Five things Fay Maschler ate this week

1. At the noble Rules, established 1798, delectable game pithivier for which the accompanying roasted pheasant was just a frame.

2. In the eight-seater private room at Zoilo in Marylebone, satisfying confirmation that its Argentinian grass-fed ojo de bife (rib-eye) with chimmichurri raises the steaks in this town.

3. One hard-boiled egg, a heaped dessertspoon of 1.5 per cent fat cottage cheese, five cherry tomatoes sliced in half; yup, lunch on the 5:2 diet. It’s working but maybe not yet so you’d notice.

4. Individual huitlacoche (aka corn smut) lasagne, right, at the “Girls’ Lunch” hosted by Thomasina Miers at Wahaca in Charlotte Street encouraged a high level of gossip.

5. Blood orange and lemon curd with meringues, which I made to celebrate dear Reg’s birthday — on one of the five days of carefree eating.