1 MARCH 1997, Page 24

A question of taste

Sir: Thank goodness we don't all like the same things. I remember being quite shocked when your food critic, David Fingleton, wrote with enthusiasm about the food he had had on Eurostar (Restaurant, 18 January), which I have always thought quite execrable. So, when he described one of my favourite dishes at Quaglino's (Restaurant, 15 February) — namely braised ox cheek, cepes and parsnip mash — as equally execrable, I thought how imprecise is the science of taste. One man's meat is another man's poison.

Terence Conran

22 Shad Thames, London SE1