Drinking sherry in the raw! Tio Pepe en rama 2020
Owen Morgan of Bar 44 and Asador 44 very kindly provided the half bottles of the Tio Pepe en Rama 2020 and the nibbles free of charge to all participants … Continue reading
Now that’s what I call “Sunday” Service – a twist on Sunday lunch at Bar 44
This blogging lark can be hard work. For some reason (touch of OCD perhaps, but if it is it certainly doesn’t cross over into any other aspect of my life … Continue reading
Saint or sinner? Santiago’s Tapas bar & Restaurant, Cardiff
Santiago is Spanish for Saint James. So a place, on the site of Truffles (an establishment that had been operating in Cardiff ever since I can remember and I have … Continue reading
Working up an appetite. The “worker lunch” at Steen the Chef, Cardiff City Centre
I am always on the look out for bargain lunch time offers in Cardiff. This have the dual benefit of getting me off my arse and out of the office … Continue reading
The cream of Bristol sherry bars? Bar 44, Bristol.
Bristol is often seen as more of a foodie town than Cardiff (with Jay Rayner being rather scathing as to the relative gastronomic charms of the two cities – very … Continue reading
Basque-ing in the meat!! Goizeko Izarra el txuletón de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain.
After nigh on a week of gorging on pintxos and Michelin Star dainties in glorious Donostia San Sebastian (please let me win the lottery so I can buy a house … Continue reading
Nivaala night – Indian “tapas” at the Purple Poppadom, Canton, Cardiff
The rise of small plate dining continues apace, with it having jumped across many a culinary divide from its, arguable, origins in the Iberian Peninsula (with tapas, pintxos and petiscos), … Continue reading
Very moorish stuff! A few days of eating and drinking in Córdoba Province, Spain.
Córdoba (in southern Spain – about an hour on a fast train from Malaga) has been on my must visit list for many a year (as I slowly tick off … Continue reading
Timetabling a crafty burger and a beer? Burger Craft at The Green Man, Edgeware Road.
On my many visits to London for work, a perennial issue is getting something to eat before catching the train back (usually late, so by the time I get home … Continue reading
Heat and eats in tapas town – a few days stuffing my face in Sevilla, Spain.
With Christmas and New Year out the way many people’s thoughts turn to where to go on holiday (with us all getting bombarded by incessant holiday adverts on the TV … Continue reading
