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Winifred’s Restaurant and Bar, The Courtyard at Source Park, Hastings: review
On March 30, 2025 by The Plate Licked CleanI wasn’t expecting to be writing about Winifred’s. Not so soon after the popup I enjoyed on its debut weekend last November, anyway: but here we are already, in its new permanent home in White Rock, thanks to the current round of Hastings’ restaurant musical chairs. Wavey Bar, which hosted that Winifred’s popup, has moved
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Khalid’s Kitchen, Hastings: Middle Eastern restaurant review
On February 16, 2025 by The Plate Licked CleanThe sign outside Hastings’ Priory Meadow lists its high-profile residents. M&S, Primark, H and M. Boots, Superdrug, JD Sports: heavyweights of British retail. What’s missing is a flashing neon arrow and three foot high letters pointing to the place which has brought me back twice in two days. Something along the lines of ‘KHALID’S KITCHEN:
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Ladle, Hastings: review
On January 18, 2025 by The Plate Licked CleanOld Town’s Ladle feels like a little nook, one of those places you didn’t’t know you needed until you find yourself there. In this tiny room, lights trail and twinkle, and busy George St suddenly seems far away. The antique dealers, the ‘Tabac’-signed cigar merchant, the ancient timber-framed pubs, the chi-chi boutiques. Even the second-hand
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Winifred’s Popup from Chef Benjamin Cumberpatch: review
On November 18, 2024 by The Plate Licked CleanChef Benjamin Cumberpatch isn’t one to let the grass grow under his feet. Only a couple of days ago he cooked his final meals at The Stag Inn nearby, and now here he is on Hastings seafront with his debut popup Winifred’s. Named after his partner’s great aunt, who loved her food as much as
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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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Orchard Road, The Sea Dog, Hastings: review
On March 31, 2024 by The Plate Licked Clean‘Please allow me to introduce myself/I’m a man of wealth and taste…’ preens Mick Jagger as the Orchard Road table fills with bowls and bamboo steamers. Well, he’s half right, I think as I congratulate myself on coming here for the third time in as many weeks. Clearly, I’m in need of some restraint: but
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.Â
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.Â
From mezze to Michelin ‘fine dining’ and all points in between.Â