In honour of the phenomenon, this is a cover-all-bets article Below: three sunny ros?with which to bask in the sunshine. Downstairs in the pubby bar is the perfect spot for a pint of Guinness and some oysters. In the more formal upstairs dining-room, the food comes with tablecloths and restaurant manners, with a loyal throng ordering courgette soup with mint, nettle and ricotta ravioli and grilled Dover sole with parsley and cockles.The Lamb at Buckland Lamb Lane, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, tel: 01367 870 484 Start in the woody, welcoming bar of this 18th-century village pub on the edge of the Cotswolds, complete with its exposed beams, open fire and rampant lamb motifs. Then move into the more formal dining-room for British classics such as steak and kidney pie or more contemporary bistro fare of roast Gressingham duck with Seville orange, apple and cider sauce.E-mail Terry Durack about where you’ve eaten lately at t.durack independent.co.uk.

A manicured, golden baton of fish sits atop a pretty mess of wilted shreds of still-green cabbage, little palourde clams in their shells and wisps of bacon, bathed in stocky juices. What you do not necessarily expect is for the same chef to turn his hand to bar food with equal zeal, but the steak sandwich is a beauty.Everything has been strategically planned from the choice of a chunky ciabatta roll to the caramelised onion, the tomato, the steak itself – pink-hearted, smoky and as tender as the night – and the squishy coleslaw. A bright young Te Awa Farm Pinotage from Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand (£26), is appropriately juicy and fruity.You would expect a Michelin-starred chef to do a good job of roasted halibut on a clam, bacon and cabbage stew (£16.50), and indeed he does. It’s a big scallop, but it’s still more of a canap?han a starter, and nine quid is ludicrous for a canap?I keep waiting for the waitress to come round with a tray of something else.A very fine puff-pastry tomato tart (£6) ringed with balsamic and basil oil and topped with a posy of young leaves and crumbled goat’s cheese is a pretty little thing, buttery and fragrant, but gone in an instant.Luckily there are enough reasonably priced wines on the New World/Old World list, among categories labelled Crisp and Dry, Aromatic and Juicy Fruit. But there are a few mixed messages that suggest the menu is still in transition.To have a roasted diver scallop on black pudding with pea pur?and onion gravy as a starter for £9 next to a Caesar salad for £8, a char-grilled fillet of sea bass with saffron risotto for £17 and a steak sandwich for £7.50, gives no clues as to what the chef does best.The said singular scallop perches formally on a slice of fruit black pudding with a squish of pea pur?and a topknot of smoky bacon. A fat candle on each table adds character, and spot-lit topiaried trees pace out the rear wall of glass.Lending tone to the kitchen is chef Paul Merrett, who has cooked at Michelin-starred restaurants such as Interlude and the Greenhouse A Michelin-rated chef in Fulham Broadway? Blimey.

A bouncer is at the door to keep out the riff-raff, but he somehow overlooks my party, leaving us to sail through the bar, populated by clumps of chattery locals doing their best not to upset the region’s new demographic profile, and into the rear dining-room.It’s a clean, functional space of bare floors and tables, dressed up with huge wheels of golden lights and soft velvet walls the colour of aged red wine. His sister, Jaslyn, who is Johansson’s girlfriend, contrived an air of circumspection in a neutral guest box.The third set followed a similar pattern, Hewitt winning the final eight points. He broke to love for 5-3, and served out to love after an hour and 59 minutes. After letting out another yell, Hewitt shook hands with his friend Johansson, whose 17 aces were not enough to turn the contest, and then left the court to be greeted by his fianc? Kim Clijsters, whose injured wrist prevented her from entering the women’s singles.”It was definitely a bit awkward, with my parents in one box and Jaslyn in another,” Hewitt said. “I just put a professional cap on and went out there and played.”. Boy, hasn’t London’s Fulham Broadway come on? Everyone is 24 to 29, A or B socio-economic group, with a good suit, skinny girl/boyfriend, and at least three pieces of Danish furniture to their name.