Bradford-on-Avon . Restaurants in England
The Longs Arms, Upper South Wraxall, Wiltshire: restaurant review
On October 25, 2017 by The Plate Licked CleanMeandering country lanes? Check. Dog bowl on the floor? Check. ‘Bob’s eggs, £1’ from a few doors up, next to an honesty box on the bar? Check. A pre-starter of hot, sour lobster soup from a stock of real depth and character, punchy with Thai flavours? Homemade bread, homemade butter, a rich canary yellow? A
Bristol . Restaurants in England
Root, Cargo, Wapping Wharf, Bristol
On October 17, 2017 by The Plate Licked CleanSo after a break, we are back- for a blogger who doesn’t blog is of scant use to anyone- with ‘simple but interesting food’ from Root at Wapping Wharf. It’s a ‘small plates which appear as and when’ deal here, in this renovated shipping container on the upper level of the box park on Bristol
Liverpool . Restaurants in England
Lunya, Liverpool ONE
On August 9, 2017 by The Plate Licked CleanAnd so to Liverpool. I fell in love with this city many years ago, with its pride and its humour and its grit and its grandeur, its resilience, its defiance in the face of governmental neglect and southern disdain. In England, but certainly Scouse before ‘English’. It gets under your skin, this place. This is
Bristol . Restaurants in England
Bellita, Cotham Hill, Bristol
On July 31, 2017 by The Plate Licked CleanBellita is the younger sister of Bristol stalwart Bell’s Diner and sits squarely in the ‘throw a stick and hit somewhere good to eat’ enclave of Cotham Hill. The name works on a personal level, too: it’s what my four year old used to call my mother, her first approximation of ‘Abuelita‘, which I take
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Tiny Rebel Bar, Westgate St, Cardiff
On July 3, 2017 by The Plate Licked CleanThere was a time, and it doesn’t feel so very long ago, when Cardiff was a craft beer desert. City-wide, It Was Brains You Wanted; and even if you didn’t, alternatives were usually uninspiring. Now, of course, everyone knows their Cloudwater from Carling and Beavertown from their Bud, and we all bore on about our
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Is your favourite delivery service killing your favourite takeaway?
On July 1, 2017 by The Plate Licked CleanYou. Yes, you. You’re glossy of mane, resolute of purpose and firm of thigh; you know your béarnaise from your bolognese (or your Bovril, for that matter). You know that cutting thick tranches from a cauliflower doesn’t justify calling them ‘steaks’. You know that serving small portions of assorted world cuisines doesnt equal ‘tapas’. You