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David Cameron's gastronomic diplomacy: 13 courses, from lobster terrine to mountains of cheese
As he fights for Britain's better deal in Europe, David Cameron enjoys some of the continent's finest cuisine in a 24-hour marathon of capitals
For a Prime Minister who has struggled with his weight, it may have less a gastronomic treat, more an endurance course.
David Cameron enjoyed some of Europe's finest cuisine in a 24-hour marathon of capitals.
The tour, part of an early offensive to make the case for reform of Brussels, took in two lunches, a breakfast, a dinner, served over thirteen courses.
It included no fewer than three servings of strawberries - the perfect treat, his hosts may have thought, for a proud Englishman.
The feast may have been hard going for a Prime Minister who has spoken of the "great patriotic struggle" with his weight and who cut bread and snacks from his diet.
It began in the Hague, where Mark Rutte, the Dutch premier, laid on a lunch of smoked beef with butternut squash, lemon sole with shrimps, tomato and potato and a desert of strawberries and cream.
It was then on to Paris, for a frosty dinner with Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace.
There he ate a lobster terrine, a main of turbot, a course of cheeses and a sorbet.
Travelling journalists, accustomed to the fayre of the Commons canteen, noted the Élysée press room was staffed by waiters serving good red wine, a selection of cheeses and a cous cous salad.
Mr Cameron flew on to Warsaw, where Ewa Kopacz served a breakfast of smoked trout with strawberry salad and Polish moutain cheese, and dish of asparagus, poached eggs and ham and a cheesecake.
It was served with the unappetising news that Poland will not agree to Mr Cameron's plan to strip benefits from migrant workers.
Lunch was held in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. After a German Navy honour guard, Angela Merkel treated Mr Cameron to shrimp, veal escallop and potatoes and a desert of strawberries.
Mr Cameron's tour took a setback after a planned breakfast in Denmark, with close ally Helle Thorning-Schmidt, was cancelled after she called a general election. He may now regard that as a minor blessing.