Tag: Birmingham

When you don't live in Birmingham, getting around all of the amazing independent food and drink places can be difficult, I get that. Don't worry - all is not lost. Lucky for us out-of-towners, the friendly guys at Independent Birmingham organise...

I paid for our meal at Legna. I had a £20 off voucher after signing up to their mailing list, which anyone can do.

Yep, this is going to be another positive review. No surprise there, since Legna has been...

There are few places in the Midlands that have come with as much hype as Aktar Islam's solo venture, Opheem. You may have spotted him on Saturday Kitchen, know him for his role in the almighty Lasan Group, or perhaps have witnessed his award-winning...

It usually takes me at least a year to get to somewhere in Birmingham after it's opened, so I feel that making it to Baked in Brick's new permanent home relatively soon after it opened is a bit of an achievement. I've tried their food before, as...

The last time I went to Hotel du Vin I was a cub reporter at a news agency sent to stalk Simon Cowell. I'd love to say sitting there for hours hiding behind the menu hoping to spot him in a clinch with someone was as good as trying out the...

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...

I don't get the chance to lunch in Brum very often, apart from the rare occasion in the city centre, so when I got the opportunity to pretend I'm one of the cool cats in town and have a quick lunch with a pal in the Jewellery Quarter, I grabbed...

I've been accused in the past, as have many bloggers, of only eating freebies in chain restaurants and nothing else. Well, that's not true (along with so many of the other criticisms, snipes and claims made in the safe haven of social media) as...

Once upon a time I ordered a chorizo tapas dish from a pub that very nearly ruined my love of this gorgeous smoky Spanish sausage. Bulbous little balls, deep-fried to oblivion until they'd morphed into weapons of mass destruction, ready to burst...

All the cool kids love street food. It's everywhere you look now really (well, apart from in Rugby where I live) and those who live in Birmingham have had plenty of chances to try Indian street food with a whole variety of venues. But while I love a...