The Fat Duck, April 2026, Bray, Maidenhead, United Kingdom

Heston Blumenthal has been my favorite chef and I used to read his cookbooks and watch videos of this place, so this was my most anticipated dining experience so far. The town itself is very quaint and beautiful, and walking around felt like a fever dream. Highly recommend.

The restaurant was very accommodating to vegetarian diners and I did not feel that I missed out on anything. In fact, my friend who got the meat version felt his meat dish was not amazing.

Other misses were the bread and butter ( not super delicious or special, very rustic) , the 'off to the land and nod' course, which kind of just tasted like milk many different ways – very beautiful but ultimately not interesting. Everything else I think was very successful.

The 'besides the sea' course was the best course I've ever had. The sand cereal, the sea beans and mushroom, the salty algae sea foam. While listening to the beach sounds on headphones. It transported me to a memory I had on the beach. No other dish has been so evocative.

Other standouts were the hot and iced tea, which was a super unique experience and weirder than it sounds, while also being delicious! And the beetroot wafer with horseradish spread (one of the amuse bouches) which was very beautiful and perfectly executed. The ,cheese and grapes, was also super surprising and delicious!

Overall could not recommend higher. While it started out very strong and later on. some dishes were misses flavor wise, the whole experience was so playful and innovative that i was mindblown. We were in the restaurant for 4 hours total!

This experience was unforgettable! Only an hour and a half from London, travel time. Very expensive but worth the money. The nearby pub, also owned by Heston, is also very fun and does great chips.