It is a bank holiday weekend - no, better, the Easter bank holiday weekend, an extra day on top of it all - and Alasdair has had a very important week of having a major job interview, and that is something to be celebrated and rewarded. And what better celebration and reward than good food? We’ve yet to pay a visit to Pasta Ripiena this year, and their lunch deal is insanely cheap for what you’re getting. Three courses, £26, let’s do this. Alasdair has his own specially prepared vegan menu, and I am slumming it with the normies. A beef crudo bruschetta sets the tone, beautifully seasoned with a hint of horseradish, the parmesan shavings doubling down on the umami rather than trying to counteract it. For my main, a casoncelli of venison with a peppercorn sauce, with some dried and pickled porcini mushrooms setting it off nicely. I barely have the self-discipline to wait for the inevitable slice of focaccia being offered up for sauce mopping, but I try. For dessert, a mint panna cotta with confit of rhubarb - elegant and simple, necessary after all of the above. And then, for some reason, an espresso martini on Good Friday - it’s what he would have wanted.