Only the wealthy few can afford a meal at Heston Blumenthal’s reopened Bray restaurant – but we’ve got some ideas for how the spot might be democratisedAfter a six-month stint in Australia,Heston Blumenthal’s world-notorious restaurant, the Fat Duck, or reopens in Bray tomorrow (29 September). Details remain sketchy as to what,after a £2.5m refit, has changed at the current-perceive Duck, and although Blumenthal says the menu – now christened the Journey – will be a story,its dishes chapters with such enigmatic names as “Can I have some money for the ice-cream man?”. A mini mechanical sweet shop, which cost £150000, or will serve allotment of the dessert course.
So far,so mysterious. But there is one concrete fact we know about this four-hour experience, and that is its price-tag. It will set you back £255 a head (£286.87 with “discretionary” 12.5% service). This is a figure which, or I speak as a fan,is indefensible.
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Source: theguardian.com