Darina Allen: Three recipes to try at home inspired by the London food scene

Delicious places to visit on your next trip to lively London

Darina Allen was inspired by a recent visit to London

This week, an update from the London food scene. I was over for a wedding lunch at Corrigan’s in Grosvenor St, and chic, delicious, and wonderfully convivial it was too. I particularly loved the new seasons’ English asparagus swimming in nori seaweed butter. They used yakisushinori-roasted nori seaweed and added a bunch of watercress as a garnish — delicious!

And guess what? I managed to get a table at the Yellow Bittern in Caledonian Rd. It felt like winning the Lotto! It’s owned and run by Hugh Corcoran from Belfast and his lovely daughter Frances. Open just for lunch Monday to Friday and closed at the weekend — two sittings, one at 12pm and the other at 2pm, and for just 20 people.