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…
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A new way to create fabulous curries at home
Dishoom’s new Birmingham restaurant may be closed because of the latest Covid restrictions – but now you can still recreate their food at home….
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…
This popular restaurant opens soon at the Bullring
Popular restaurant Vietnamese Street Kitchen is due to open at the Bullring next month. Independently owned and family run, the new Vietnamese Street Kitchen joins…
This old favourite has undergone a transformation
Hall Green, that archetypal Birmingham suburb seemingly inhabited by elderly Daily Mail readers with a penchant for golfing jumpers, comfy slacks and a permanent…
This new smokehouse is opening in Birmingham
City pub D.J. Quinn’s will be launching a BBQ smokehouse restaurant on Friday September 4. The 100-seat venue in Highfield Road, Hall Green, will…
A year on, this restaurant is starting to make waves
Some restaurants arrive in a blaze of publicity fuelled by canapés and flutes of cheap fizz to massage the egos of “influencers” so that…
Here’s the date when Dishoom finally opens in Birmingham
Birmingham’s long-awaited Dishoom cafe will finally open next week. The launch, originally planned for April 1, was put on hold because of the coronavirus…
This is a great way to end a week of lockdown frugality
Lockdown has encouraged an attitude of frugality that has endured even now that shops are better stocked. At least, that’s the case in my…
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…