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Christmas Dinners With Whom I have Known A Love Unrequited

For Moffett’s last day of work in the Secret Government Bunker we went for lunch in Speranzas. (Well, we went for lunch on Tao the day before for that as well but it seemed only right to have two last lunches for the boy.) In a previous life I worked in Speranzas, looking back those were happy times though maybe this glass I use a little too dark… anyway this is a Christmas Dinner Review not a trip down memory lane.

I think we’re getting close to a unified point scoring structure for Christmas Dinners - sprouts, roasties, mash, turkey, ham and stuffing — and don’t forget the cranberry — are essential if you are to even think about 5 stars. Experts argue about the details (chippolatas? dark and light turkey meat?) but the basics are well defined.

As even the trainee Christmas Dinner Reviewer can see Speranzas is missing the roasties. Now there was talk about the table of this being a 4 star affair, and certainly I was tending to low 4’s high 3’s, but when it comes to it I have plumped for a good solid 3 stars. Everything was good and I would recommend it to anyone, but you can’t miss the roasties and all in all I just feel more comfortable awarding 3 stars than 4.

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