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Humble At Home from The Humble Onion
On January 29, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanAt some point over the last few years, Antonio Simone obviously sat down and thought about chips. Not in the way we all do in the odd lull, when you get that craving for the tang of salt and vinegar and the little puff of steam as you unwrap them because it’s cold and you
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La Marina, The Old Custom House, Penarth
On January 15, 2021 by The Plate Licked Clean‘Goldilocks’ restaurants are rare enough and should be celebrated, so I’m amazed I haven’t written about this place until now. The Old Custom House has long been one of those rare places where you know everything will be ‘just right’. The welcome, the atmosphere, the surroundings, the service, the cooking. Just right. I’ve had many
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
La Cuina, Pontcanna, Cardiff: 2020 review
On January 9, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanPerhaps it’s the tucked-away location on Kings Road, but La Cuina is very much one of those ‘if you know, you know’ places: it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Founder Montserrat Prat has made nothing less than a cosy little Catalan-influenced nook in Pontcanna, one which does what it does consistently well. An obvious
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Milkwood, Pontcanna 2020 revisit
On January 7, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanPandemic on the streets of Canton, pandemic on the streets of Riverside: but comfort food is here to help us through. Milkwood’s change of direction in response to 2020’s ApocaGeddon is not only admirable but has been more marked than most: so let’s celebrate one of our true beacons, because few locally have pirouetted as