It didn’t seem like it at the time, but if I look back at last week it looks like a bit of a party week.
I started the week in a place called Retreat East in Suffolk. Really enjoyed it there, very tranquil, very peaceful, lots of converted farm buildings And a great Hall as a bar restaurant, really enjoyed it.
Had a fabulous lunch at a restaurant in Saint James’s called Maison François – as you can imagine, very good regional French food.
I also made another visit to the fabulous and incredibly popular The Devonshire in Soho. It’s the Chef Ashley Palmer Watts, who previously ran Dinner by Heston at the Mandarin Oriental. It’s now I think four floors of good cookery in a lovely old Pub.
Saturday night saw me out with the family at a new favourite in Kent called Boys Hall. This place is truly fabulous, really good food in the most beautiful setting.
Yeah, looking back it does seem to have been a week of indulgence.
