After a hard and rubbish week, this was the perfect way to wind down. I'd had a voucher for two for one main courses from Alimentum I had to use up in May and asked puddingcat to join me and booked a table for last night (as last Friday had already been fully booked).

I was a bit early so I ordered a nice cocktail while I was waiting for puddingcat to arrive:


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So last night was the foodie night of my life (and one that's unlikely to be repeated). I went to the Kai We Care charity dinner in aid of the victims of the New Zealand earthquakes. Thought up and organised by Mat Follas, Masterchef 2009 winner and owner/head chef of The Wild Garlic. By the power of ( Read more... )

After a rather long train/tube journey (KingsX line was screwed so had to use the Liverpool St. line), I (on ditzy_pole's recommendation) first had lunch at Gordon Ramsay's Maze restaurant which was rather fine. I hadn't treated myself in quite a while so I had four courses from the lunch menu with the flight of wines:

Cauliflower velouté, smoked haddock, ( Read more... )

My parents took me to Alexander Herrmann's Restaurant (1 Michelin star) as a 40th bday treat. It's in a small, picturesque town called Wirsberg at the edge of the Frankenwald in an old, listed, tastefully restored building that used to be a (coaching) inn for generations ( Read more... )

Alimentum the 7th (I think) and the best. Wow.
First of all, many thanks to my dining companions deborah_c, i_am_toast and puddingcat for excellent company and enjoyable conversation.
Three of us all managed to get onto the same bus from different stops while i_am_toast came via town. We first had cocktails/sherry, perused the menu and decided we wanted to go all out with the tasting ( Read more... )

So this evening I'd persuaded pinkapplejam, raggedy_man and i_am_toast to come along to Alimentum for some fine dining.
We had a round of cocktails/drinks first (you realise the quality of a place when they can make something as humble as a glass of cranberry juice look like a fine cocktail) and then were ushered into the dining room.
I had:

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