From other parts of the menu came lovely fresh asparagus to roast, and firm garlic noodles were a shared hit.
After LOST PROPERTY, for instance, comes LOVELY SWEET VIOLETS – "one of London's last-remaining street cries – of the septuagenarian flower girls of Piccadilly Circus".
Taiwanese motorbike manufacturer Kymco has shiny new designs that look like trim four-wheeled Vespas and come in lovely boiled-sweet colours ("golden lemon" and "flame orange").
When I'd got what I needed, I took their little hands and said: "Come on, lovelies".
Views don't come much lovelier than the ones from this hotel, up in the village of San Martino di Lota near Bastia, where the loudest sound is of church and goat bells.
She came forward lovely from her first run.
Next came a lovely performance of Joseph Rheinberger's "Abendlied" ("Evening Song"), a six-voice motet.
"These are coming up lovely!'" "It's amazing what a difference it makes," I said.
"She came forward lovely from The Curragh [in July] and we thought that everything would suit her well.
Crispy duck hinting of star anise came with lovely baby bok choi and a mound of rice with pineapple and a confetti of vegetables.
