This independent venue which prides itself on classic dishes with a twist, made using local suppliers is one that deserves your attention 🍁 ad 🍽️ The Maple Lounge, Cleeve We ordered: I’d only ever been for a weekday lunch before (the fish and chips not only comes with curry sauce, but wrapped in paper with…
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Eats: The Baffled King, Easton, Bristol
The term ‘hidden gem’ can sometimes be thrown around rather spuriously when it comes to food reviews (and particularly so on Instagram)… So I am loathe to use it myself – but this little place could be on the precipice of deserving the title. ad 📍 The Baffled King, Easton, Bristol So is it ‘hidden’?…
Eats: The Rosewood, Burnham-on-Sea
Doesn’t everyone want to celebrate their birthday with a burger as big as their head?! 🍔 ad 🎉 The Rosewood, Love Lane, Burnham-on-Sea Today (May 28th) marks the 16th Birthday of the eldest ‘mini’ George! (Not so mini now he’s pretty much taller than me 😭) W’s request for his bday meal out, was lunch…
Eats: Roasts at Grounded, Brislington
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a new roast on the block, and it’s a good one! 🍽️ ad/pr 📍 @groundedcafebars, Brislington Last Sunday we visited the Grounded Cafe on Sandy Park to try out their new roast menu. It only launched three weeks prior, with a view to being rolled out across…
Eats: Escala Tapas Bar & Restaurant, Clevedon
Want to know where you can grab three tapas dishes and a drink whilst enjoying a sea view, for only £20? Ad 🍽️ Escala Tapas Bar & Restaurant, 12 The Beach, Clevedon It had been far too long since my last visit to Escala… But I’d had my eye on their three tapas and a…
Eats: Star Pub & Carvery, Congresbury
We were very kindly invited to the (re)opening night at The Star Pub & Carvery in Congresbury recently. They’ve just had a phenomenal, three week £650k refurbishment, and it shows! I had wondered would it be ready on time (how can anything on such a large scale take such a short period of time!?) but…
Eats: Pata Negra x Bambalan, Bristol
I think croquetas may just be my kryptonite – they turn me weak at the knees and I cannot resist them if on a menu 👀 So naturally when I was very kindly invited to the launch event for the six week Pata Negra residency at Bambalan last week (Friday 13th October), they were top…
Eats: The Royal Inn, Portishead
The Royal Inn has had a refurb! It’s been so long since I’d been, I’d actually forgotten what the interior looked like… 🙈 📍 Pier Rd, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 7HG I can report back it’s now really bright, spacious, and lovely and what I do remember – the fabulous garden – is still glorious, plenty…
Eats: BANK, Totterdown, Bristol
It can be an incredibly divisive combination, but I think I may have found a dish that would convert even the most ardent ham & pineapple hater 🍍 📍BANK, 107 Wells Rd, Totterdown, Bristol BS4 2BS But there was no pizza in sight and this was no ordinary ’ham’. This was the ‘Fried Pork Rillettes’…
Eats & Explores: Burgers & Flower Fields in Worcestershire
This year (2023) marked my fourth year visiting The Real Flower Petal Confetti Company flower fields, it’s only open for 10 days each year and this year that’s from 30th June til 9th July. Having discovered it while pregnant in 2019, I have only missed a return trip in 2020, thanks to (you guessed it)…