Date: 17/4/12 08:19 pm (UTC)
I am perfectly aware that this sort of restaurant isn't for everyone. If your thing is a nice juicy steak with chips or a whole fish (for example) as main, that's cool, too. I go to restaurants like this to eat dishes that are different to what I couldn't even dream of achieving.

Depends on where you go. I don't consider the food at the Mill pretentious at all, it's just elements on the plate, no fancy constructions. The borderline place I've been to was Alyn Wiliams where for example the roasted apple wasn't a solid piece of apple but ribbons wound up into a sort of spiral to form a thick disc which doesn't really add anything to the taste but was just an example of extreme skill. Places like the Fat Duck are taking that sort of thing to extremes where the presentation is a spectacle and the food itself comes second.
In terms of price, the above meal including two regular glasses of excellent wine, a hot chocolate afterwards and tip came to £60. I admit that sounds steep but a three-course meal at a gastropub incl. a pint in Cambridge will set you back £30, too.

Yes, I've had foams but there have only been one or two that tasted of much.

*laughs at the P.S.* Yes, there's that.
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