Wine tasting dinner at Carluccio's

Prawns on marinated fennel, with a Santa Teresa Frascati, Fontana Candida

Wine great, although overpriced, fennel good, prawns ok

Saffron Risotto with Luganica sausage, with a Bricca Tondo Barbera Piemonte, Fontanafredda

Risotto odd, wine great, and good value for money

Chicken stuffed with peppers and parmesan with fried potatoes and mushrooms, San Felice Ciro Riserva, Librandi

Food good, wine a bit hard going - very full

Panna Cotta with gianduja, Aleatica di Puglia, Candido

Best course. Red dessert wine stunning combination with the panna cotta 

Creme brulee for tea

Blowtorching it

3 types of creme brulee - vanilla, cinnamon and with raspberries 

Sunday lunch at the Blue Lagoon restaurant

Tuna with a sesame seed crust on potato rosti with a soy and wasabi sauce















Close up of the Tuna

Skyr

Strawberry skyr 

Breakfast at the hotel Reykjavik Centrum

Bacon, beans on toast, orange juice 

Dinner at Maru in Reykjavik

A Sake-tini

Salmon sashimi

Tuna steak in a wasabi crust, with steamed jasmine rice

Chocolate brownie, vanilla ice cream

Dinner in Perlan, in Reyjkavik part 2

Lamb fillet and shank

Milk chocolate mousse with mango jelly, vanilla ice cream on mango, strawberry cup

Excellent food, and the restaurant rotated, which is always entertaining 

Dinner in Perlan, in Reyjkavik part 1

The menu

An amuse bouche - carpaccio of an unidentifiable fish with celeriac and pesto

Salmon tartare

Halibut on a cauliflower foam 

Drinks before dinner - Friday

Mojitos in Reyjkavik 

Friday lunch in Iceland

Feta and spinach tortilla, doritos, yoghurt covered raisins 

Thursday evening - dinner at Heathrow T2 before heading to Iceland

Salmon tartare, salmon strips, sour cream, salad, bread 

A Castle Douglas hotel

Steak, onion rings, mushrooms, tomato

Poor. Particularly considering the location, surrounded as we were by plenty of 'prize coo'

'Traditional Scottish breakfast'

Almost entirely deep fried (even the scrambled egg, it appeared)

Pasta with an indistinguishable sauce

Surprisingly greasy

Poached kippers and a poached egg for breakfast

A better choice - very tasty 

Sunday breakfast

Orange, grapefruit and lime juice with bread and jam 

Dinner in London at Canteen

Devilled kidneys

Rib-eye steak, chips, watercress

First time at Canteen - great restaurant, good value for money, but a bit out of the way unless you're in the City. 

Saturday lunch

Sea bass, onions and wine, stuffed with thyme, parsley, bay leaf and cloves

Beurre blanc - the wine's been strained into a saucepan after cooking the fish in it, and butter is beaten into it slowly

Sea bass, Jersey royal new potatoes, beurre blanc

Best lunch for a long time 

Friday dinner

Radishes

Lamb steaks cooking

Lamb, lettuce, radishes