Very fine lunch today

[Tom Cannavan]

What a surprise when turning up for our lunch booking today to find that me old mucker Willy Michel had just parked his yacht Vive la Vie immediately opposite, and of course insisted we join him for a spot lunch. Magnums of Cristal 1985 to kick things off, then Romanee-Conti Montrachet 1986, again in magnum, then a spectaclular Lafite 1961 from Jeroboam.

I pleaded with him that enough was enough, but who could resist a bottle of the Yquem 1886 to finish? Marvellous. Lunch included lobster thermidor, fillet steak rossini and tarte tatin he had flown in from Paris this morning. Willy always tells me off for taking photos over lunch or dinner, so just one candid snap of the carpaccio and tartare served as amuses, with my slightly embarrassing contribution, a bottle of a modest local wine.

 

[Richard Ward]

Jesus Christ, that sounds incredible!

 

[Jim Fulcher]

But that little boat doesn't have a helipad for you to land Tom.

 

[David Mansfield]

It’s more than a first world problem, but how does one overcome vibration with regards to fine wine on a superyacht ?

 

[Russell Faulkner]

I hear litte boats like that are ten a penny these days at government auctions.

 

[Mark Priestley]

Balmy day in Scotland today then Tom

 

[Neil Holland]

Sounds like a reasonable lunch.

 

[Tom De Vecchi]

The tumbler in the second picture - is that the stemless Riedel “Blue Nun”?

 

[Ed Wallace]

Part of my lunch was flown in too, the red peppers from Spain...

 

[Stephen Pickles]

Oh dear, expectation managment needed next time you come sailing in scotland

 

[Nigel Lierop]

I genuinely can't work out whether you're serious or not Tom.

 

[Fletcher Clark]

Tom’s left a fatal flaw in this tall tale. If Mr Michel was Tom’s old mucker, he’d know him as Wullie.

 

[Tom Cannavan]

How dare you doubt the veracity of my story! As if I'd lie about such a thing. Honestly: I'm minded to tell Willy just to cancel the forum offline he'd agreed to host on the Clyde next month.

 

[Paul Anderson]

Balmy day in Scotland today then Tom

And Tom's 'modest contribution of local wine' would have been a bottle of Buckfast.

 

[Tom Cannavan]

The boat is real. Willy is real. I am real.

Certain elements of the rest of the story may possibly have been exaggerated for dramatic effect.

 

[PhilWilkins]

Stuff the Romanee-Conti - that bugger is blocking your lunchtime view with that skyscraper of a yacht!!

 

[Simon Reilly]

Crail harbour done well out of that last EU grant, Tom

 

[bob parsons]

Tom..hope you were thinking of all the less unfortunates??

 

[Tom Cannavan]

Tom..hope you were thinking of all the less unfortunates??

I absolutely was thinking of the less unfortunates Bob.

 

[Joel Hopwood]

The stemware gives you away Tom! Also, no way could you have resisted taking a photo of the bottles if it were true

 

[Jasper Morris]

Reminds me of a very agreeable light lunch in a restaurant in Queenstown, Otago, with the view over the lake being blocked by the ferry. Our amiable ponytailed waiter apologised for the view being blocked and said he would have a word with the captain, and get the boat moved straight away.
And so it came to pass - the ferry moved out one minute later (exactly according to timetable)

 

[Ian Russell]

I absolutely was thinking of the less unfortunates Bob.

It does make we wonder what a less unfortunate looks like? Having obscene amounts of money, a big yacht and a deep cellar does not make a man happy or content. Those feelings tend to come from a deeper place within in my experience.

Tom’s lunch looks perfect just as it is.

 

[Paul Anderson]

The stemware gives you away Tom! Also, no way could you have resisted taking a photo of the bottles if it were true

Magnums Joel, magnums. And for proof of scale his nose would have been in the photo alongside them (until it made the last magnum look like a half bottle).

 

[Mahmoud Ali]

Is it just me or does anyone else see the problem with the term "less unfortunate" the way it has been used on this thread. Something can be unfortunate, and no doubt even more unfortunate for the unlucky, but surely if one is less unfortunate it would certainly be better than being unfortunate.