Fay Maschler's week in food, from lobster Wellington at Claridge's to Shanghai duck at Oriental Dragon

Celebrating the Food issue of Claridge’s magazine, executive chef Martyn Nail sends out his mind-blowing lobster Wellington to start and rounds off with strawberry upside-down tart with yoghurt emulsion and mara des bois sorbet.

After the GQ Food and Drink Awards, where my son Ben annoyingly did not win for his shortlisted country pub, The Compasses Inn in Wiltshire, a consoling meal at fabulous Gloria featuring heady pasta al tartufo.

Fragrant biryani from Masala Zone and stupendous pizzas from Homeslice feed the gathering to mark one year since my husband Reg Gadney died.

A mighty crustacean, bought from the Clarks in Sea Palling, Norfolk, prepared at my friend Selina Fellows’s house as lobster thermidor.

Bracingly fresh seafood eaten all weekend near the seaside is countered by Shanghai duck at Oriental Dragon in Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, on the return to London.