Nothing tastes better than forbidden love, so reflects the potent new production of Like Water for Chocolate, which opened the ballet season yesterday evening at London’s Royal Opera House. It’s the first revival since its premiere back in 2022, initially created for The Royal Ballet by Christopher Wheeldon—artistic associate of The Royal Ballet and choreographer—and the original book’s author Laura Esquivel. Ascending the Royal Opera House’s Neo-Baroque staircase to the Royal Retiring Room, I’m greeted by a tulip of Veuve Cliquot and cincchetti of deep fried mozzarella slick with marinara sauce and Florentine coccoli draped in prosciutto crudo. It’s a welcome first taste of Angela Hartnett’s restaurant concept, Cicoria, which opened last month within the Royal Opera House. Having just shown at London Fashion Week, Roksanda tells me she will journey up to Manchester later this week to work with Marina Abramović costuming her work, the Balkan Erotic Epic.