This is a place that deserves to be better known
Can’t-be-arsed-to-cook laziness is a dangerous thing. It can lead us to order takeaways with the charm of Boris Johnson’s scrotum or visit restaurants so…
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Whenever I grow weary of Michelin-starred places…
Whenever I fall a bit out of love with Michelin-starred restaurants, a visit to Simpsons helps to revive my flagging passion. Here’s a restaurant…
This dish is an absolute bargain
Cheap isn’t necessarily good. Cheap can be expensive if the purchase turns out to be unsatisfactory. But that was far from the case with…
Have you heard about this new local independent gem?
In a month when a national pizza chain opened amid a hullabaloo of publicity a branch in Birmingham city centre, quietly an independent pizza…
Ugly but beautiful and worth the trip
It’s certainly not the prettiest dish I’ve ever eaten. Nor is the menu description the most lavish: “Lentils stewed in duck broth with foie…
French food as it should be
Soup is seldom a starter I order in a restaurant for it rarely rises above something that a half-competent home cook could rustle up…
A menu of old favourites at a great price
The mackerel might look beautiful served almost raw, its silver skinned charred by a blowtorch and its flesh pearly white and firm. And there’s…
This newcomer is well worth checking out
The Shoreditchification of Stirchley continues at a pace. Recent years have witnessed an extraordinary transformation of this once unassuming neighbourhood. Trendy new places offering…
Now here’s a luxurious roast dinner with a real difference
Reaching my dotage has few advantages. Hangovers last whole days. Knees creak. Missing spectacles are eventually located on the top of my hairless head….
Here’s a place where you can eat brilliantly for a tenner
Students seem to have changed a lot since they survived on a diet of cheap lager and the penicillin they were prescribed after ill-advised…