On British Airways coming back from Kalamata in Greece, a cheese sandwich made with sliced white, a slim excuse for taking off a mask.
Back home, straight into a nearby Chinese restaurant, Oriental Dragon in Cleveland Street, for Singapore noodles, hokey crispy beef and more.
Fantastic Jacob’s Ladder beef with watercress salsa verde, pommes Anna and bone marrow sauce at the sainted Angela Hartnett’s Murano in Mayfair.
I take NBF Daisy Finer for her first Korean meal – she lives in Gloucestershire – at Koba in Fitzrovia. Extra special on the table barbecue is spicy pork belly.
Kedgeree salad based on spelt and spices at the restaurant of the stylish Gallivant Hotel in Camber Sands where chef is Jamie Guy, previously group head for Mark Hix. Unmatchable range of revealing English wines.
