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An outstanding London restaurant. http://viajante.co.uk

Thai Explosion II. Crab doughnuts.

Bread and butter.

Fresh cheese with peas and flowers.

Prawn, pickled radishes and sea lettuce.

Razor clams and chicory with rhubarb and yarrow.

White, green and wild asparagus with milk skin.

Charred leek hearts and cured lobster with leek consommé.

Confit salmon,, fried aubergine and braised skin.

Cod tripe with onion and crispy potato.

Brill with daikon and red currants.

Bone marrow with beef gel and onions.

Duck hearts and tongue with mushroom floss and spiced broth.

Lamb belly with wild garlic and cereals.

Frozen maple with shiso and green apple.

White chocolate with grapefruit and lemon.

Pickled and raw cucumber with milk sorbet.

Rustenberg 2008 Chardonnay.

Two days early.

I made a birthday cake although I probably won’t win any prizes for cake decoration.

The girls get an Indian dance lesson.

I made up burgers and home made pizza.

Kavi was overwhelmed by all the girls.

View from the kitchen.

Andrew and Lisa kindly invited us to their house for my birthday dinner. Bless their souls.

Lisa is an excellent cook. She’s preparing a Niger Slater squid/lime dish here.

Ahhh, I think there few things more promising than a nicely set table.

Susan relaxes with Kathryn Kennedy while our hosts slave away.

The combination of squid, lime and herbs was divine.

Lisa also baked this utterly stunning focaccia (also Slater). It was outstanding!

The main was a Slater Kitchen Diaries lamb with chick pea mash. Super yummy. Lisa hand peeled each chick pea! This produced a wonderfully smooth mash.

The Kennedys provided a very tasty Shiraz from Stellenbosch: I loved it!

We brought a bottle of Kathryn Kennedy Lateral that I had brought over from California. One of our favourites which we had been saving for a special occasion.

Answers on a postcard.

Some candles went AWOL. Nigella’s luxurious Guinness cake.

English whisky????

The Punter is one of the few pubs in Cambridge that does excellent food.

Scallops in a pea puree.

Crispy duck, Asian slaw.

Lamb shoulder.

Steak with a wasabi-based sauce.

Venison.

Excellent hand-cut chips.