Reviews
I always find macaroons somewhat – underwhelming. Beautiful colours masking a wafery texture and all too often not enough flavour The whole experience leaves me feeling a bit… meh. I just don’t know what all the fuss is about. But perhaps this is just because I hadn’t tried really good…
Restaurants
The opening of Katie and Kim’s Kitchen in their new premises next door to Radford Mill Farm Shop caused something of a stir in Bristol’s foodie scene – with rave reviews from Mark Taylor and across the blogosphere the winners of last years British Street Food Awards soon found themselves…
Reviews
With a sign outside boasting of the “best breakfast in Bristol” The Bristolian Cafe on Picton Street was somewhere I simply had to try. A bright and cosy little cafe, with a blackboard of breakfast specials and a counter full of delicious salad items and cakes. I opted for The…
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Wandering down Stokes Croft in the sunshine, we were deliberating which place to try and stumbled across Tree House Cafe an organic and health food cafe which opened earlier this year. The decor is fun in a Swiss Family Robinson sort of a way, a big wooden sign out front,…
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Comfy armchairs, local art, mismatch furniture, The Social on Stokes Croft is the kind of establishment which is well suited to breakfast, lunch or drinks in the evening In typical Stokes Croft style, The Social offers simple, home cooked dishes served in a casual setting and made with local produce….
Events
A few weeks ago the lovely ladies at Prohibition Bristol invited me to join them and some other Bristol bloggers to help them choose the welcome and signature cocktail for their next event, Escape to Cuba. After a hugely successful first event back in February, the darlings, Meg and Frankie…
Reviews
I started writing this review on Cordial and Grace but as of April 2014 they’ve had a facelift and are now known as Cafe Sewciety. Their website assures me the same decor, menu and service remains, a relief as over the past few months Cordial and Grace had become one…
Events
This April 26 and 27 the National Trust in Bristol will be celebrating and show-casing wild garlic with a weekend of activities at Tyntesfield and Leigh Woods. The weekend will include creative dishes on the Cow Barn Kitchen menu, cookery demonstrations using wild garlic, question and answer sessions with…
Reviews
Are there any corners of Bristol that don’t have a hidden gem of a restaurant waiting to be discovered? I seriously doubt it. Everywhere you turn there are new restaurants popping up, and not just any old restaurants either, I’m talking about the understated, cool places like The Office Bar…
Reviews
If there is one place that perfectly sums up Bristol’s creative and vehemently independent community, it’s Hamilton House on Stokes Croft. Affectionately known as Hammy House, the once rundown building is home to hundreds of Bristol’s creatives, one of our favourite places for fun, food and music (The Canteen) and…
