Alan Carr: My Life In Food

I interviewed Alan Carr this morning. He was a lovely chap, but worried that I would be unpleasant about his "man boobs" and battered shoes in the piece. Well, he didn't appear to have any man boobs and his shoes - mustard coloured brogues - were significantly nicer than the black Crocs I was wearing (I feel slighly ashamed that I'm still wearing Crocs and had I known I was going to leave the office I would have worn something more appropriate). And yes, he does talk like that all the time.

Anyway, knowing how much Silvana loves him - she does - I asked her if there was anything she'd like to know about him. There was and, guess what, the questions were food related.

What did you have for breakfast Allan?
"Do you get free things if you name something? Well, I love those Dorset Cereals. They're lovely, I love dried fruit. That could be the title of my biography, The Dried Up Old Fruit. I have it with a bit of, y'know, biotic yogurt on top, I like a Yakult. I love my complex carbs. I put that all in a bowl and put an Egg McMuffin on top. Like a lot of middle-aged women, I get terrible troubles with bloating..."

What's the best restaurant in London?
"It has to be Chino Latino. I know, it sounds awful, but it's lovely. It's in the Riverbank Plaza Hotel on the South Bank and it's so good. I always have the prawn tempura, then the blackened cod with miso and then the sorbet. And some edamame. Then I might go home and have a slice of pineapple upside down cake. Don't get put off by the name, go!"

I think we might have a new Landcroft House feature on our hands here...