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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Scottish supper at The Old Bridge Inn, Aviemore
Mr M and I have explored a fair bit of the UK, especially since we got the good old camper van last year. But we always seem to head south rather than north. That means one place we've seen very little of is Scotland. Well, I've visited once or...
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The Tuning Fork – a brand new place for Rugby
Don't you just love it when a new place opens up in town? If you're reading this and you're in a big city then maybe you don't get the same little buzz of excitement when you get an addition to the food offering in your local area but for us small...
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Sunday lunch at Malmaison, Birmingham
In the Manning household we don't have Sunday dinner that often. Don't get me wrong, we love a good old Sunday roast with all the trimmings, but it's just not something we do religiously each Sunday. Maybe it's the fact I didn't grow up with...
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Off the beaten track in Warwickshire – the Hollybush Inn, Priors Marston
There are times as a blogger when you wonder if it's all a bit too good to be true and any minute someone's going to jump out and scream: "Ha, joke's on you". Well, I do anyway. And as we drove around pitch black roads, across gated fields, and...
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Michelin dining at the Driftwood Hotel, Portscatho
Since this week has been all about the big 'M' word (Michelin, not Manning) and debates over where the best food in the country can be found, I thought it was high time I shared with you our experience of what the marvellous Mr M has described has...
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Birthday dinner at the Glassboat, Bristol
Who doesn't get tempted by the prospect of dinner on a boat? As you probably noticed recently, Mr M and I headed down to Bristol with his sister and her other half for a weekend of meaty madness at Grillstock. Before the chaos ensued, we managed a...
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The Almanack, Kenilworth
I reckon somewhere there must be a 10 Commandments for restaurants. If there are, I imagine that list would probably include the instruction: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's main course". Easier said than done though, isn't it, when your...
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Christmas Dinner at the Stag at Offchurch
Well, it's safe to say Christmas was a wee bit of a washout in the Manning household. Mr M has been struck down with some kind of awful illness that rendered our many plans dead in the water. I'm not gonna harp on - after all, there are many people...
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Branagh family Christmas
You'll remember that I'm not the only Branagh who loves food - my brothers are equally obsessed and generally much better at the cooking part of it than me. Last time we went to my big brother's we had what I dubbed 'restaurant food without the...
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