We are eating Ottolenghi style so everything will come out as quickly as Alan can carry it!

Black bean and avocado salad with nachos - this dish has a mexican infleunce with a last minute squeeze of lime to make it zing.

Labneh dip - Homemade soft cheese with a tomato, mint salad dressed with a drizzle of olive oil and nigella seeds.

Grilled chopped aubergine salad dip - a bit of a salad that thinks its a dip!

Moudarada - Lebanese salad made with green lentils, rice and onions - tasty fresh and lip-smacking good.

In the UK we regularly eat hummus cold but in Arabic countries they eat it warm too so tonight we are going to roast a tray of root vegetables and serve them on a bed of warm humus and sprinkled with sunflower seeds for a bit of crunch.

Cauliflower and cumin fritter with lime yogurt - a bit like a pakora these little parcels of joy will make your heart sing, I bet you can't just have one.


For dessert....


Sliced oranges served with an orange blossom, rose syrup - simple yet delicate you will be avoiding eye cotnact with other guests as you watchi who takes the last slice.

Second Pudding TBC - if you have been to dinner before and had soemthing thatyou want us to make again then get in touch.


If you have room there is a selection of foreign and local cheese some hard, some soft - so soft they are practically gooey served with grapes, walnuts, figs and biscuits.

Freshly ground coffee served with a variety of after dinner mints. There is also Yorkshire tea, mint tea, green tea, liquorice tea, pomegranate and apple tea and decaf coffee if anyone wants one.