Easing you into the wonderful Gastronomic Menu meal are these equally wonderful "snacks". Served one at a time, these crafted mouthfuls warm up your tastebuds for the main acts by delighting and entertaining with rather experimental textures and flavours. Clockwise from top left:
- very crisp, golden slices of vegetables
- a deep fried fish (to be eaten whole) arranged very artistically with a cool clear jelly filled with tiny herbs and beans to look like a pond
- sweet corn fritter with chilled creamy corn soup (my favourite of the lot)
- "burnt" anago eel that had a deep smokey flavour that's served with a piquant dip