So the new year dawned with a deafening silence from us. But fear not! We are back and we have hit the ground running. We are now fully qualified jugglers what with all the bits and bobs that were up in the air upon our return to the office.

Ruhul had a well deserved rest in Bangladesh while I was left to experience the worst weather I’ve ever seen since I landed at Heathrow terminal 3 all those many years ago (from sunny Southern Africa! “Must be mad”,  I hear you say?) But it was all worth it. Which brings me to the point of this penmanship; one word: LASAN!

Yes the boys went and did us, themselves and the whole of the Midlands proud! Lest you’ve been under a rock and devoid of any contact with the outside world, here’s the scoop: Lasan were crowned the Best Local Restaurant by none other than his royal foodiness Gordon Ramsay on the F-Word’s latest series. This means according to Mr Ramsay, if you wanted to make a Carlsberg ad (you know the ones) with a local restaurant theme, Lasan’s the word.

Seriously though, we just want to extend our belated congratulations to Jabbar, Aktar and the team for a job well done. It was a tough competition and Aktar did a fantastic job under an unthinkable amount of pressure. Well done chaps!