The sheer explosion of flavour made me decide that I wanted to make beer for a living.
The short rib comes out on top, for sheer depth of flavour, though I would have preferred it in one sizable piece rather than in thin slices.
Terse menu descriptions – lobster, wasabi, lime; mackerel, gooseberry, elderflower, cucumber; grouse breast, greengage, bread sauce – belie the sophistication of technique and the sheer thwack of flavour teased into every dish.
The sheer complexity of the flavour makes it a little overpowering in a simple G&T, but it makes a memorable negroni, a fine martini and would make for a very interesting evening's cocktail experimentation.
These swiss rolls and roulades aren't much to look at, but what they lack in good looks, they more than make up for in flavour and sheer heft.
If you think of your friends who cook, the people that cook the most amazing meals are not necessarily frightfully complicated, they are often very simple things beautifully done, and every texture, flavour and sauce is just sheer perfection.
Many collections have used sheer fabrics to create an alluring and romantic flavour, but here the see-through panels made the outfits into a peep-show.
If amontillado sherry is one way of getting some of the mellow barrel-aged flavours of brown spirits without the sheer alcoholic force, another option is the neglected fortified styles of Madeira.
She enjoyed her visit, and was impressed with the unusual combinations of foods that worked together saying "the sheer expertise of taking a food with a range of flavours, and knowing it's in peak condition to meet four others ... it really is something".
The argument seems to be whether charred flavours are desirable, as Hawksmoor believe, or, in Hugh's words, "a distraction from the sheer joy of eating the very best steak".
Sheer fear, sheer terror.
