Your next meal will be Inamo

Thursday of our week's holiday was up to London for some Christmas shopping (early I know) and to have a special dinner at Inamo, the asian restaurant with the interactive, electronic display menu (and other cool features) on the dining table.

Our shopping wasn't the success we had hope for. Whether we've just spoilt each other for so long at Christmas, outdoing the last or it was just a bit wrong to think about buying presents, there was nothing that  really inspired us to buy. The Mercedes McLaren F1 in Selfridges got close, promoting some luggage but seeing Martine McCutcheon book signing didin't. At the moment I'd be happy for a monster bag of Malteasers and Kirin.

Halfway up Wardour Street in Soho is Inamo. The table projection and décor was every bit as futuristic and desogner cool as I'd hoped for. With a quick demo of the table controls we were changing the virtual table cloth colour and pattern, viewing the kitchen webcam, ordering drinks, scrolling through all the menu options and playing battleships! Obviously, Asahi was my first, natural choice, my second drink order had to be confirmed by a waiter as the system could only handle a vodka and coke as separate items, and starters we tried Wild Boar Rolls, Seared Scallops and Truffle Marble Beef. For our mains, we shared Berkshire Pork Neck (with confit of apple, and a spicy chocolate sauce), Cinnamon Chicken and Kerry even managed to force down the Duck with Pancakes. Only the late arrival of the duck marred the experience and the Cinnamon Chicken only worked with the lime juice. Otherwise it was the pork that took the prize of best dish of the year.