This week in our Friday Series, we’re going back to something we know rather well. Moules frites. Hardly surprising, given our French leanings.

The mussels come in from Midland Fish in Fleetwood, cooked in cream and white wine until they’re swimming in flavour. Served with frites, of course — anything else would be barbaric. Ordering a side of our homemade sourdough is strongly advised too, if only to mop up every last drop of sauce.

On the music front, Fugitive Orchestra returns. Once a teenager pulling pints here, now a one-man band with enough loop pedals to sound like a small orchestra. His style? Alternative, jazz-infused, funky hip-pop — difficult to label, easy to enjoy.

Mussels, fries, sourdough, and a man who can make one guitar sound like five. That’s Friday at The Cartford.