my trial in the kitchen in February
my jealousy of your experience knows no bounds. as a chef in america, i dream of doing the things men like Rene Redzepi, Ferran Adria, and Heston Blumenthal can accomplish.
The waiter looks like Tintin at certain angles!
Wow, the guy at 1:15 really put some effort into his outfit for such a prestigious place.
Total was about £1000 for 4 of us, so roughly £250 each including welcome champagne and 2 of us getting matching wine.
This is brilliant. This place is just as much about the delivery and wow factor of the food as it is about taste. This is a unique restaurant and of course you wouldnt want to dine like this all the time but that's not the point.
2:35 whoa, that's pretty cool. I really want to visit the Fat Duck once. Shame I don't live in the UK, though.
With or without wine? Expect pay a minimum of £400 for dinner for two, with wine that can escalate astronomically. Wine options start from £80/pp for matching, and go to £580/pp. A specialist wine list goes into the thousands!
So, I'll go there, have a full course meal, come home and make myself a big bowl of spaghetti. That's the idea, right?
mad hatter's tea party can only be properly enjoyed on psychedelics
Wow, even the waiter an waitress's need to play a role that nuts for them to explain everything an remember everything
Their "Tasting Menu" is £180 per head, according to the website.
That watch thing...god thats beautiful
it looks more like a science lab than a restaurant !
Yes. I read up on it. The Fat Ducks objective was to take science and food technology, and incorporate it with a meal "experience" in having the scent, sight as well as even sound of the dish. Using vacuums and liquid nitrogen etc. etc. to prepare, and introduce, an innovate the food and cooking in an exquisite way was the objective of The Fat Duck restaurant. The result is a sort of "futuristic" version of elegant dining. Each dish even has a theme it follows which is kina cool. Interesting -
Fantastic video and @ 195pp it sounds incredibly expensive but take the BFG for instance that takes 2 days to make! Incredible amount of work. I hope you enjoyed it ;)
Well that's me not sleeping tonight...
this actually looks really fun, though really expensive.
i have nothing against the food at these restaurants, i have something against the atmosphere. i go to restaurants to have a good time and laugh, not be gazed upon by nervous waiters and waitresses trying not to screw up
it all looks so interesting. but if it is all in such small amounts of food, i would probaly leave still hungry.
i've been in the kitchen as part of a college tour, its really small, not much bigger than an average sized living room split up into smaller sections!
This is futuristic
Amazing place and amazing food. Now my selective comment to those negative posts on here. Firstly there is no gun to anyone's head forcing them to come here. They do it of their own free will. Second, so long as a person's money has been obtained honestly, who are you to criticize how they spend it? Finally, regarding the "I'd rather have a pizza" or steak and chips crowd... good for you. These people have probably tried and enjoyed them to. This is simply another sense of life and creativity.
the hand towels are a staple in korean restaurants
This restaurants and Pétrus are the finest places to eat in London.
REGRESANDO A LA EPOCA MEDIEVAL!!! DONDE LA COMIDA PARA LA ARISTOCRACIA FUE UN ESPECTACULO
It's well worthwhile going at least once. Unlike nothing you've ever experienced before!
I'm going to be pedantic now and point out its not actually tea but Mock Turtle Soup which is Calf Head Soup
When the fog shot out from that centerpiece I was like WTF?
wow that looks so fun!
The waiter seems nice.
Is there some way to recover the gold leaf they waste in the "tea"?
m.o.g. it is so beautiful food, an adventure, great out of this world, I would desire that I just once haved money to this fantasy, adventure, one of a lifetime wish.
thanks for that I had to watch in your incredible food experience, I am so happy;)
Brilliant.
It's his flagship restaurant.
wish i could find staff like that
excellent post, they were cool with the video cam?
I really would love to try this, but it seems like too much of a Halloween show!
the appetizer is a recipe of Heston Blumenthal.. or is this his own resturant?
I reeaaalllyyy wanna go!
The wait staff I had was french, but from memory most of the ones are English. I'm going to Noma in a few months, and Dinner by Heston. Can't wait to see what those are like.
There are literally thousands of restaurants that do what you just said. The fat duck is about an experience as much as it is about having a meal, and it's a place you would go very rarely. Nobody eats like this day in, day out and the fat duck isn't suggesting you should do otherwise.
Not gonna lie, I've eaten at a 3 star Robuchon and then got a burger afterward.
Hey Natta, yeah I will have to ask next time. Yes it's not just the food, it's the theartre of it all - quite amazing. Sysrq120 - cost was about 250 GBP/pp so probably the most expensive meal I'll ever eat! Worthwhile though, though I can't say I'll be rushing back for obvious reasons...
i'd take a cowboy supper over that
£195 a head and takes almost 3 and a half hours to consume
Noma is amazing, its a league above the Fat Duck :) be sure to get the 20 courses
It's a bit of dinner !!
Amazing
Hard to compare as it's like asking if coke tasts better then beef - it's a totally different sensation. The food is amazing, and not comparible to anything else I've ever tasted. If you are after more regular food cooked with Heston's festidious attention to detail then I'd highly recommend "Dinner by Heston" instead. His 48 hour cooked beef steak was mind-blowing - you could eat it with a spoon and the flavour was intense!
and after this you went home and ordered some pizza..i know i would
that guy is a good waiter
did you guys get to tour the kitchen?
You can push me real far before I'll use this word, but I'll say it now: Pretentious.
Not really my thing, wouldn't enjoy having a waiter telling me how to eat the food that I paid so much for!
Yeah they were all cool with the video cam. It was shot on a happy-snap digi-cam anyway.
oh woooow... i so wanna go.
smart move letting you film it, it is good advertising.
ok i can accept everything, just curious, is that gold? and so if yes, u just eat it?
Heston blumenthal aka 24hours dishes aka involve technology in his restaurant, the guy is amazing.
Is there a menu there or is it the same everytime?
hey heston, marco called, he said he wants his knorr beef stock pots back
wow their bill was $1264.5. including the 12.5% service fee
I want to go!
do the waiters eat here too ? if so, do they narrate their own meal ?
this is food for harry potter!
To each his own, I guess.
no wonder its the best restaurant in the world!
What about a glass of milk? How much would that cost?
gordon will be damned to see such foods
Lol gold tea!!! Nothing to spend on?!
In Soviet Russia , forest eats you!
they laugh like a bunch of snobs
you just ruined my innocence :(.
what is minimalistic about this food?
Nice huge plate with a miserable small portion in the center.
is this Heston restaurant?
food to entertain but my mother taught me not to play with food
those waiter must undergo alot of training
Muito bom ! Adorei !!!!!!
God, I'd make a terrible waiter.
You pay for the experience and ingenuity I'm think. The experience and fanstastic tastes are what u pay for...not a full belly I'm guessing
It isn't a meal it is an experience, however, the entire thing is a bit over the top and the waiters are rather pretentious, especially having to be patronized by some Frog! Not for me, but interesting anyway.
Out of curiosity, what did that meal cost you?
went for my 21st last month. Good experience but you have to be into that sort of thing and go with it. It cost almost £1500 for 4 too so relatively pricey
What was your total amount of money you spent there?