SERVES 6 675g | 1 ½ lb fillet steak, cut across the grain into very thin slices salt and freshly ground black pepper ½ teaspoon horseradish cream lemon juice For the sauce 3 tablespoons plain yoghurt 3 tablespoons double cream …

9 -12 PER PERSON Serve 6 each if there is a big meal to come, but oyster lovers like a lot! Order the oysters and ask for them to be opened only when you collect them, or as late as …

2 PER PERSON Gull’s eggs are normally sold ready-cooked. Serve in a basket of lettuce leaves or a napkin, and offer sea or rock salt, celery salt or oriental salt, freshly ground black pepper and cayenne pepper separately. Serve brown …

110 G |4OZ PER PERSON Serve the shrimps in piles, unpeeled, on individual plates with hot bread, good butter, lemon wedges and salt and freshly ground pepper. The guests peel their own shrimps. Provide finger bowls. Wine: CRISP DRY WHITE …

30 G | PER PERSON Leave the caviar in its pot. Chill, and stand it on a napkin. Serve 1 teaspoon on each individual plate, and offer, from another platter, wedges of lemon, chopped hardboiled egg white and sieved yolk …