Explora has one restaurant with a fee, Anthology, where they feature guest chefs from Michelin restaurants, in this case Emma Bengtsson, a Swedish chef from Aquavit restaurant in New York.

With the added cost and so many great options included I resisted. I’m also not a big fan of tasting menus. Thank goodness David insisted. It was a fabulous meal.

The salmon amuse bouche had us finger licking the mustard off the plate.

Bavarois is a savoury cheesecake, simply amazing.

Chef Emma substituted tuna for venison carpaccio for us.

Little lobster morsels under the fennel and endive. The bisque was added at the table.

There were 3 options for the main course. I can’t comment on the beef but the turbot and mushroom were fantastic.

I had the turbot, the best ever. Bleak roe is traditionally from Sweden but this came from Canada and made us proud.

David had the mushroom so I only had a bite but I would love to have that dish. It was extraordinary.

There was a pre dessert chocolate dish that disappeared before any picture.

The sorbet and goat cheese parfait was presented as an egg coated in white chocolate. Not a bite left on either plate.

We added the wine pairing. Other than the first French Champagne all the wines were from the Marche area of Italy and included some grapes we weren’t familiar with but thought they were beautifully matched to the wines.

A great evening.