Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons

It is in a sumptuous manor- just outside of Oxford- that the chef Raymond Blanc displays his sensory universe. For him- if the work itself is transient- the memory of the flavour remains. In his vast garden abounding with lavender- he grows almost ninety varieties of vegetables and more than seventy aromatic herbs which you are bound to find on your plate- in one way or another. If he swears only by bio and organic- it is because good does not interest him but sublime- does. Sublime like the suites of this hotel- small lofts with evocative names; The exoticism of Opium- the sensuality of Mon Plaisir- the sobriety of Vettriano Let yourself be enchanted- in the native land of Lewis Carroll and of J.R.R. Tolkien