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It had taken 8 years, but I finally managed to catch up with Becky for lunch.
I figured as I'd waited this long, I better make the most of it and so we went to Purnells on Cornwall Street - a few roads back from Colmore Row if you know this bit of Brum, and a bit of a coincidence, it's opposite the office where I met her a decade previously.
Anyway, on with the good stuff, the food...

• Cucumber mousse - chili oil butter


• Poached egg yolk - smoked haddock milk foam - cornflakes - curry oil


• Goats' cheese jelly - shallots - chive oil - marinated shallots - crispy sticks


• Salad of Devonshire crab - apple - celeriac - smoked paprika honeycomb


• Brill - coconut milk - truffle - salsify - potato terrine - Savoy cabbage


• Classically roasted tail fillet of beef - liquorice charcoal - purple potatoes - Jerusalem artichoke purée - malt vinegar black pepper


• Lemon and honey parfait - Griottines - thyme ice cream - ginger biscuits


• Warm dark chocolate mousse - chocolate crisp - mango sorbet - mango leather - passion fruit jelly


• Hand made chocolates and candy - coffee

All in all, a most amazing gastronomical delight, although nine courses for lunch took a bit of getting used to :)