Five things Fay Maschler ate this week

1. That weird North American concept Turducken is translated by chefs Tom Kerridge and Nick Bradshaw into Burgducken. Five festive birds minced with pork belly served in a bun with sprout slaw, XXXmas pudding ketchup and more is unputdownable. Happily, £1 from each goes to hospitalityaction.org.uk. Eaten at Kings Cross MEATliquor, available at all sites.

2. House terrine at lunch with clever John Lanchester at prettily situated Llewelyn’s beside Herne Hill station.

3. At Beaverbrook — once Lord Beaverbrook’s house, Cherkley Court, now a sumptuous hotel — impressive omakase nigiri from chef Taiji Maruyama in the exquisitely unexpected Japanese Dining Room.

4. Polpette alla pizzaiola (meatballs in tomato sauce) at jolly, notably good-value Briciole in Crawford Street — an ideal shopping interlude.

5. Korean sticky fried chicken tacos and spiced beef burrito at Killer Tomato, Portobello Road. If Death Sauce lV doesn’t get you, the chilly temperature might.