Crayfish tails with cream and dill sauce

March 1, 2020June 7, 20201 Comment

There's always something a bit special about hotel room service. Having checked into a Munich hotel ahead of her marriage to James Bond, Tracy di Vicenzo orders a feast of a meal

A Christmas lunch with the Flemings

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019Leave a comment

A letter from Ann Fleming written on 30th December 1960 reveals that the Flemings spent Christmas that year in St Moritz, Switzerland. Reading the letter now, one is struck by similarities with certain passages in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Eggnog

December 1, 2019Leave a comment

As we approach Christmas, what better way to get into the spirit of the season than to watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service, accompanied by a glass of eggnog.

Plum pudding

November 10, 2019August 16, 2021Leave a comment

At Quarterdeck, M’s country home, Bond sits down to Christmas lunch and the plum pudding duly arrives 'flaming traditionally.'

Where does James Bond eat in Étaples?

October 24, 2019Leave a comment

At the beginning of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963), James Bond rings up his old friend Monsieur Bécaud, proprietor of a modest restaurant exactly opposite the railway station of Étaples in northern France. Did the restaurant really exist, and if so, where is it?

Pâté maison

June 22, 20191 Comment

We find out in On Her Majesty's Secret Service that James Bond stopped overnight at an auberge on the south bank of the Loire and was offered a 'sleazy provender', which included the fly-walk of the pâté maison.

Cadbury chocolate Flakes and fizzy lemonade

June 20, 2019Leave a comment

The beginning of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service finds James Bond on the beach at Royale-les-Eaux reminiscing about his childhood holidays at the seaside.

What is the Piz Gloria style

May 17, 2019May 18, 20192 Comments

In the novel of On Her Majesty's Secret Service , James Bond orders poulet Gloria for dinnerThe next day, at lunch, Bond orders œufs Gloria and a salad. But what is the Glorian style?

Poularde à la crème

March 28, 2019March 29, 20214 Comments

James Bond is disappointed with his evening meal at an auberge on the south bank of the Loire. Noticing that the establishment is decorated with faux antiques, he decides that his poularde à la crème is the only genuine antique in the place.