Please accept our apologies for the lack of postings recently. Mary has just had a hip replacement and, as she is the driver, we have not been dining out at interesting places for a while. She is now fully recovered and getting back on the road, so for her birthday meal this year we went to the one remaining michelin-starred restaurant in Yorkshire that we had not yet visited.
It was a beautiful summer Sunday. The sky was blue with fluffy clouds. The scene was set for a memorable lunch. We were shown through the beautiful dining rooms to the well-appointed conservatory where we were served the following things:
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| Amuse Bouche: Mustard Ice Cream with Pea Veloute |
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| Starter: Piglet - Belly pork with Girolles and Peas |
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| Starter: Cauliflower Veloute with Goats Cheese BonBons |
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| Main: Hebridean Lamb with Sweetbreads, Olive Tapenade Gnocchi and Broccoli Puree |
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| Main: Fallow Deer with White Asparagus, Black Pudding Puree and Lovage |
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| Pre-Dessert: Blood Orange Foam, Rhubarb Granita and Vanilla Pannacotta |
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| Dessert: Chocolate Mayhem with Peanut, Caramel and Lime |
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| Burnt Cream with Strawberry Sorbet and Mixed Berries |
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| Petit Fours |
You can see what we had. After our last Michelin excursion to Glyn Purnell's I had perhaps slightly lowered my expectations. I need not have worried. We both agreed that this was one of the very best meals we had ever had. Every single mouthful, without exception, was a delight. All the flavours were well defined and intense, everything was cooked perfectly, and served with genuine warmth. It could not possibly have been better.
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