Capital of Cake and Seafood Ravioli

We went to the launch of Liverpool Capital of Culture at St George's Hall tonight. They'd filled the room with weather balloons and were giving out free booze and food. The only food I got round to eating was a beetroot cupcake which was really good. The guy also gave me the recipe but I don't really have the patience for baking.


Afterwards I had Seafood Ravioli from the Ask chain of restaurants. It was, all told, something of a mistake- definitely not fresh, probably frozen and clearly marscapone and crab were never meant to go together. A friend of mine used to work at an Ask some years ago and he reckons that for most of the dishes they just had made-up kits of ingredients for each dish and a picture of how it looked on the plate as a guide for staff. Kindof boil-in-the-bag restaurant really. Nice chairs though.

All ingredients unknown origin.