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A very good dinner at Ryugin, Tokyo.

http://www.nihonryori-ryugin.com/index_en.html

Sea urchins and salmon roe.

Cold soup and eggplant sushi.

Tuttle tofu with soft rice cake and green onion dill.

Watari blue crab with matsuake mushrooms.

Ichiban dashi soup, asajime pike eel with deep fried eggplant.

Stunning sashimi selection including baby squid and smoked fish.

Seaperch grilled on charcoal.

Fried turnip and simmered abalone.

Fried turnip and Kuruma ebi prawn.

Kuroge Wagyu beef filet coated in bradcrumbs with Matsutake Mushrooms in refined style and premium poached egg.

Charbroiled large wild eel from Biwako lake.

-196C candy grape and +99C grape jam.

Roppongi Pudding.

Mattcha tea.

Kiran and I went to Midsummer House in Cambridge (Michelin two star) for a lovely seven course tasting menu.

Kiran loved the olives and she took this picture of them.

Kiran was not entirely amused by the pink grapefruit and champagne foam.

She did however love the pea, prawn and seaweed jelly.

Salmon rillettes, pickled vegetables, lime and wasabi.

Confit chicken wings, endive, Reblochon.

Red mullet, parmesan, lemon and green olives.

Kiran wolfed own all of her duck, sweet potato and orange puree. cherries and iceberg.

She said the lemon posset, raspberry jelly and lime was the best dessert she ever had.

The English strawberries, elderflower, lemon sorbet was her second favourite dessert ever.

An outstanding London restaurant. http://viajante.co.uk

Thai Explosion II. Crab doughnuts.

Bread and butter.

Fresh cheese with peas and flowers.

Prawn, pickled radishes and sea lettuce.

Razor clams and chicory with rhubarb and yarrow.

White, green and wild asparagus with milk skin.

Charred leek hearts and cured lobster with leek consommé.

Confit salmon,, fried aubergine and braised skin.

Cod tripe with onion and crispy potato.

Brill with daikon and red currants.

Bone marrow with beef gel and onions.

Duck hearts and tongue with mushroom floss and spiced broth.

Lamb belly with wild garlic and cereals.

Frozen maple with shiso and green apple.

White chocolate with grapefruit and lemon.

Pickled and raw cucumber with milk sorbet.

Rustenberg 2008 Chardonnay.

The Punter is one of the few pubs in Cambridge that does excellent food.

Scallops in a pea puree.

Crispy duck, Asian slaw.

Lamb shoulder.

Steak with a wasabi-based sauce.

Venison.

Excellent hand-cut chips.

We had an excellent Sunday lunch with our friends and their kids at the Willow Tree pub in Bourn near Cambridge. http://www.thewillowtreebourn.com/ 

Pigeon with wasabi mash.

Figs and mozzarella.

Roast beef (kid’s portion).

Salmon with black sesame seeds.

Venison.

The kids were pleased.

David was pleased.

Joanne was fully engaged.

Kid’s pasta was a hit.

Chorizo.

There is a very nice garden at the back of the pub.

Foie gras and tuna tartare.

Tempura carrot cake.

Dinner with Pierre and Isobel at Moulin de Mougins.

(This tastes much better than it looks.)

Laurent is not convinced that they are ready for their first star.

We are outclassed by most of the other diners.

Lunch earlier that same day in Cambridge: