http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk bringing you the best from the Bristol food scene Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:29:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/chin-chin-bar-and-kitchen-cotham-tried-and-tested-review/ http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/chin-chin-bar-and-kitchen-cotham-tried-and-tested-review/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:29:57 +0000 Gemma http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/?p=5280 Situated on St Michael’s Hill, Chin Chin is a rather unassuming restaurant. It is however, also fantastic. Serving great food at good prices in a wonderful atmosphere. I suppose I could just stop the review there. I haven’t really left much mystery in that opening (sorry). For those of you who aren’t content to take [...]]]> http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/chin-chin-bar-and-kitchen-cotham-tried-and-tested-review/feed/ 0 http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/eat-drink-bristol-fashion-2013/ http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/eat-drink-bristol-fashion-2013/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:55:48 +0000 Gemma http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/?p=5288 As the tipis and heat wave both seem like a distant memory, I wanted to write a post reflecting on the marvel that was Eat Drink Bristol Fashion 2013. This year we didn’t book tickets for any of the fantastic looking chef’s evenings, although names included Harvey Nichols, Pony and Trap, Casamia, Bath Priory and [...]]]> http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/eat-drink-bristol-fashion-2013/feed/ 0 http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/hitting-the-right-key-with-no-3/ http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/hitting-the-right-key-with-no-3/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:14:06 +0000 Gemma http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/?p=5321 Running a successful food website takes a lot of work, but from time to time we get to reap some pretty fantastic rewards as well, and being invited to judge No.3 Gin’s latest cocktail competition, “Hit the right key” is one of those rather marvellous rewards. No.3 is an interesting gin from the start, made [...]]]> http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/hitting-the-right-key-with-no-3/feed/ 0 http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/shake-wrap-n-roll-tried-and-tested-review/ http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/shake-wrap-n-roll-tried-and-tested-review/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:04:00 +0000 Gemma http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/?p=5286 With some Bristol Pounds burning a hole a in my pocket I decided to set off in discovery of a lunchtime haunt to spend them wisely. Shake wrap and roll, situated on Cheltenham Road, just past the arches offers salads, wraps and rolls to eat in or takeaway along with milkshakes and smoothies. The food [...]]]> http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/shake-wrap-n-roll-tried-and-tested-review/feed/ 0 http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/bao-wow-asian-sandwich-shop-tried-and-tested-review/ http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/bao-wow-asian-sandwich-shop-tried-and-tested-review/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 11:03:20 +0000 Gemma http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/?p=5252 The opening of Bao Wow on Baldwin street has caused something of a stir. An Asian sandwich shop and noodle bar with £5 meal deals (including drinks) and a choice of sandwiches, pho soup and rice pots in the menu. Owned by the Thai kitchen in the fish market, this place caught my attention and [...]]]> http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/bao-wow-asian-sandwich-shop-tried-and-tested-review/feed/ 2 http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/the-woolly-cactus-tried-and-tested-review/ http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/the-woolly-cactus-tried-and-tested-review/#comments Sun, 26 May 2013 09:48:42 +0000 Gemma http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/?p=5237 If there’s one thing Bristol’s lacking (in my humble opinion) it’s more mexican food. By mexican I’m talking more about tex mex than traditional mexican cuisine. Although there’s not much in the way of choice for either. Woolly Cactus is good for a tex-mex hit when you need it most though. A street food vendor [...]]]> http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/the-woolly-cactus-tried-and-tested-review/feed/ 0 http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/vegfestuk-bristol-ticket-competition/ http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/vegfestuk-bristol-ticket-competition/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:45:04 +0000 Becci http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/?p=5226 VegFestUK is back, bringing the world’s biggest veggie event to Bristol’s amphitheatre to celebrate its 10th birthday. The event takes place from Friday 24th May to Sunday 26th May and will showcase hundreds of vegan food stalls as well as cookery demonstrations, kids cookery classes, nutrition and lifestyle talks, workshops and some outstanding live music. [...]]]> http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/vegfestuk-bristol-ticket-competition/feed/ 2 http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/bristol-foodie-on-tour-the-handmade-pie-and-ale-house-weymouth/ http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/bristol-foodie-on-tour-the-handmade-pie-and-ale-house-weymouth/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:51:15 +0000 Gemma http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/?p=5116 The Handmade Pie & Ale House 2 Queen Street, Weymouth, Dorset w: www.thehandmadepieandalehouse.com With friends and family living in Dorset, we visit fairly regularly. As a diehard pieminister fan with a love of all things pie, I was overjoyed to see a new pie and ale restaurant open in Weymouth town centre on our last [...]]]> http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/bristol-foodie-on-tour-the-handmade-pie-and-ale-house-weymouth/feed/ 0 http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/yume-kitchen-cotham-tried-and-tested-review/ http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/yume-kitchen-cotham-tried-and-tested-review/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:12:51 +0000 Gemma http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/?p=5199 9 Cotham Hill, BS6 6LD Bristol, United Kingdom 0117 200 2888 Follow @Yume_Kitchen on twitter Facebook: Facebook.com/Yume-Kitchen It seems there’s been something of a Japanese explosion in the Cotham and Whiteladies area of late, and as a huge sushi fan I felt I had to try at least one of them out, so we made [...]]]> http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/yume-kitchen-cotham-tried-and-tested-review/feed/ 0 http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/secret-garden-food-festival-20th-april/ http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/secret-garden-food-festival-20th-april/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:51:31 +0000 Becci http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/?p=5190 We don’t feature many events on Bristol Foodie – we just don’t have the time to keep on top of them all! But this one seemed like such a great idea that we wanted to share it with you. No, it is not the foodie arm of the boutique summer festival, but a food festival [...]]]> http://www.bristolfoodie.co.uk/secret-garden-food-festival-20th-april/feed/ 0