Heston Blumenthal is the latest chef to add airs to his menu. He includes an oyster foam as part of a dish called The Sound of the Sea on the 20-course tasting menu, for £115 a head, at his Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berkshire. It is meant to bring a flavour like a sudden whoosh of sea water into the mouth. Diners are asked to listen on an iPod to the sound of waves crashing while eating seafood. The oyster foam represents the “mist above the waves”.
Oh Heston, you can be rather mad at times! Most of the time, really. Well actually, a teensy bit more than that. Maybe all the time...