Advent 10

Paley's Place in Portland, Oregon comes close, and The Marram Grass on Anglesey even closer, but the best meal I have ever eaten was in the glamorous county of Essex. Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck is the locus of gastronomy as theatre. The picture is of the punningly titled 'Sound of the See'. The food feeds all the senses. It may be fashionable not to be impressed but nobody could ever call me a dedicated follower of fashion. Seriously good