My gripping theory about paella being the next big thing in town annoyingly remains unsubstantiated by dinner at Arros QD. It may be better at lunch — the appropriate time for big pans of savoury rice.
Assembling my children and stepchildren to discuss the future of the house in Greece, we share excellent sushi from Bento-ya (Happiness in a Box) and pastries from the new Miel bakery, both in Warren Street.
Daughter Alice requests live jazz with her birthday meal. At Boisdale of Belgravia Jeremy Sassoon and his trio are as hot as the chipotle chilli ketchup served with Aberdeenshire rib-steak burger.
Daphne Tilley’s Welsh lamb and sweetbreads at Wild Honey St James with Tom Maschler, my first husband. A family week.
Chicken Caesar salad at the riverside Black Lion pub in Hammersmith seeing my dear friend Joanna Carey.
