How much to eat the day of a "big meal"?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Obviously everyone's different, but we're eating at l'enclume tomorrow night-our first Michelin starred restaurant.

Should we fast all day? Graze little bits? Have a hearty breakfast then starve?

It's the 17 course taster menu with wines-the girl on the phone said allow 3 hours for the food!

[Gargamel]

Don't starve yourself, your stomache will shrink.

Plain cereal breakfast, something plain and low calorie for lunch. Eg soup and melon.

I find the more I eat the more I can it, iyswim

[condor]

I'd go with a cereal breakfast, perhaps some toast and marmalade too. Ignore lunch and prepare for your tasting delight

[calibrax]

Bear in mind, although it's 17 courses it's not in any way a big meal.

Most of the courses will be less than a mouthful. One or two will be 2 mouthfuls.

No preparation needed really, unless you have the appetite of a sparrow

[LaurasOtherHalf]

calibrax said:

Bear in mind, although it's 17 courses it's not in any way a big meal.

Most of the courses will be less than a mouthful. One or two will be 2 mouthfuls.

No preparation needed really, unless you have the appetite of a sparrow

This is what we thought, however looking at some of the photos on the review sites they don't look that small like!

Edited by LaurasOtherHalf on Tuesday 1st January 23:33

[thetapeworm]

If it's anything like the tasting experiences I've had you should come out feeling full to the point of not wanting any more to eat but still able to breathe and walk - I have a healthy appetite too so don't tend to just pick at a few pieces of cress and feel bloated

Have a normal breakfast, something you'd normally have for lunch and then hopefully something special later - make sure we get a review

[Mastodon2]

I don't have breakfast, but if I'm having a big meal in the evening, missing lunch lowers my capacity to cram it down later on. I don't have a big lunch though, just enough to keep me ticking over.

[Bursar]

Keep in mind that you will probably be quite drunk by the end of it. I've had a couple of 10 course meals with wines, and to say I was tipsy by the end of them is an understatement!

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Just had lunch as we didn't get up until late, a boiled egg, some toast & some fresh coffee.

Might need a bad of crisps later to keep me going, we really can't wait for this tonight

[Slink]

dont forget to post pictures of every course!

[Bursar]

So how was it?