Single hen

[bluekarin]

I'm watching on C4 +1. He's really ingenious in how he serves his food. Almost art. Just hope he doesn't do anything to horrible.

[Minnie the Moocher]

I wouldn't hold your breath on that one!

 

I've gone right off Mr B lately.

 

He was interviewed this morning on BBC1 and was talking about the spectacle of a meal in times gone by when people didn't have cinema or TV and a meal was entertainment. He will be recreating a meal involving half a chicken stitched to half a piglet. I can't remember which is at the head end, chicken or piglet, but either way I shall be either at the cinema or watching (something else on) TV.

[bluekarin]

I don't know, I really like him and I think he is very clever. I was a bit worried when he started talking about making turtle soup but then he made mock turtle. I don't think he does anything to offend. I think its quite nice to have a meal that is so amazing in ways you don't expect and its quite nice for us to see possibly what people in years gone by saw. If you know what I mean. As for the chicken sewn onto a pig, I'm not sure about that. It sounds like the 7 bird roast type of thing that HFW did on River Cottage. I do remember him talking about a horrible thing they used to do with chickens, but as far as I can tell, he was only reading it from a book and not actually going to make it himself. I hope he doesn't make it I have to say I would love to have experienced the Christmas dinner he did a couple of years ago. It looked amazing

[Guest]

hmmmm, i was a bit upset when he boiled up that turtle, took one tiny bite and said it was yuck!

 

He was holding it rather close to that other guy's nether regions too and I was hoping the turtle might exact some revenge but alas, no.

 

It's art meets food and it is fascinating but I don't like it when an animal dies in vain.

[Minnie the Moocher]

He was also talking about going turtle hunting on BBC Breakfast.

 

I have nothing against hunting to eat - I watched Billy Connolly's programme featuring Inuits where they shot, butchered and ate (raw ) a seal and I was fine with that. But I agree with Poet, an animal shouldn't die in vain so someone can taste it and then discard it.

 

I'm not a vegetarian either.

 

I do agree that he is a very clever and talented man, but I also have issues with waste, particularly with meat.

[Minnie the Moocher]

Oh, and I can't bear to see a food fight on TV!

[chelsea]

Im sorry but I cannot stand him (no offence to you Bluekarin! )

 

for some reason he really infuriates me, I cant even look at him! I think he's over rated and I cannot believe the prices he charges in his restaurant for stupid food.

 

I dont think we need another pompous celebrity chef!

[Cinnamon]

I like him, I think he is a genius & a perfectionist.

 

And I would love to eat at The Fat Duck, once they have reopened after their food poisoning scare last week

[chelsea]

I LOVE your avatar Cinnamon - so cheery

[Cinnamon]

Why thank you

My daughter found it & sent it to me yesterday - it makes me feel all spring-like

[Egluntyne]

Shame so many of his diners got the squitts a few days ago. Too much dry ice?

[bluekarin]

I think it sounds like a bug my kids had last week (headache, upset tum) and is doing the rounds. Especially since all the test results have come back as a ok. I would love to eat there though. Maybe one day (in the distant future), hearing the amount of people who are waiting

[missuscluck]

I dunno about Heston. He seems a nice enough chap and all that, but its not for me.

I cant imagine wanting to eat any of his 'creations'. It dosent really seem like cooking to me. To fussy and faffy for my liking.

[Old Speckled Hen]

I LOVE your avatar Cinnamon - so cheery

 

OMG I missed that one

So used to What's 'is name

[jackiepoppies]

I always think of Heston more as a scientist than a chef.

[Steph101]

My sister in law and her other half went to his restaurant last year. She said some dishes, such as the snail porridge, were awful - couldn't bear to bring them near her nose, let alone taste them. Didn't like the nitrogen scrambled egg and bacon ice cream either...

The bill, for two people? A jaw dropping £500!

[Egluntyne]

Good Lord!

[bronze]

It's art meets food and it is fascinating but I don't like it when an animal dies in vain.

 

 

I'm assuming the turtle guy ate it though so it didn't die in vain.

[chelsea]

Good Lord!

 

He charges £120 for one fish dish with an ipod player inside a shell I believe!

[bluekarin]

I've just had a peek at his website

 

MENU SAMPLE FOR TASTING MENU

 

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY POUNDS

NITRO-GREEN TEA AND LIME MOUSSE (2001)

OYSTER, PASSION FRUIT JELLY, LAVENDER

POMMERY GRAIN MUSTARD ICE CREAM, RED CABBAGE GAZPACHO

JELLY OF QUAIL, LANGOUSTINE CREAM, PARFAIT OF FOIE GRAS

OAK MOSS AND TRUFFLE TOAST

(Homage to Alain Chapel)

SNAIL PORRIDGE

Joselito ham

ROAST FOIE GRAS "BENZALDEHYDE"

Almond fluid gel, cherry, chamomile

"SOUND OF THE SEA"

SALMON POACHED IN LIQUORICE GEL

Artichokes, vanilla mayonnaise and “Manni” olive oil

BALLOTINE OF ANJOU PIGEON

Black pudding “made to order”, pickling brine and spiced juices

HOT AND ICED TEA (2005)

MRS MARSHALL’S MARGARET CORNET

PINE SHERBET FOUNTAIN (PRE-HIT)

 

MANGO AND DOUGLAS FIR PUREE

Bavarois of lychee and mango, blackcurrant sorbet,

 

blackcurrant and green peppercorn jelly

PARSNIP CEREAL

NITRO-SCRAMBLED EGG AND BACON ICE CREAM (2006)

Pain perdu, tea jelly

 

PETITS FOURS

 

Mandarin aerated chocolate, Violet tartlet, Carrot and orange lolly

 

This menu is designed to be enjoyed by the whole table

 

A selection of wines by the glass are available to accompany this menu at £90 and £165 per person

 

An optional 12.5 per cent service charge will be added to your bill

 

These prices are subject to change

 

 

Am I reading this right. £90-£165 per GLASS of wine???

[Minnie the Moocher]

I think that would be selected glassES of wine to complement each course.

[Cinnamon]

Good Lord!

 

He charges £120 for one fish dish with an ipod player inside a shell I believe!

 

Thats 'The Sound of the Sea' - a sort of fishy thing, with a foamy sea like mousse & you listen to ocean sounds on the pod.

I believe it has moved people to tears, & not just when they see the bill.

 

I would still love to go one day, & its only a few miles from me

[..lay a little egg for me]

I believe it has moved people to tears, & not just when they see the bill.