This fancy London eatery is taking menu creativity to morbid heights. In 2020 Dinner by Heston will begin rolling out new menus with a series of dishes inspired by the probable last suppers of the citizens of Pompeii, the passengers of the Titanic, and Napoleon Bonaparte just before his death.
The Pompeii meal was inspired by an exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum entitled “Last Supper in Pompeii.” The meal will feature carbonized bread of Pompeii and Bay of Naples butter (squid-ink infused butter); smoked pickled mussels with some garum (Roman smelly fish sauce); and libum, a dessert of baked cheese curds. As well as the museum exhibition, the restaurant also drew upon a first-century Roman cookbook to craft the menu.
