After David Hare’s new play I’m Not Running at the National, a dash to Covent Garden’s Henrietta Bistro for Ibaïama pork balls from the Basque-inspired menu. Staff smile serenely at late orders.
The Compasses near Tisbury in Wiltshire would be my ideal country pub with rooms even if my son Ben didn’t own it. Excellent Chicksgrove kofta curry with apple raita from Paddy Davy’s enticing menu.
Nomadic Mexican chef Santiago Lastra opens in London next year. His Day of the Dead Dinner — held at Refettorio Felix at St Cuthbert’s in Kensington — featured tortillas wrapped around wild mushrooms, bone marrow, Oaxaca cheese and smoked cream.
Grandsons of Spaghetti House co-founder Lorenzo Fraquelli run La Brasseria Milanese in Marylebone. Fegato alla Veneziana is almost a Bohemian rhapsody — which I had just seen.
After Luminaria, an evening service of light for All Souls — roast lamb at Reg’s Cambridge college, St Catharine’s.
