10 AUGUST 1991, Page 24

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Sir: Nigella Lawson doubts that the current ability to get a table at the Caprice without booking reflects the depth of the recession (Restaurant, 22 June). Maybe; but a really convincing indication is when weekday patronage drops from 90 per cent to 55 per cent over three months at a restaurant like mine.

A. E. Kurban

The Rajput of India, 192 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hampshire