I’m back reviewing – and the meal was fantastic
Writing about food for 30 years can take its toll, and not just on a chap’s waistline and cholesterol levels. The palate becomes jaded….
Writing about food for 30 years can take its toll, and not just on a chap’s waistline and cholesterol levels. The palate becomes jaded….
A Birmingham bar is providing a base for some of the city’s best-loved street food kitchens as well as emerging talent. The popular Dark…
There are some mistakes that restaurants make that I consider unforgivable. High on this list of shame is the failure to bring alcoholic drinks…
The swirly red carpets, flock wallpaper and oleaginous service of the curry houses of yesteryear have largely disappeared since the arrival of a new…
Octopuses are bastards, moodily swaggering around the sea bed avoiding others of their species. And, when they are confined together, it ends up in…
Michelin-starred chef Robert Ortiz’s new venture Chakana launches in Birmingham next month – and here are some images of what to expect at the…
Some restaurants arrive with a bang. Others with the merest stutter. Katsu Kitchen in Moseley falls into the latter category. There was no great…
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…
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…
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…