Actually the 40th birthday trip of 2 very generous friends, 21 of us headed to Rioja in Spain. Activities revolved around eating, wine-tasting, bad homo-erotic dancing and sleeping past 6am without being kicked in the head by a 3 year old.
We kicked off the gorging with a 3 Michelin Star meal at Azurmendi. Here are just a few of my favs of the 15 courses...
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| These egg yolks are injected with truffle to cook from the inside. And they are served on a handy spoon. |
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| Sea Urchin crustini on a urchin-infused Bloody Mary. This tasted a bit like a rock pool. |
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| Fungal Fun |
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| This was my favourite. Pigeon with hazelnuts. The giant hazel nuts are actually foie gras covered with chocolate and sprayed with gold...stuff. Amazing! |
Where ever we went there seemed to be a lot of glasses in a line. Beautiful wine, great friends and even some Europop to top off a brilliant weekend.
So we have been home for a couple of weeks now and we are still trying to acclimatise to our old lives. Tonight for example, I am having to cook my own bloody jacket potato and I'm clean out of Urchin Tears and Foie Gras!
