Monday nights are for staying in

So I'm not sure why we decided to pitch in for Le Cassoulet's 5-course wine-tasting evening when I got the marketing mail a couple of months ago.  Gosh, I'm so pleased we did though...

It was one of those 'can't really be arsed' evenings when we went out of the house.  But from the slightly awkward 'glass of champagne and make conversation' stage through the 'you're sharing a table so you'd better enjoy the company of your co-tasters' stage it turned out to be a fantastic evening. The wine commentary from O.W. Loeb was passionately engaging, the wines were superb - and perfectly matched with the food - and the food was up there with the best I've ever eaten.  No accident (nor aftermath of 6 wines) that the kitchen team got four rounds of applause when they came up to talk through their choice of dishes at the end of the meal.

Only got iPhone pics and I missed the starter.  But for £50 each, all in, this has to be the best evening's food and drink I've ever had.  Shame I've got to go to work tomorrow...