I was just in Hawaii and I went to Roy Yamaguchi's beautiful place and had a stunning multi-course meal.
Trailing wistfully out of the room, these young ladies sported faraway gazes that masked fantasies spun from swanky meals, stunning clothes and sassy dialogue.
Everything in the meal was stunning – the duck with fermented red cabbage puree was another standout – but this was the dish with the biggest wow factor.
Chef Adelaide Fonseca fuses traditional Portuguese recipes with contemporary flair: our meal is stunning, from delicately fried fish – reminding us it was the Portuguese who introduced tempura to Japan – to cataplana, the famous fish stew popular on the Algarve, dotted with coriander and fish-stuffed ravioli, to a reinvention of sericaia, a fluffy, meringue-y hybrid of soufflé and sweet omelette.
But it isn't all haute-gastronomie: the standard of cuisine in Parisian museum cafes and restaurants is being upped across the board, and food lovers realise you don't have to pay the entrance fee to sit down for a great meal in often stunning surroundings.
The change in Frattin, who prepares most of his own meals, has been stunning to his friends.
There still exist in corners of the country meals of almost stunning simplicity, usually involving something I hate – game birds – produced with a certain amount of fanfare.
Finish your meal with the visually stunning Texturas de Chocolate, where white, milk and dark chocolate is presented in six different forms – meringue, powder, ice cream, cream, balls and pearls.
But all the muted elegance of the lodge, the stunning landscapes and Eve's delectable meals would have been for naught if the fishing were less than spectacular.
Sunday Dinners comes to us from our own chef/photojournalist/farmer/father figure Tom Hirschfeld, featuring his stunning photography and Indiana farmhouse family meals.
