Fay Maschler's week in food: from grilled ox heart at Clipstone to aloo tikki from Kheera Kitchen

1. Clipstone in Fitzrovia is so near we ration visits. Young beetroot, lovage cream, cashew nut & pomegranate and grilled ox heart, Roscoff onion jam & watercress make the ideal meal. We run into friends. Equally ideal.

2. A Happy Valentine: after the heartwarming She Loves Me at the Menier Chocolate Factory, confit duck leg with roseval potatoes at Magdalen. The only heartbreak: the restaurant closes in April.

3. Meeting a sonsie friend at Bloomsbury Club Bar in the eponymous hotel, we ballast our martinis with quail Scotch eggs.

4. The camaraderie of catering is in full voice at Chess Club in Mayfair, where Jackson Boxer will run the restaurant. Shimmering tranche of turbot bodes extremely well.

5. Freshness is promised and delivered by Kheera Kitchen at Café from Crisis in Spitalfields. Good works, good food — especially aloo tikki, and cardamom chicken — mild prices, mild spices, sweet service. Hurry along.