Hey Ninja-Tim
Congrats on getting a booking at The Fat Duck - lunch or dinner?
How are you getting to Bray and back?
As for the menu at Dinner by Heston, so many good dishes. I don't have my pic of my menu up yet but looking at the online menu can say the following -
The Savoury Porridge (c.1660) - Frog's legs, girolles, garlic & fennel - was excellent. I really liked this as the frog legs were crunchy and very different to all the other frog legs that I have had. I preferred this to the snail porridge.
The Salamagundy (c.1720) - Chicken oysters, salsify, marrow bone & horseradish cream is a dish that I really wanted to try but couldn't fit it in. I do enjoy chicken oysters!
Bone in Rib of Hereford Prime for 2 (c.1830) - Mushroom ketchup & triple cooked chips was an AMAZING dish. The steak was a great sharing dish with Mrs Flying Fox. The meat was amazing and tender. I was surprised by the percentage of fat that I cut away (more than I expected) but the meat was so good. The mushroom ketchup was great as it looked black like soya sauce but was totally ketchup in taste. Triple cut chips were great and were not offered in the restaurant with anything but this steak. They said that they had potato quality problems and thus could only offer triple cut chips with this steak. You receive one chip serve per person.
As a meat lover I also considered the Powdered Duck Breast (c.1670) Smoked confit fennel and umbles OR the Roast Iberico Pork Chop (c.1820) Smoked hispi cabbage, confit onion, apple & mead, Robert sauce OR the Hereford Ribeye (c.1830) Mushroom ketchup & triple cooked chips OR the Fillet of Aberdeen Angus (c.1830) Mushroom ketchup & triple cooked chips.
However, I was fortunate enough that the Mrs was happy to share the steak for two.
Their mash potatoes was amazing too. Super super super smooth. If it wasn't so thick you could suck it up a straw!!!
Dessert came down to either the Tipsy Cake (c.1810) Spit roast pineapple OR the Brown Bread Ice Cream (c.1830) Salted butter caramel, pear & malted yeast syrup. We went the Tipsy Cake. This has to be ordered with mains as it takes 30 mins to prepare for the table. There is a whole process to it all but I will save that story for my report on Dinner by Heston (which will be very short compared to my review of The Fat Duck).
The service was excellent from all the staff.
Don't be shy to walk around the show kitchen and have a look at what everyone is doing. Its reminds me of a very well organised production line (eg. there is one guy who's job is to just carve the meat cooked by someone else to ensure that it sits squarely on the plate and then he passes it to someone else to plate up. That person gets delivered sauces from one person, garnishes from another etc etc etc).
Have a great time at both places!