Hastings and St Leonards . Restaurants in England . Uncategorized
Sunday lunch at Orchard Road, The Seadog Hastings: review
On October 26, 2025 by The Plate Licked CleanIt’s the lamb which makes you sit back with a happy sigh. That sultry tangle of braised shoulder, irreproachably tender, is aromatic. Sumptuous. It tells you you’re in the right place, at the right time, with the right order. It is, by any criteria worth using, an absolute minx of a thing. But then so
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Afghan Cuisine and Catering, City Road, Cardiff: restaurant review
On October 20, 2025 by The Plate Licked CleanYou can’t put a price on contentment, they say. They are, of course, wrong: you can pretty much guarantee a few precious moments of the stuff at Afghan Cuisine. Take your seat, place your order. Bread will appear. Freshly baked, doughy-crisp bread, and little pots to accompany: black olives, hummus and yoghurt trickled with rivulets
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Cardiff Market: my favourite eats
On October 17, 2025 by The Plate Licked CleanUnfortunately, this post is not yet available as a wipe-clean laminated checklist. Apologies, we’ve got our best people working on it, but read on anyway. Cardiff Market is still very much that- a daily working, seemingly random, clutch of stalls, where you can find everything from yarn to shoe polish, wigs to waistcoats, and charging
Cheap Eats . Hastings and St Leonards . Restaurants in England . Uncategorized
The Little Bulgaria, Hastings: café-restaurant review
On October 7, 2025 by The Plate Licked CleanThere is an easygoing, lived-in feeling to The Little Bulgaria, this small café on Queen’s Road. It’s the jar of lollipops on the counter, next to the wine rack. You see it in the cushions in the bold white, green and red bands of the Bulgarian tricolour. It’s the small rural scenes hanging on the