YOU CAN tell Christmas is on its way by the slew of leaflets and posters advertising festive meals that are appearing in pubs and restaurants all over the place.
We’ve got our own little collection, in preparation for our Christmas Day lunch out.
No question about it, you have to book early for the big day – the better places get filled up months in advance, leaving only the more dubious or indifferent available.
We’re determined to try and find something a little better than last year’s venue.
I’m not a difficult man to please, generally; roast turkey with the trimmings does me very nicely.
Not exactly rocket science, you would think, yet it amazes me how many so-called professional cooks can’t get it right.
Which reminds me, have you been watching Masterchef: the Professionals (BBC 2) this week?
Amazing how many can’t even get basic culinary skills right.
All right maybe you don’t expect the standards of Michel Roux Jr., one of the judges, from these contenders, but some level of competence at least is surely required.
I watch these professionals open-mouthed with disbelief.
Errors in the preparation of simple vegetables, serious faults in the making of such basic sources that even a first year student ought to know how to do, and presentations that end up looking more like car crashes than elegantly served dishes…
I hope never to dine in one of their establishments.
All the more reason to find that special place for Xmas early!
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