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Yemeni Crown (fka Socotra Traditional Yemeni Cuisine) City Road, Cardiff: review
On November 26, 2024 by The Plate Licked CleanNOTE: Yemeni Crown was formerly known as Socotra Tradional Yemeni Cuisine Socotra: a legendarily beautiful island off the coast of Yemen. Also: a restaurant on City Road, Cardiff. In Sanskrit it means ‘island of blessing’, which I suppose applies to both areas, if you tilt your head and squint a bit. Perhaps. The island is
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Cardiff: Where To Eat on Mondays
On November 9, 2024 by The Plate Licked Clean‘There’s just nowhere to eat in Cardiff on a Monday!’ It’s a familiar complaint on a night when the keen diner is notoriously short of options. It’s the perennial question: where to eat out- and eat well- when local hospitality takes a post weekend-rush breather? So here’s your answer to ‘There’s nowhere open!’: sixty-odd of
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Basil and Curry Thai Kitchen, Caroline St, Cardiff City Centre: review
On October 12, 2024 by The Plate Licked CleanIt was probably Malai Thai’s set lunch set menu which put them on the map. It was a revelation at the time, the idea of eating freshly stir-fried Thai food- off a plate, too- at a price (£6.99 with a drink at first, though it crept upwards as hospitality challenges mounted) which typically means a
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Tonka, Hastings: review
On August 21, 2024 by The Plate Licked CleanSometimes, you meet someone who just really loves feeding you. Tonka: on the face of it, a little Hastings seafront cafe. The sort of place you might happen across as you walk the promenade, instantly feeling at home in this little room with its fourteen seats and windows picked out in plum, deep green and
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Sunday lunch at Asador 44, Cardiff
On August 17, 2024 by The Plate Licked CleanWell, this is long overdue. The local lack of anything like a traditional Spanish Sunday lunch has long bothered me. I don’t get that peculiarly British insistence on the Sunday roast. I don’t have that emotional connection to them that many do, that strangely predictable appetite for the same thing every Sunday, world without end,
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Picton & Co, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff: review
On July 20, 2024 by The Plate Licked Clean‘The only Godfather line I know is ‘Say hello to my little friend,” she says. Clearly, today’s trip to Everyman Cinema is both educational and long overdue: and lunch will be here at Picton and Co, on the edge of Mermaid Quay in Cardiff Bay. Historically the area has been a byword for slim pickings,