Angela Hartnett wears Circle Cape Poncho and T&H a vintage Ascher scarf, top picture taken in the kitchens of Michel Bras with British chef Neil Brothwick.

The wonderful Angela Hartnett organised a whirlwind trip food trip to France, first stop was dinner at the legendary Michel Bras 3 Michelin star restaurant in Laguiole.  For the last 30 years Michel Bras has been cooking spectacular food in Laguiole, a small village in the remote Aubrac mountains of south-central France.  Bras is renowned for his purity of cooking using complex techniques to elevate humble ingredients like onions, bread and mushrooms, with astonishing, often whimsical result.  We of course had to try some of his signature dishes and they did not disappoint; his salad composed of 60 individually prepared vegetables, flowers and seeds that vary depending on the day looked so beautiful on the plate and was a taste sensation. Bras also invented the now-ubiquitous molten chocolate cake: it’s hard to imagine a dish that better exalts the cocoa bean.  It was amazing to eat this dessert from the kitchen of the chef who created it.

The dishes were so beautifully presented and the cooking displayed such creativity, even though we are not a food blog we felt compelled to share some pictures of our very special dinner.