FIRST BLOOM — ZMK Valentine’s Tea

Land · Sea · Field · Shore

February 14th

A romantic tasting celebrating Cornwall’s first bloom — where everything that can be foraged, will be.

Each dish honours the early stirrings of spring and the craft of our local producers, bringing together preserved and freshly foraged ingredients from Cornwall’s winter larder.

⸻ SNACKS — Our gift to begin the tea

💞 Valentine’s Tea

Foraged gorse blossom, fig leaf & Cornish honey infusion

Crispy Chicken Terrine

Caesar dressing · Grated lemon curd cheese

Cornish Lobster Croustade

Fermented chilli · Brown butter hollandaise · Sea herbs

⸻ STARTER

Cornish Mackerel

Buttermilk · Lemon thyme gel · Smoked honey · Green apple · Fig leaf oil

Local line-caught mackerel, lightly cured to highlight the sweetness of the winter sea.

  ⸻ MAIN

Cornish Hen

Girolle · Fermented sweetcorn · Jus

Local hen cooked on the breast, paired with preserved autumn girolle and fermented summer sweetcorn.

 ⸻ OPTIONAL SIDE

🥔 Caviar Hash Brown

Waste potato · Cultured cream · Exmoor caviar

+£14.50 supplement

 ⸻ SWEET COURSE

Cornish Lemon · White Chocolate · Toasted Whey · Fig Leaf

A bright finish of Cornish lemon and fig leaf, balanced with creamy white chocolate and toasted whey from our own butter.

 ⸻ BREAD

House Bread · Cultured Butter

  ⸻ FORAGED PHILOSOPHY

Everything that can be foraged, will be.

Wild herbs, sea plants, and early blossoms gathered from Cornwall’s shores and hedgerows — a quiet celebration of the land’s awakening.

£40 per guest

+£14.50 for Caviar Hash Brown (premium side option)

Location: Polgoon Vineyard, Penzance

Everything is prepared at our kitchen and finished over fire in Polgoon’s pizza oven.

🌿 Land · Sea · Field · Shore