Gastro-noms

Update: – this post is now out of date, as the competition has closed. I’m keeping it here for posterity though. Basically, my Dad won by a longshot – thanks to some campaigning on Facebook, some kind readers casting votes and retweeting, the almighty force that is reddit, and the fact that he is awesome …

Last Christmas was a first for me: instead of turkey we had lobster paella on the beach. I was lucky enough to go to the Dominican Republic with my girlfriend and my family, and we ate and drank ourselves into oblivion over Christmas and the new year. Another first: I tried bacon and maple syrup …

Last night was the office Christmas party. Mother Mash on Ganton Street (just off Carnaby Street in Soho) make the best hangover cure in the world: a bacon and egg sandwich with the most delicious bread, for £4 including a cup of coffee. That will be all.