Now this is a real bargain…
A friend of mine is a great one for a bargain. If a item of clothing appears on a rail with a label saying…
Reviews
Perhaps the finest tandoori chicken in Birmingham
Let’s consider that ubiquitous Indian dish – tandoori chicken. Frequently it disappoints – cubes of sub-standard bird cooked so long and at such a…
Here’s my thoughts on the adventurous 670 Grams
Let’s start with a splash of brilliance: an oyster dish. Served in dark glazed bowl, a plump oyster had been precisely poached so that…
A test for tomorrow’s chefs
A good test for any chef is how exciting they can make vegetarian food. Without the focus of fish or meat, plates can appear…
As Father Jack might say: “Feck! Drink!”
There are some mistakes that restaurants make that I consider unforgivable. High on this list of shame is the failure to bring alcoholic drinks…
Age – the final frontier
At around 7pm on Saturday, June 5, 2021, I crossed a border. There was no passport check. No formalities. Certainly no celebrations to herald…
This may be the best place you’ve never heard of
Verbena Kitchen opened a week ago with little fanfare. There’s been no well-funded PR campaign and no wooing of food journalists and bloggers. Its…
Have you discovered these Italian grapes yet?
Search “Italian grapes” on the internet and at the top of the page appears a piece on the five varieties you apparently NEED to…
We WILL meet again… probably in the same place
The drinks were many and varied as we closed the circle of the latest cycle of Covid mayhem. When this year’s first lockdown was…
Why did I leave it so long to return to this place?
The swirly red carpets, flock wallpaper and oleaginous service of the curry houses of yesteryear have largely disappeared since the arrival of a new…