Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
The Cambrian Tap, St Mary St, Cardiff
On August 6, 2015 by The Plate Licked CleanThe former Kitty Flynn’s on the junction of Caroline St and St Mary St has recently undergone a two-month makeover. Goodbye, walls of that indeterminate shade known as ‘Ancient Pub Yellow’. Farewell, dingy ceilings. Welcome, exposed brickwork, chalk boards, hanging lighbulbs. This is Brains’ showcase for the Craft label arm of the operation. A break
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Shaam Nights, City Road, Cardiff
On July 21, 2015 by The Plate Licked CleanWhat is the meaning of human existence ? Is there life after death? What can we really know? What is love? From the beginnings of civilisation such questions have been the life’s work of our finest minds, our greatest philosophers and poets. Descartes. Wittgenstein. Nietszche. Haddaway. To these, we must add a thorny issue question to tax
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Hellenic Eatery, Crwys Rd, Cardiff
On July 1, 2015 by The Plate Licked CleanI went to a Greek restaurant last night. Terrible food, but smashing plates. And now the drearily predictable joke is out of the way, on to the meat of the thing. There’s a compelling argument to be made that Cardiff finally got street food one afternoon last Summer. The flurry of events last year featured
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Bar 44 Tapas y Copas, Westgate St, Cardiff
On June 19, 2015 by The Plate Licked CleanWe all enjoy a game of Bullsh*t Bingo, don’t we? Those interminable in-work meetings during which your last hope of clinging to sanity resides in ticking off those clichés as they dribble like effluent from the highest-paid person in the room. You sit, buttock-clenched, checking off those old ‘favourites’. Moving forward from. Drilling down into. You’ll have
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Anand George Cookery School, Purple Poppadom, Cardiff
On April 3, 2015 by The Plate Licked CleanAs birthday presents go, this year’s was a bit of a bobby dazzler. I am notoriously difficult to buy for- if I like something I’ll buy it myself, which makes surprising me with a gift a bit of a challenge. Birthdays and Christmases roll around and my family groans. Inwardly, most of the time, which
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Calabrisella, Canton, Cardiff
On March 8, 2015 by The Plate Licked CleanAnyone running the rule over Tripadvisor recently could be forgiven for thinking Italian food in Cardiff is enjoying something of a revival. Three of the top four slots are occupied thus: city centre favourite Cafe Citta at four, overtaken by recently reviewed- and very good- Il Pastificio on Wellfield Road. The runner-up for the entire
This blog is a very simple thing.
I won’t try to sell you any hand lotion, exercise programmes, coffee syrups or Patagonian nose flutes. You won’t find tips on dating, ‘wellness’ or yoga mats.
I write because I love it (and food, as indicated by my increasing girth). Greed happens to be my Deadly Sin of choice, but at least it is never shy of providing me with subject matter.
A simple thing, then: all you get is me wittering on semi-coherently about places I’ve eaten at; hence a ‘restaurant blog’ rather than a ‘food blog’, although there are a few recipes scattered throughout.
From mezze to Michelin ‘fine dining’ and all points in between.