Fresh from a spot of back-tracking over the London Living Wage, Kitchen Rat can reveal London mayor Boris Johnson has thrown himself into his work ahead of the 2012 Olympics.
Admirably a recent evening visit to City Hall, where caterer Jill Bartlett is installed, revealed no Boris supping wine or wolfing down finger food while hobnobbing, which let's be fair is more than can be said for many a freeloading politician.
Although sartorial excellence might not be the major's strongest suit, it appears he is at least hardworking, so much so that he rarely has time for more than an expresso or a Diet Coke in City Hall's staff restaurant.
Of course everyone deserves a break and Boris's weekly, and it sounds well deserved escape from the pressure of official office, comes once a Thursday when he sits down to a Jill Bartlett prepared curry.
Although not as fiery as his mayoral predecessor Ken Livingstone, Kitchen Rat is assured that when it comes to spice in his curry, Boris can hold his own.
Reassuring as for some his appointment as mayor was hard to swallow.
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