The Fat Duck
The Fat Duck is a restaurant run by chef Heston Blumenthal in Bray, Berkshire, England. The restaurant is known for its menu of unusual dishes, created following the principles of molecular gastronomy: examples include snail porridge , sardine on toast sorbet , bacon and egg ice cream , and salmon poached with liquorice . Beyond applying the results of chemistry and physics to cuisine, at The Fat Duck, Blumenthal exploits psychology, experimenting with the diners perception.Among the starters in the restaurant s tasting menu is a jelly of orange and beetroot , a serving of two separate jellies, where the red has been made using blood oranges, and the orange from orange beetroots. The restaurant was opened in 1995 and Best Restaurant in the UK in 2008 and 2009, scoring a maximum 10 out of 10 in the Good Food Guide. On 27 February 2009, Blumenthal closed his restaurant indefinitely after a number of customers reported feeling unwell along different times. Coordinates: 51°30′28.46″N 0°42′6.43″W / 51.5079056°N 0.7017861°W / 51.5079056; -0.7017861 .
