Thanks for taking rhe time to reply, and glad you enjoyed it!Read your first one and throughly enjoyed it, even if not my preferred subject matter, which is actually a good thing.
A couple of critical comments I would have:
In the beginning you spend too much time on minutia descriptions of what was being served and eaten. Since it’s not an important part to the story it doesn’t need to be addressed that deeply.
Also, I would suggest getting more descriptive of the characters’ physical traits so the reader can better picture who is involved in the story.
Damn good for a first go.
Totally get both of your suggestions, and it's something I'll look at next time around. My intention was to really set the scene, but maybe went too far.
As for the characters themselves, leaving them as blank canvases was a very deliberate choice, as I want each reader to conjur their own personal ideals in the MC. Will defo look at how I can balance that!