We ended up in a local outdoor cafe with banana trees and various leafy tropical plants, Brazilian hostesses (ahem) and locally inspired cuisine.

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Two hundred kilometres to the east of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Peter Ndivo, a local farmer delivers his sacks of baby corn to the local "collecting point", a steel-roofed hut nestled amongst banana groves and fields of maize.

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Set in the fabulous Palm Court, where Eloise most certainly takes her breakfast, the formal service comes with Champagne and tiers of finger sandwiches and sweets (Curried Lobster Salad with Local Apple, Smoked Salmon with Wild Sturgeon Caviar, Pate de Fruit with Gin Rickey Sugar, Amarena Banana Financier, and Jazz Age Chocolate Bon Bons).

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