Chef's special to go

A bag of chips on the way home is all well and good but sometimes that carby grease doesn't quite hit the spot.

So on Saturday night I was lucky enough to experience the all-new throw-together Venison Bap.

I can't claim to have invented the VB - it was created by chef Lennie of Vinnies after a Saturday night shift threw up an unlikely array of leftovers in her fridge. And so the VB was born. Slices of seared venison and Tomme de Savoie cheese, pickled red onion and baby coriander, stuffed into a homemade roll baked earlier that day (naturally).

Mine survived the bus trip home. And it was worth the wait, as it turns out that the best thing you can have with a VB is a glass of Valpolicella.

Though if you're out of venison, a Mousetrap, an Afghan and a cuppa should just about hit the spot.