WINE & DINE WITH ANGELA LANSBURY

 French menus need not be a mystery. You already know many French words. You can pick up a newspaper in a cafe or restaurant and spot a matinee of a ballet. Here are some handy words. French flag B ballet bon - good, used in bonjour, good day, bonsoir, good evening, and bon-bon the sweet boulevard - wide street bouquet - bunch of flowers brasserie - eatery brassiere - bra, item of women's clothing also called soutien gorge which means lift neck which is a euphemism or polite word C cafe - both the coffee and the coffee shop cafetiere - utensil for making coffee by pressing down a plunger centre - centre chateau - castle or grand house, mansion, often surrounded by vineyards, sometimes a hotel. The plural is chateaux. chauffeur - driver, usually a paid employee in smart uniform of braided jacket and matching hat, dressed like a hotel porter at the door chocolat - chocolate, as in pain au chocolat, breakfast bun with oozing soft chocolate centre, called chocolatine in other parts of ...

  Outside entrance of Hawksmoor Restaurant in Borough Market, London, England. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. The bar area of the Hawksmoor restaurant in Borough Market, London, England. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. The restaurant table area. Hawksmoor restaurant. London. England. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. Hawksmoor Steak Steak is their Speciality. They have English, French and wholegrain mustard and horseradish but you. Have to ask for it. Muscat not sweet enough for me. Delightful, Delicious Dessert - Pavlova Pavlova pastry was delightful. Good to look at. Strong, dramatic, delicious taste of black cherry. Chocolate looked good. At the last, no real chocolate flavou. Like confectioners' chocolate or Hersheys which was created to not melt in summer tropics in the pockets and hands of wartime soldiers, so it was made waxy with oily ingredients instead of melting milk. I am a British Cadbury's fan. Pavlova? A small piece of solid, hidden underneath, whit...