St Nicholas Market food hall review – Eat a Pitta (falafel)

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It was a sad day when Soup & Salad left St Nick’s market’s glass arcade However a very happy day when new stallholders Eat-a-pitta arrived! A family run business which has just gone full time after successfully running a falafel stand in Quakers Friars on Saturdays. If like me you are a lover of falafel [...]

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Hot Wok chinese takeaway, Gloucester Road

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Hot Wok 268 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol 0117 924 73 73 Delivery within 5 mile radius I’ve blogged before about how good Chinese restaurants and takeaways are few and far between in Bristol. Which is why when we were invited to try Hot Wok on Gloucester Road and meet owner Wen Lay I jumped at [...]

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Primrose Cafe – still my favourite restaurant in Bristol

Primrose Cafe Boyce’s Avenue, Clifton Village, Bristol 0117 946 6577 w: www.primrosecafe.co.uk I’m not really one for second and third reviews but after last week’s show-stopping meal at Primrose Cafe I couldn’t resist a quick shout out post. We arrived to a warm welcome and relaxed atmosphere (as always) and sat down with some homemade [...]

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Devilled Egg Kitchen Academy

The Devilled Egg Kitchen Acdemy t: 0117 973 2823 w: www.thedevilledegg.com e: mail@thedevilledegg.com After seeing Devilled Egg Kitchen Academy, one of Bristol’s most prestigious cookery schools, on living social I snapped up the deal as soon as I could – Barbora’s resume of experience is certainly impressive and one which at a discounted price of [...]

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Creamy Avocado Spaghetti

Avocado is one of those foods that comes in and out of fashion (think 70’s prawn cocktails, 90’s guacamole) but quite frankly, I can’t get enough of it! Hailed as one of the “super foods”, there’s no doubting that it’s extremely good for you, but it can so often be relegated to salads and dips. [...]

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Folk House Cafe Bar – review

Folk House Cafe and Bar 40a Park Street t: 0117 908 5035 e: food@folkhousecafe.co.uk w: www.folkhousecafe.co.uk Another of Bristol’s hidden gems. Located half way up Park Street the folk house education centre offering courses from pottery to hula hooping, French lessons to life drawing. Their award winning cafe bar is modest, simple and welcoming with [...]

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Homemade Dahl – Muglai Urid Dahl

There are loads of different recipes for dahl (or dal depending on the spelling) out there depending on the flavours and textures that you’re looking for. This recipe came off the side of a packet of lentils, its quite a firm texture, rather than a more soupy texture of dahl. Ingredients: 250g white lentils – [...]

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Jamie Oliver’s Favourite Curry sauce – Tried & Tested recipe

This is a fab recipe out of Jamie Oliver’s Happy Days with the Naked Chef. You can just throw anything in to finish it off so it’s good for leftover veg / things that need eating up which is the sort of recipe that I love as you can really make it your own. Sauce [...]

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