No chance at such short notice.
You could try the Hinds Head, which is next door and also run by Heston Blumenthal. Does superior versions of traditional English cooking, and much more pub lunchy than the Fat Duck anyway.
http://www.thehindsheadhotel.com/index.aspx
Bray is a 5 minute taxi...
Creme brulee, but it has to be a well-made one. Poor brulees are very disappointing.
Mango sticky rice, about 0.000001p from a Thai food stall, takes some beating too.
Starting to get excited.
Girlfriend has serendipitously arranged herself a weekend at her best friend's for June 10/11. She was nonplussed at my eager endorsement of this. At some point she will twig why I'm so happy for her to be away then, but for the time being the brownie points are racking...
It's Scotland, so technically not overseas, but definitely another world.
I've made very sure about availability. I quite fancied their Saab 9-3 convertible, but that wasn't available so they've offered me these four instead.
;)
In a fortnight I'm taking the girlfriend for a romantic weekend. It's all planned - swish hotel, flights etc, and now I want to hire a good car. However the choices from the hire company are a bit random, so to pass a Friday afternoon, please can NSC help me decide...
Um. :blush:
Wish you hadn't asked that. :down:
(would whisper in 5pt type if knew how to do html.... Eastbourne College, the public school.)
There goes my NSC cred. Maybe I'll start hanging with Kylie and Robbie so I can get back on a par with Dwayne.
I love all this rating nonsense that Uncle Spielburg has started. It's taken over NSC, and soon the world.
I now find it impossible to take a dump without fretting over whether the turd's consistency merits 8.1 or 8.2...
Meal sounds nice though. Whereabouts is Picassos? I went to school In...