Wednesday night was the start of a three day food coma. Two Michelin star restaurant, Perbellini.
We went for the tasting menu of course, it was 10 courses (not including several courses of amuse bouche at the start and deserts to finish). Needless to say we chose to have matching wines too - which meant that over the course of the meal we had 10 different wines (not including the champagne on arrival or the grappa at the end!) Food was magnificent, the chef was originally a pastry chef and it showed in the cooking. The sommelier did an excellent job matching the wines.
We had ravioli which had some toasted corn creamy thing inside. The waitress advised us to pick up each ravioli with the sturgeon and the smoked caviar in one mouthful (I would not have done that, if not told to) – oh it was super-delicious. Like Willy Wonka lolly where the flavours just keep changing in your mouth as one explodes after another. Super-yum!
For dessert there were numerous courses, one was spearmint fairy floss.
On reflection we both thought that this was the best meal we've ever had - a very high bar that has now set the benchmark.
