This sounds amazing and sadly I think I can't go. Join the guys at The Fat Pug for an evening of great steak with Only Grounds Butchers. The evening starts at 6pm with the butcher’s display and talk, showing you how they turn that cow...
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Auberge Evening at Oscar’s, Leamington Spa
French steakhouse and bistro Oscar's has announced its next Auberge Night. For £19.95 per person you get three courses of French food fun. The menu for this one is as follows:- Chicken Liver Parfait, Melba Toast, Cornichons ~~~ Aubrey’s 6oz...
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Decent pub grub at The Royal Oak, Hurdlow
I feel like Jay Rayner's kind of stolen my thunder on this one (yet another reason why I shouldn't procrastinate over blog posts and just get on and write them, but hey). Just this weekend, he tweeted a picture of some braised lamb shanks with...
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It’s not all about the chicken wings – lunching at The Butcher’s Social, Henley-in-Arden
Mike Bullard is a little bit fed up of chicken wings. He says it affectionately and with a smile on his face, because they've been there with him from the very start. But after a few years of frying them virtually non-stop, he's happy for them to...
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A surprise setting – dinner at Three Church Road, Edgbaston
Credit where credit's due - it's no mean feat to tempt people to a restaurant in a retirement village. One way is to be a bit clever about it, maybe by skirting over exactly where it is and focusing on the food, the decor and its "quintessential...
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Revisiting the new-look Queen’s Road, Coventry
Some time ago, I took up a slightly off-piste invite to try the Queens Road Bar and Grill at the Ramada Hotel in Coventry. Not an obvious choice, but I'm always keen to take a look at local places. In Rugby and Coventry we don't always have the...
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Festive fun at Bar + Block, Birmingham
Isn't it weird how once Christmas passes, it suddenly feels like anything before it was a MILLION YEARS AGO? I'm only writing this two weeks after my festive visit to Bar + Block in Birmingham with my pal but it feels like a long old time...
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Sear and Smoke, Birmingham
From the minute Birmingham's first Sear and Smoke Festival was announced, I knew it was going to be a good'un. Add Original Patty Men to the guys from Digbeth Dining Club, throw in some of the UK's best street food traders, a load of music and...
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Sofitel Wine Days at The Balcon, London
We may have missed the wine harvest during our Tuscan stay in a vineyard (more on that very soon when I finally post about our epic foodie tour of Europe) but we still got a chance to celebrate, thanks to an invite to join in Sofitel Wine Days. No,...
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Anniversary adventure at The Mash Inn, Radnage
You might have noticed there's been a wee bit of a blogging break of late. I had all the most diligent plans in the world to write while we were on a merry jaunt around Europe but instead concentrated on rest, relaxation and eating ALL the food I...
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