Dinner with one of Italy’s true greats – Antinori dinner at Heaney’s Cardiff.
Readers of blog will know I take the seemingly unusual approach (not sure why it is so unusual) of commenting on both the food and the wine/drink (let’s be honest … 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
Little by nature, huge on flavour! The little french, Bristol.
A Napoleon complex is an overcompensation for being small, born of a little Frenchman who (if truth be told) did rather (over) compensate for his diminutive statute by way of … 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
Food that brings a smile to your face? Bann Thai Smile, Canton, Cardiff
Thailand is often referred to as the “Land of Smiles” and from my experiences (of the food out there) good Thai food always brings a smile to my face. Thai … Continue reading
A wine drinkers’ delight? Fly by Night, Cardiff City Centre.
The proliferation of Cardiff’s cocktail bar scene seemingly continues apace with the Botanist the next one due to open shortly. I must admit that I find the economics of this … Continue reading
