Can’t believe I’ve been here for a whole week, just two days and I’ll be back in Bristol Day 5 Breakfast – I grabbed some oatmeal and also decided to have a blueberry muffin scone thing which looked pretty good… …unfortunately it tasted like crap, dry, tasteless and dense, like biting into cardboard. This meant [...]
So four days in and I think I’ve already eaten half my body weight… Tip – Denver, Colorado is over 5000 miles above sea level so altitude is a real problem here. I got altitude headaches. The climate is also incredibly dry, by day three my lips were starting to dry out. Luckily drinking lots [...]
25th January marks the birthday of famous Scottish poet, Robert Burns. It’s also an excuse for all of us to trawl through the depths of our family trees for an excuse to celebrate one of Scotland’s favourite bard. If you haven’t yet planned your “Burns Night” supper you can get more information on the basic [...]
Ok, so this may seem like a controversial claim – I have spoken to many a cook who has failed to get it right, and I was fully expecting my homemade hummus to be a let-down as a result, but this recipe is seriously good. A bit about the recipe – we got it from [...]
Namaskar Lounge Welsh Back, Old City, Bristol, BS1 4RR T: – 0117 929 8276 W: – http://www.namaskarlounge.com/ I’ve unintentionally been on a bit of an ‘all you can eat’ bender recently, what with the arrival of ZaZaBazaar and Namaskar Lounge in Bristol, but I can promise you I’m not normally quite so greedy. [...]
ZA ZA BAZAAR Harbourside Canon’s Road Bristol BS1 5UH T: 01179 220330 W: http://zazabazaar.com/index.html Unless you’re a Bristolian who’s been living under a rock for the past few weeks then ZaZaBazaar hardly needs any introduction, but I’ll give you a brief one nonetheless! ZaZaBazaar sits on Bristol’s harbourside, in the mammoth space that used [...]
So this week I’ve left Becci and Meg sampling Bristol’s culinary delights whilst I swan off to the USA on a business trip – Denver, Colorado to be precise. I’ve decided to indulge you all in the details of my stateside dining throughout my trip – my hope is that in sharing these experiences I [...]
Plantation Caribbean Bar and Restaurant 221-223 Cheltenham Road Cotham Bristol BS6 5QP T: 0117 907 7932 W: http://www.plantationrestaurant.biz/index.php/home Following Jamie Oliver’s recent trip to Bristol for his Great Britain series, there’s been a lot of noise made about how brilliantly diverse and exciting the city’s foodie culture is, and about bloody time too! Jamie visited [...]
Severn Shed, The Grove, Bristol, BS1 4RB t: 0117 925 1212 w: http://www.severnshedrestaurant.co.uk/ e: info@severnshedrestaurant.co.uk I’ve eaten at Severn Shed, just off Welshback three times now over the past four months – more than enough I think to do a just and fair review. A contemporary bar and restaurant, the left hand side is a [...]
Gemma and I had been wondering about this place for a while, so we jumped at the chance when we were invited to try it.No. 4 restaurant is situated on the ground floor of the the Rodney Hotel, one of a small group of hotels in Clifton, which includes Square Club and the Clifton Hotel. [...]