Five things Fay Maschler ate this week

1 Feeding the 700 — including a main course of lamb rump with horseradish dauphinoise, carrots and French beans — ably managed by Hilton Park Lane at the inaugural International Opera Awards 2013. Sat near German operatic tenor Jonas Kaufmann.

2 Lunching with the editor, grilled cod of pearly succulence at Kensington Place, with equally nourishing chat.

3 In Locanda Locatelli’s private dining room, Newsworks, the marketing body for national newspapers, gave a dinner that featured monkfish with bristling barba di frati (monk’s beard) in a wondrous walnut and caper sauce.

4 My granddaughter Ruby, over from New Zealand, was the jumping-off point for a big family supper. Almost everyone liked the fresh sweetcorn pancakes I made to go with roast chicken.

5 Luciano Monosilio’s “Legendary Carbonara”, pictured, at the Identita Lunch of a Lifetime at Harrods, a meal that went on so long it seemed perfectly named.