Bildeston Crown Tasting Menu & Wine

[FunkyGibbon]

Just come back from there having had the eight course tasting menu + flight of wine £100 - superb!

Make sure you are hungry before going - this takes 3 hours and you will be stuffed!

Course 1
Watercress Veloute, Tikka Frog's leg, Quail's egg
Served with chilled dry white port


Course 2
Beef Smoked Suffolk Fillet, Redpoll Tongue, Horseradish
Served with chilled Ollorosso Sherry


Course 3
Wild Mushrrom & Truffle Gnocchi
Served with Cortese Amonte Cantine Volpi Piemonte


Course 4
Soused Mackerel, Fennel, Beetroot
Served with Vouvray Cuvée de Silex Domaine des Aubuisieres


Course 5
Pork Nedging ‘Head to Toe’ - Head cannelloni, crispy ears, shoulder, fillet and trotter
Served with Tempranillo Pricipe De Viana


Course 6
Blue Cheese Fondant and Toast
Served with Tawny Port


Course 7
Lemon Tart, Lime Posset, Orange Sorbet
Served with De Bortoli 5 Botrytis Semillon


Course 8
Chocolate Fondant, Cherries, Hazelnut
Elysium Black Muscat Andrew Quady


Courses 4 and 7 were the highlight for me.

[shakotan]

Looks good, but I dunno about 'stuffed', I'd be just getting warmed up after the chcolate fondant!

[Bullett]

I'm sure it was lovely but those first two courses look overly poncey and like they are trying too hard.

[Pferdestarke]

It does look good but I'm not sure 'Michele' would approve of some of the presentation.

What was the frog's leg like?

[Simpo Two]

'I'm sorry sir, we've run out of plates. You'll have to have it in a mixing bowl'

[FunkyGibbon]

Pferdestarke said:

What was the frog's leg like?

Very delicate flavour and a texture almost like scallops - the veloute was the star of that dish.

[Pferdestarke]

FunkyGibbon said:

Pferdestarke said:

What was the frog's leg like?

Very delicate flavour and a texture almost like scallops - the veloute was the star of that dish.

Sounds great. I bet they'd been in a water bath.

[shakotan]

Pferdestarke said:

FunkyGibbon said:

Pferdestarke said:

What was the frog's leg like?

Very delicate flavour and a texture almost like scallops - the veloute was the star of that dish.

Sounds great. I bet they'd been in a water bath.

I would imagine so, it's generally how frogs like to live.