Bristol is an awesome place for food. It’s got a great selection of restaurants, cafes, bars and food stalls – loads of independent eating places. Having spent so many years studying there, moving away made me realise just how good it is for lunch. One of my intentions for this blog was to share some [...]
Posted in Food Heros, Markets, Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs on Feb 3rd, 2010
When is a bus not a bus? When it’s been turned into a Vegan restaurant! Hidden away in Elys Yard, E1, this 1967 Routemaster bus has been converted into a restaurant and takeaway and is one of London’s quirky gems.
Naturally, being a Routemaster, the restaurant is entered through the traditional open entrance at the back [...]
Posted in Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs, Reviews, Vegetarian on Dec 28th, 2009
Eurostar tickets start at £59 return and Brussels is considered by many as the lower cost alternative destination to Paris. Paris and France are famed for their food, but what can you find food wise at the heart of the EU?
Belgian beer, chocolate, waffles and frites are marketed in Britain as traditional, high quality Belgian products. [...]
Posted in Drinks, Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs, Reviews on Oct 19th, 2009
Like many our age growing up in England, a fair few childhood holidays were spent in France. Neither of us have spent much time there on our recent holidays though (nothing against France!). Like most of our holidays, we were excited about trying out lots of new food – probably food we screwed our faces [...]
Posted in Markets, Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs on Sep 11th, 2009
At short notice, and with almost no planning at all, we decided to go camping in Dorset. Little did we realise that Dorset, and Lyme Regis in particular, offer more than just sea gulls, fossils and Fawlty Towers. They are actually quite foody places. There’s access to loads of fresh local produce and some wonderful [...]
Posted in Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs, Reviews, Shops on Jul 8th, 2009
A couple of weekends ago, I had a weekend morning with nothing much to do but wait for the Cricket or Rugby to start. I ended up watching Saturday Kitchen, which we’ve not done in ages. On the show they showed a recipe from Rick Stein’s Food Heroes series which caught my eye. Mr Stein [...]
Posted in Books, Hints + Tips, Main Meals, Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs on Jun 16th, 2009
The nature of the coastline in the Gower, with very gentle beaches and tides that go out a long way, means fishing boats don’t launch from most of the sea-side towns, only the Marina at Swansea. The Mumble Pier looks a little odd at low tide.
If you do fancy a spot of sea fishing, the best [...]
Posted in Books, Drinks, Hints + Tips, Recipes on Jun 11th, 2009
We held a dinner party for six people over the Easter weekend and were keen to plan a menu which could be prepared completely in advance and require only heating, plating a serving on the night.
Sundried Tomato, Spinach & Feta Filo Pastry Pie
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Vegetable Mousakka with Greek Salad, accompanied with Black Olive & Rosemary Flatbread.
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Orange Passover Cake [...]
Posted in Baking, Books, Food Heros, Main Meals, Recipes, Reviews, Vegetarian on May 4th, 2009
Feeling lazy one weekend at my parents we decided to try out Benson of Broadway, a small catering firm nearby who provide restaurant quality food in your own home. It’s run by James Benson, who was previously a sous-chef at Claridges and has helped cater for the Queen Mother!
As we were already being decadent we [...]
Posted in Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs, Reviews on Apr 11th, 2009
I was recently looking at various food television shows and stumbled upon the US series Bizarre Foods. The show is a travel documentary showcasing various unusual foods. It’s been going for three seasons now, but I don’t think it’s made it to the UK yet.
At first I have to admit to being fairly skeptical of [...]
Posted in Reviews on Mar 16th, 2009