Sending a shiver of pleasure through me was this triumvirate of aburi Toriyama Wagyu, Kaluga Queen caviar and an ultra-light rice cracker.
Individually, the beef and caviar were formidable: the former was all melt-in-the-mouth outright sexiness while the latter pulled unsuspecting victims into the depths of creamy oceanic sensuousness. Placed together on the pristine white stage of crunch, I felt their duet drown out my surroundings with one bite. For that brief moment in time, reality fell away as my senses got pulled in. I was so very joyfully lost.
And now you know why it’s my favourite of the three marvelous snacks that preceded our Basque-inspired gastronomic menu proper.