Yay, I've just had a holiday, my first break since Xmas and the first proper holiday since last July, suddenly my nervous twitch has stopped.

We went to Cornwall for the week and had a wonderful time visiting the Eden Project and fish and chips for our wedding anniversary.

Also worth a mention was the Ship Inn, Mousehole and Sofia's in Penzance, great fish dishes as you'd expect from Cornwall.

Anyway, back to the daily grind.

I experienced my first taste of Japanese food on the weekend. What an experience it was! I was a little wary of trying out everything, being unsure of eating raw fish. But I conquering my fears and ordered a Tenkaichi Bento.

This was basically a tray containing tasters of the most popular choices off the menu:

• Tuna - which was gorgeous, I don't think it'll ever taste as good cooked.
• Salmon - this was lovely, but not the same intense flavour as the tuna
• Belly pork - accompanied with a dip was lovely
• Teriaki chicken - as you'd expect was just like chicken

They were the main parts of the bento. In addition there were a few peices of sushi, and some green paste which had a kick like mule that had been marinated in mustard. Needless to say the meal was absolutely fantastic.

We were lucky enough to go out for a meal at Le Gallois last night.

The meal was the best I've had on Bristish soil. It compared very well with La Table d'O. The food, as expected, was fantastic but what made it a great meal was the service, and the little tasters that we were given.

The 3 course menu was actually 5 courses - we started with a tiny bowl of mushroom soup which was so tasty that the amount given was perfect. Following that I had the sea trout, and then the saddle of Lamb. After the main courses we were given a little glass of grapefuit ice (I think it was called granite) to clean the palette before desert which was the thyme roasted peach.