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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Jay Rayner

Resistible offer accepted

Boy, you're a hungry lot. I was stunned by the response to my request for a companion for a forthcoming restaurant review in Cornwall, if a little disappointed by the response from Cornwall itself.

The person I have chosen, Henrietta, got in quick and made me laugh, so congrats to her. I hope that, at some point in the future, we'll get her take on the meal as well.

Sonia, if you'd been quicker off the ball, it really could have been you. After all you actually live in Cornwall. Fay, your aid-work in Darfur made you a serious candidate, though of course your friend's wedding in Sweden has to come first. Have fun. And Emma, you do indeed sound interesting, but perhaps too interesting. Telling me you run an 'S & M night' was never the way to win the seat. I suffer enough in my job as it is. As for the legions of you who live in London, couldn't be fagged to get on a train, but kindly volunteered to help me with any meals in the capital, dream on.

Let's see how it goes with Henrietta and, if it works out, perhaps I'll do it again.

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