Extreme tapas

the only rule is there are no rules. a great way to spend an evening in experimental cookery - all dishes were extreme, although some were more extreme than others.

the line-up was as follows:

Tim “the Heston from Preston” Cole
Roquefort and chocolate shavings.
Lapsang-souchong poached salmon, wasabi ice-cream, spinach in garlic and ginger.

Phil Horrocks
Prawns, mango, and chilli flambéd in Cointreau, on a pancake of rice noodles.

Nicola Hope
Avocado, cardamom, and lemon souflette.

Mark “Mr Chips” Garbers and Kate “Mrs Garbers” Markey
Potato fudge.

Seb “Sea-Bass the Show-pony” Denno
Pear and cinnamon pasta parcels, with strawberry sauce and brandy cream

Andy “Off the” Pegg and Tone
Warm mango, papaya, mandarin, and basil soup, with coconut cream.
Warm grapefruit, raspberry, rosemary, and turmeric soup with coconut cream.

Jacqui “the Wasabi Assassin” Chan
Pork and water chestnut stuffed lychees in chilli chocolate.

Thomas Hope
Official taster, papparazo, and general layabout who kept dashing upstairs to check the Man United score.