Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Santiago’s Tapas, Church St, Cardiff: review
On June 12, 2019 by The Plate Licked CleanOn the face of it, Santiago’s marketing has done them few favours. You could almost hear people choking on their morcilla de Burgos at their initial claim to be the ‘only place in Cardiff to experience an authentic Spanish dining experience‘. That’s a stout boast, especially in this resturant ecosystem. The cut and paste likes
Restaurants in Wales . Vale of Glamorgan
Bar 44, Penarth: large party menu review
On May 25, 2019 by The Plate Licked CleanI don’t like people telling me what to have for dinner. Anticipating the menu is half the fun, a few minutes of weighing the claims of each dish, making those decisions, playing them off against one another in your head. Delaying the pleasure: an act of culinary foreplay. A well written menu seduces. A ‘large
Powys . Restaurants in Wales
Ynyshir, Machynlleth, Powys: review
On May 14, 2019 by The Plate Licked CleanSettle in- this might take a while. but it’s worth trying to do it justice. I have even included a little game to help keep boredom at bay. Don’t say I’m not good to you. ‘Forever’. ‘Eternal. ‘Never ending’. We are in love with the language of falling in love, aren’t we? We ladle on
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Ember by John Cook: Milk and Sugar/Llaeth y Siwgr, The Old Library, Cardiff
On May 11, 2019 by The Plate Licked Clean‘For everything (Turn, turn, turn) There is a season (Turn, turn, turn) And a time to every purpose Under heaven… A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap…’ There’s a whole series of blog posts to be written on the music on restaurants, and the way
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Souvlike, City Road, Cardiff
On May 9, 2019 by The Plate Licked CleanSouvlike joins Maria’s and Hellenic Eatery in serving up a good value menu. The success of street food stars Meat & Greek– always one of the busiest queues at any street food event since they started up almost five years ago- now means you can’t move for decent Greek food in Cardiff. We are not
Merthyr Tydfil . Restaurants in Wales
JOL’s, High St, Merthyr Tydfil: fixed-price menu review
On March 12, 2019 by The Plate Licked Clean‘The best restaurant in Merthyr’ might seem like damning with faint praise: the town is dominated by brands, and as you drop down from the A470 at night there’s a familiar gallery of neon-branded big names, the kinds which speckle retail parks everywhere. You can only beat what’s in front of you, though. I was
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