It was a total sell-out event and most of the guests arrived early, eager to taste the cuisine of three-Michelin-starred masterchef Heinz Winkler. He has served famous personalities like the Queen of Thailand, Brooke Shields and foreign delegates, all sharing a common love for his cuisine vitale. In town to assist him in the kitchen were his two handy men, his son Alexander and fellow assistant Tobias Kuhnkein. Together with the culinary team at Fullerton Hotel, the night served up a dazzling array of dishes, including savarin of wild rice with caviar and chive sauce, and bresse pigeon “en croute” with herb gravy and leek sauce, that piqued the taste buds of adoring guests. Not forgetting fine wines to accompany the delectable food, the 2003 E.Guigal, Château d’Ampuis and 1998 Tenuta dell’ Ornellaia, Ornellaia were charming on the palate. Click here for more pictures.

It took Roberto Galetti three months to conceptualise, plan and prepare his much talked about menu. Dubbed ’The Inverted Menu’, Galetti had guests speculating right to the last minute whether he was really going to serve coffee first, dessert second and so on. Some ladies were even delighted at the thought of sweets coming before the main couse! But as always, Galetti was one step ahead.

The specially printed menu featuring a wine bottle on the cover was the first clue; diners were told: This is not a bottle. It is a picture of a bottle. And that simple statement set the tone for the rest of the evening. What we saw didn’t necessarily offer the same flavours we were expecting. The second course looked like a cannolo, for example, but instead of a ricotta cheese filling, there was tuna tartare! Check out the photo gallery and see for yourself!