Here’s a way to enjoy restaurant quality food at home
Home-cooking has taken on a new feel during these locked-down days. We make do with tired vegetables that have been languishing in the fridge,…
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How a supermarket chain is helping a Michelin-star restaurant through the coronavirus crisis
More than 30 staff at Solihull’s Michelin-starred Hampton Manor and Peel’s Restaurant have been been offered temporary jobs by a loyal client. The 45-acre…
No gnawing doubts about the High Field’s new menu
Gnawing on a bone should surely be enshrined as a basic entitlement in human rights legislation. Few eating experiences match the pleasure of finding…
Have you discovered this proper pub in the city centre?
There was a time when the Bull was popular with journalists from the old Birmingham & Mail headquarters in Colmore Circus. This was mainly…
We’ll have to wait longer for Dishoom to open in Birmingham
The opening of Birmingham’s long-awaited Dishoom cafe has been put on hold because of the coronavirus crisis. The eagerly-anticipated new outlet, located at One…
Quite probably Birmingham’s best steak
Some restaurants simply know what they’re about. They don’t seek to dazzle with adventurous combinations of ingredients, complicated modernist cooking processes or presentation that…
This place is an up-and-coming culinary star
At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, good restaurants are about feeding people well. Yet too often frippery gets in the way, with…
This is what Birmingham lacks
Back through the mists of time, before I’d started school and when we lived our lives solely in monochrome while listening to George Formby…
Here’s the lowdown on Birmingham’s new Dishoom
Here’s what to expect when Bombay café Dishoom opens a new restaurant in Birmingham early next year. Dishoom Birmingham will open in spring and…
Take a look at the changes at this landmark pub
One of Sutton Coldfield’s best known pubs has undergone a major refurbishment. The Royal Hotel is now known as The Townhouse and reopens on…