Baked aubergine halves
Baba Ghanoush or home made houmous
Crudites (inc cucumber, carrots, raw broccoli, excl celery)
Baby tomatoes
Rocket with balsamic vinegar on hand
A flan (pref smoked haddock and mushroom excl any cheese)
Orzo with black olives, sun dried tomatoes, pine nuts, lemon zest, fresh mint….
Couscous with pieces of orange, cumin and mint
Quails eggs medium boiled and rolled in Roman spices (cumin, turmeric, cayenne, paprika, pepper, salt)
Home made breadsticks (fat and rolled in olive oil and salt)
Sardine pate (with lots of lemon juice, cayenne and a little cream cheese)
Home made baby wholemeal pitta breads
Home made half and half ciabatta rolls
Home made focaccia
Salami
Hot chorizo
Oatcakes
Cubes of No 4 Waitrose cheddar
Tuna with spring onions
Chocolate Brownies (G&B recipe, but with even darker chocolate and gluten free flour)
Ginger beer
Pimms and Tonic
Champagne
Cabernet sauvignon
Espresso
A poem or two
Dogs to eat up the crumbs
Flanders and Swan or Tom Lehrer (in person of course)
Some Afro-Cuban salsa playing somehow, somewhere
A lovely clean river so the children can have a jolly dip
A jolly good set of chairs and a table - can't bear eating on the ground outside.
China and glass - not keen on eating and drinking from plastic or paper.
Oh and since we are talking about ideal circumstances rather than reality - how about someone to drive me there and back?