Escape Route

For me, crispy aromatic duck and pancakes are forever connected with celebrations (and hangovers). I'd never had Chinese food before I moved to England and I was so impressed by it, we had it after both our PhD vivas. These days, I'm hunting out Japanese restaurants and Steve's been loving the food I've been subjecting him to.

Been spending the afternoon constructing attractive pastry decorations (not my thing) for the pie while leeks bubbled gently away on the stove. (Lovely scent, just add lemon rind and coriander seed.) Amused myself with plotting Prospects and trying to work out Byakuya's food preferences. Strange, but true.