Quaran-dining! Chef Vous – dine at home service
With the bars and restaurants still shut (there is, it appears, light at the end of the tunnel come the 13th July hopefully – it may be too little too … Continue reading
Ivy league or lots of pet peeves? The Ivy, Cardiff City centre.
At the back end of 2019 there was seemingly (at least in some circles – not mine) much excitement as to the arrival of the Ivy in Cardiff (Wales Online … Continue reading
When a meal done well is far from well done – Steak frites night at Paysan, Bloc, Victoria Park, Cardiff
I suspect, even with “plant based” stuff being so achingly on trend, many people (certainly in the UK) if asked what they would opt for as their death row meal … Continue reading
My best soliciting (flavours) of 2019
On the food and drink front it has been another good year. Despite not going to my beloved Spain and, in particular, Pais Vasco (my food heaven) this year (or … Continue reading
Monday just became funday – £5 corkage on a Monday at Asador 44.
For many years I have used this blog to moan about the price of wine in UK restaurants (I do love a good moan and the blog is a rather … Continue reading
The best tenner I may ever spend! The Plat du Jour at Wilsons, Bristol
Leading a wine tasting, in Bristol for the Jeroboam Club, on wines from Catalonia all the way down to Jumilla, I needed to be in Bristol early to decant the … Continue reading
Is the “New” World any different to the “Old” World? Le Monde, Cardiff City centre.
Le Monde has been going for what seems like an eternity, with it being the “in vogue” place (alongside its long deceased stable mate Champers) when I was at Uni … Continue reading
Not making a pig’s ear of it for “ate” or so years! Dinner at the Potted Pig, Cardiff
The phase “Making a pig’s ear of it” is intended to mean buggering something up (which, especially when it comes to DIY, I rather excel at). I, however, think this … Continue reading
Eat, sleep, save and rep-eat. Monday to Sunday eating out offers in Cardiff.
The title is a shameless rehashing of Fatboy Slims’ “Eat, sleep, rave and repeat” track. Better than my usual cringeworthy efforts I thought (not hard you are thinking, I strongly … Continue reading
The special (lunch for) one – the Plat du Jour menu at Milkwood, Pontcanna, Cardiff
This post is in keeping with the current re-visit theme on the blog in terms of places I have posted about before. Taken in the evening rather than the day. … Continue reading
