It’s our second anniversary! We choose to celebrate at Bulrush, a long favourite of mine and a new experience for Alasdair, and I think the first time we’ve gone together to a Michelin starred restaurant in Bristol. It is a pure delight from the off. As with all good elevated dining, there are the most complicated snacks you’ve ever seen in your life, and when the first thing you eat is a savoury carrot XO donut, I mean my god. An eight course tasting menu, spanning asparagus, plaice, and a beautiful scallop. The “main” course, as it were, is one of my favourite things you get at places like Bulrush - one key ingredient prepared five or six different ways. In this case, venison, done as steak, sausage, tartare, and more. Served with a black pudding danish no less! I overindulge and go for the optional cheese course, served with a PX-infused date chutney and some honeycomb, and by the penultimate bite of my petit fours madeline, I am stuffed. The non-alcoholic drinks pairing is a treat alongside this, with highlights being the rosé cordial and the non-alcoholic espresso martini, which Alasdair describes as being effectively a Michelin star milkshake. As if that’s a bad thing. An absolute treat.