Five things Fay Maschler ate this week

1. Reg and I celebrate our silver wedding anniversary with dinner at The Ritz. A true treat. Salt-baked celeriac with black truffles and roasted woodcock are two of many sublime courses devised by executive chef, the talented John Williams.

2. In Gatwick’s South Terminal at Jamie Oliver’s Diner, pecan granola, yoghurt and berries is allowed even though breakfast hours have officially ended. Decent, no?

3. Arriving by water taxi at the amenable, comfortable Pensione La Calcina on the Zattere in Venice — once home to John Ruskin — precautionary ham and cheese on toast before a particularly eloquent negroni.

4. Carpaccio of raw wild fish of the day starts dinner at Antiche Carampane, where family member Francesco Agopyan conducts the dulcet dining room showcasing the influence of his mother Piera.

5. Champion cicchetti at La Cantina in Cannaregio includes made-on-the-spur-of-the-moment prawns wrapped in kataifi pastry dressed with mixed seeds and raw cacao nibs, pictured.