Wilson’s in Bristol, UK. 1 Michelin star. Lunchtime tasting menu

At Wilson’s in Bristol for their lunchtime tasting menu!
Wilson’s is the first Michelin star restaurant I have visited in Bristol, they are a farm-to-table restaurant and most things served come grown from their own farm, so most of the produce is seasonal.

(Not in order the dishes arrived);
Roast chicken and confit duck leg with a chicken sausage (made from some of the leftover chicken parts and offal) served with chicken jus, girroles, carrots and onion

Tomato and lemon juice with basil and olive oil

Sourdough bread with cultured butter served with smoked taramasalata with basil oil, and some snacks (chicken liver pate with raspberry gel, smoked sardines with crème fraiche in a little seaweed casing)

Cured sea bass with Thai basil and crème fraciche, jelly made of the fish bones and pickled gooseberries

Smoked dry aged trout, crisped up on the bbq with horseradish and bbqued cucumber

Sobet made with fresh herbs (dill, tarragon and chervil) topped with lightly charred meringue

Finally pudding; strawberries macerated in vermouth, basil ice cream and a salty chocolate tuile, three types of basil leaf.

My favourite dish was the clear tomato juice which is achieved by letting the tomato filter very slowly through a cloth so that none of the pulp is included in the final product – we were both surprised at how something so piercingly clear could have such a strong tomato flavour! I also LOVED the basil ice cream with the macerated strawberries, and the offal sausage.
The staff were so lovely and explained in detail how everything was made and where it came from, it’s clear that everyone there is very passionate about the project and they treated us very well.

I forgot to take an image of the petit fours, but it was some very soft cubes of white chocolate fudge with crunchy seeds and pear + chamomile jelly cubes. The fudge was my boyfriend’s favourite thing we ate there.