Blimey Bryce. There’s nonchalance. And then there’s this. What did you do this weekend? Oh, you know, read a book, watched some telly, checked out the local ICU. Look after yourself mister.

Jeez Dan, it was an errant capital. It serves the food of Mexico and its new. Perhaps even New.

For today’s @ftweekend.com I am at Cometa, a New Mexican restaurant using UK seafood (and a bit of fried chicken) and very good it is too. Have some pics.

www.ft.com/content/52fa...

Starmer can't resign over this. He has to hold on to resign after May 7.

Tinkle? TINKLE? I have a god forsaken, world-weary growl.

Also solidarity with anyone trying to verify their identity with Companies House. It's a bloody mess.

Whoever designed the call options system at Companies House is a monster.

Perhaps she should get on Cameo. Niche Market, mind. as to the key question we get a lot of people saying how can I learn to like x, y or z. Our final response is always: you're an adult, you don't have to like everything.

Paper Mutton?

No that was the week before

The Kitchen Cabinet - Postbag - BBC Sounds Jay Rayner and the panel tuck into questions from the postbag.

Finally up. Apologies

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Kitchen Cabinet - Postbag - BBC Sounds Jay Rayner and the panel tuck into questions from the postbag.

Pleased to say this week’s episode of the Kitchen Cabinet is finally up on sounds. Apologies for the delay

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

For anyone else wondering about this, we are working on it. Problem at the Network's end.

Ah how lovely. It’s such a great place.

Hungary’s Orbán concedes defeat as opposition heads for landslide win Péter Magyar’s Tisza party was projected to win 136 out of 199 seats, giving it a two-thirds majority

God we needed some good news.

www.ft.com/content/a9b6... Hungary’s Orbán concedes defeat as opposition heads for landslide win

Fair

Apparently, there is still money to be made from restaurants. If you’re Richard Caring. He’s sold the Ivy Collection, Annabelle’s and Scott’s etc to an Abu Dhabi investment fund for £1.4 billion. News via propel.

Really looking forward to it. Looks spectacular

Our JR Sextet April/ May London shows are sold out, but we have 3 others upcoming outside London. May, we’re at Dorchester-on-Thames nr Oxford, for the Dorchester festival, June it’s the Neville Holt festival in Leicestershire, and Nov we’re in Liverpool. Ticket link below
jayrayner.co.uk/shows

For today’s @ftweekend.com I am
In Bristol, a hot bed of indie restaurant joy. Specifically I am eating a char siu pork chop and a bruleed donut at Other restaurant, (with a quick lunch at Ragu)

www.ft.com/content/ffca...

That piece of information was included in my welcome pack.

Congratulations to everyone shortlisted for the Fortnum’s Food and Drink awards. My subtle way of congratulating myself (cookery writer, and as part of the marvellous the Kitchen Cabinet team in the audio category.)

eu.fortnumandmason.com/food-and-dri...

Please, TV writers, stop making your lazy plots turn on the power of an omniscient AI. It makes me suspicious your script was written by a rather less than omniscient AI.

Osteria Vibrato, London: Pasta, a piano and a note of magic — restaurant review It’ll make you nostalgic for a Soho you never knew

For today’s @ftweekend.com I’m at Osteria Vibrato swooning over Amaretti biscuits fresh from the oven, revelling in a ‘white courtyard’ ragu, and being transported to my youth by the smell of cigarette smoke from outside in the way many who used to smoke will recognise

www.ft.com/content/8db3...

Perhaps you would like to read something by my new colleague. She has quite the way with words. And food, as it happens.

FFS. That’s not how April Fools work. It’s not a thing you start a week out. And It’s meant to be, yknow, funny.

Old man continues to wave fist at clouds.

fin/

Of course they do a follow up. Please
Register my interest in this fab opening. So now I reply. It’s not a restaurant is it. Maybe a pop up. Certainly a stunt of some kind. Silence. It’s my turn for the follow up. More silence. Finally today they come back. ‘IT WAS AN APRIL FOOL’.
2/

Rant of the day: PR companies which I don’t understand how April fools day works. I won’t name them but: a week ago I’m emailed by a pr on behalf of a company not in hospitality which is launching a restaurant. But the wording is all wrong. No opening date or address. It stinks. So I ignore 1/

Then those three cover it.

The Good Front Room | Reimagined + Elevated Caribbean Restaurant in London The Good Front Room Caribbean restaurant offers a unique dining experience that celebrates the fusion of classical training with authentic, yet modern, interpretations of traditional dishes. A distin...

And one I haven’t been to in Dalston but I have heard good things about, is the good front room

www.thegoodfrontroom.co.uk