When it comes to expectation, there are many different kinds of restaurants. Those you hope are good but aren’t. The ones you have no idea about that turn out to […]
Review: Smoke, Hampton Manor
August 9, 2022
Review: Spanish tapas at Alioli, Solihull
August 4, 2022
[Disclosure: I was given a £50 voucher towards a meal at Alioli for the purposes of this review. We paid the remainder of the bill] There are few combinations that […]
Review: The Ingham Swan, Norfolk
July 24, 2022
It’s 6pm on the first day of our summer holiday. We’re meant to be in France. We’re not. Due to an administrative cock-up by yours truly, instead we’re in Norfolk. […]
Review: Lasan, Birmingham
June 9, 2022
[Disclosure: I was given a £100 voucher to dine at Lasan as part of celebrations for its 20th anniversary. I paid the rest of the bill] Restaurants come and go, […]
Review: The Scenic Supper, Todenham Manor Farm, Moreton-in-Marsh
May 8, 2022
[Disclosure: Our meal at The Scenic Supper was complimentary, including a bottle of wine, but we paid for any extra drinks beyond that] A few years ago, if someone had […]
Review: 670 grams, Digbeth, Birmingham
April 28, 2022
There are some meals that stop you in your tracks. The ones that leave you reaching for words yet struggling to find them, helplessly reduced to wide eyes and shrugged […]
Midlands chefs go head to head in ‘versus dinner’ competition
April 12, 2022
It’s not often you see two top chefs go head-to-head. Well, not in real life anyway, without TV cameras, PR hype and Gregg Wallace yelling at them. But it’s happening […]
Review: The Rolling Mill, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham
February 6, 2022
[Disclosure: I was invited for a complimentary meal at The Rolling Mill shortly after it opened.] For those of us who don’t live in Birmingham, the list of restaurants to […]
Review: Albert’s Schloss, Birmingham
January 9, 2022
[Disclosure: I was invited for a complimentary meal at Albert’s Schloss in Birmingham for the blog after being unable to attend the launch night.] I’ve never been very good at […]
Best restaurants in 2021 – from Eat with Ellen
December 30, 2021
Okay, there’s no way we can call this a definitive list of the Best Restaurants of 2021, but they’re MY best restaurants of 2021, full of great food and happy […]
