Here’s what to expect at the Foodies Festival
The Foodies Festival returns to Birmingham this weekend. The event will be held at Cannon Hill Park from June 22-24. Among the well-known culinary faces…
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Is this restaurant worth a special journey?
It is perhaps a signifier of my great age and boring nature that I headed to London primarily to visit the British Library for…
It’s the last straw for the Colmore Food Festival
This year’s Colmore Food Festival is banning plastic drinking straws. The festival aims to become one of the most sustainable events in Birmingham with…
A review of Aktar Islam’s new restaurant Opheem
It’s been fascinating watching the progression of Aktar Islam since his early days at Lasan. There he honed his skills as the award-winning restaurant…
Pink, floppy and unsatisfying…
The dish was was one unlikely to excite anyone who doesn’t seek to eat the entrails of Noel Edmonds’ pink and floppy pal Mr…
Arch 13: a review
It’s early Friday evening and the sun is belting down on the railway arches beneath Snow Hill Station. From one dark-bricked arch, people are…
Which top chef is heading back to Birmingham
Jewellery Quarter bar 1000 Trades is welcoming back one of Birmingham’s most inventive chefs next month. Former Two Cats chef-patron Niki Astley and his…
Want to know more about Birmingham’s newest wine bar?
Here’s a look round Arch 13 – the new wine bar at Connolly’s Wine Merchants in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter. Arch 13 is inspired…
Make sure you try this dish soon
What’s long, knobbly, firm and delivers deep satisfaction? The answer: the Galician octopus that I ate at Don Diego, a gem of a Spanish…
Find out which Birmingham favourite is now serving breakfasts
Birmingham has a new breakfast venue – at one of its longest-established bars and restaurants. Primitivo, located in the heart of the city’s business…