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Abergavenny . Restaurants in Wales

Restaurant 1861, Cross Ash, Abergavenny: ALC lunch/dinner review

On December 2, 2019 by The Plate Licked Clean

I have this fond but utterly unscientific theory that the more effort it takes to get to a restaurant, the better the food will taste when I get there. This, of course, is nonsense. High expectations are just there to be dashed, and were, especially at one of this area’s biggest starry ‘names’ the very Read More

Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales

Nook, Victoria Park, Cardiff

On November 11, 2019 by The Plate Licked Clean

You’re spoilt for choice at Victoria Park these days. The area has always had its attractions- Cardamom on the corner used to knock up a hefty chicken tikka in lamb kofte masala murgh batwar-alike, and the Clark’s Pie That Can’t Be Called A Clark’s Pie For Legal Reasons is always worth a go. Now though- Read More

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London . Restaurants in England

Market Hall Victoria, London: food hall review

On November 3, 2019 by The Plate Licked Clean

Some things swell in the memory, fed by imagination or by sheer force of will. In 1543 (no, really, stay with me on this) Protestant theologian John Calvin remarked- in a snide dig at the credulity of his Roman Catholic counterparts- that there were so many pieces of wood scattered throughout Europe which purported to Read More

Tiger and Pig
London . Restaurants in England

Tiger and Pig, Brixton Village Market, London

On October 21, 2019 by The Plate Licked Clean

It would be easy, I suppose, to mistake Brixton Market’s Tiger and Pig with another outpost of the higher-profile Bao group. It’s a huge success story, from streetfood stall to prestigious real estate. I first came across them at KERB South bank in 2014, moving them up The List after hearing from friends just how Read More

Bath . Restaurants in England

Menu Gordon Jones, Bear Flat, Bath

On October 13, 2019 by The Plate Licked Clean

‘You try and make it sound really disgusting so by the time they eat it they’re like, “F***ing hell that was amazing!” ‘I’m too busy to be serious about Great British Menu, putting stuff on record players and stuffing them in CD cases and all the gimmicky f***ing nonsense so I just turned up and Read More

Bridgend . Restaurants in Wales

The Q Pop-up from Tom Martin: Heol-y-Cyw, Bridgend

On October 4, 2019 by The Plate Licked Clean

Naming your debut event ‘Q’ is a canny move. It’s redolent with possibilities, with just the right amount of inscrutability: try as you might, you’ll struggle to scrute it. For years, ‘Q’ meant the monthly music magazine, and especially the eager wait to see which hapless soul had wandered into Tom Hibbert’s ‘Who The Hell..?’ Read More

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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. 

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  • Restaurant 1861, Cross Ash, Abergavenny: ALC lunch/dinner review
  • Nook, Victoria Park, Cardiff
  • Market Hall Victoria, London: food hall review
  • Tiger and Pig, Brixton Village Market, London
  • Menu Gordon Jones, Bear Flat, Bath
  • The Q Pop-up from Tom Martin: Heol-y-Cyw, Bridgend
  • Pho, Church St, Cardiff
  • A Modest Proposal
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