Tag: fine dining

[AD - I was invited to a complimentary stay at Rothay Manor in Ambleside for Belle About Town but thought it would be a shame not to tell you about it. Our hotel room and dinner was complimentary but we paid for all our drinks. Everything else...

Richard Turner is no newbie to this stuff. He's been impressing people in Birmingham long before I had ever saved up enough pennies to go to a posh restaurant. And like all the best rock stars, he hasn't been scared to move with the times....

Since writing this review, it seems as though the restaurant has closed. In a world overtaken by Trip Advisor reviews, the idea of popping into somewhere just because 'it looks like it might be good' is long-forgotten for plenty of people. For...

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...

I'll confess to not having done much research about food in Andorra before we were due to visit. It's somewhere Mr M wanted to include on our roadtrip but I was far more interested in France and Spain. Until, that is, my pal sent me a video of a...

I'm not quite sure how it can be January and I'm already behind on my blog but hey, it happened. I was so busy having a ball over Christmas and New Year, including a grand old adventure round Scotland, that all my virtuous plans of getting ahead on...

Argh I'm so behind with my blog posts. Looking at pictures of our trip epic road trip, it feels like a million years ago but I'm only just over a month behind. Ironically I'm writing this after just returning from Italy AGAIN for the day job...

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...

In case you hadn't noticed, we went to delicious Devon recently with our pals for the latest camping adventure. Three days of mooching about Salcombe, chilling on the beach, walking the dogs and, of course, trying some yummy food. Salcombe is full...

Eating Atul Kochhar's food has been on my lengthy foodie bucketlist for some time. After all, the guy's a bit of a legend - he was the first Indian chef to win a Michelin star and now has a bit of an empire in the UK. You've probably seen him...