Old People Eating

  We have had a bit of a dry spell with regard to eating out, other than a long trip to Canada with limited access to technology (I dropped my phone down the toilet shortly before departure) which meant that the food there remains unrecorded, at least by these Old People. However, Today was devoted to Christmas shopping and the city of St Alban's chosen as the most likely source of suitable gifts. It was cold and the snow recently delivered by the Troll from Trondheim still lay on the frozen pavements. This, together with a limited knowledge of the shopping opportunities offered by the city, made the task difficult in his case. Whether or not she had greater success will become clear later. But once the shopping had been attempted, lunch was permitted. We chose the local branch of The Ivy collection, a chain of restaurants created under the brand of the famous London theatreland eaterie much beloved by celebrities, partly because the chain's reputation and more because the bill...