Two famous restaurants – but only one great meal
They lay pale and forlorn in a bowl, some clinging together and impossible to separate as though they were ashamed to face the world….
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Take a look at the after-work cocktail menu at The Edgbaston
A flavour of Italy has come to Birmingham’s plush and groundbreaking cocktail bar The Edgbaston. The venue has launched Aperitivo, based on the Italian…
Have you checked out this lovely small Chinese restaurant yet?
With just 18 seats, WokChi is tiny. Its menu, too, is commendably short – a welcome change from the lengthy tomes usually encountered at…
Here’s how one young Birmingham chef is helping the homeless
A talented young Birmingham chef is launching a music event to help fund meals for the homeless. Former UCB student Isadora Gavillet, 21, has…
Could this be Birmingham’s next big street food thing?
Stand by for porridge to explode on to Birmingham’s street food scene – not literally, of course, because that would be very messy indeed….
Birmingham chef lands a Gold ranking
Daniel Anderson, chef-director of steakhouse Anderson’s Bar & Grill, has been honoured by the Craft Guild of Chefs. Established in 1965 as a Guild…
Who’s up for seeing how much chilli they can handle?
Temperatures will rise in the Jewellery Quarter this weekend when a contest is held to find out who can take the fiercest chilli hit….
A verdict on the Greek Cypriot pop up Yiayia Mama
There’s an integrity at the heart Greek Cypriot food. A respect for tradition and ingredients and, at its heart, an understanding that meals are…
A dream come true… but not the Sophia Loren bit
In my daydreams I’m a ruggedly handsome Italian trucker gallivanting around Calabria with the young Sophia Loren as a hitchhiking passenger. In between the…
Great news – one of Birmingham’s best-loved chefs has a new home
Birmingham’s much-praised chef Niki Astley has found a new permanent home. Niki is to move into the the kitchen at 1000 Trades in the…