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Scaramantica Pizzeria, Cardiff
On June 17, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanYou know the constants of Cardiff pizza reviews by now. Whether it’s name checks for ingredients which have become whatever the Italian for de rigeur is- Fior de Latte mozzarella, San Marzano DOP tomatoes, and so on; or mentions of a hulking oven (bonus points if it’s a Stefano Ferrara); whether it’s our old chum
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K + K Sri Lankan Street Food (nationwide delivery)
On April 19, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanFar be it from me to suggest you’re the type to resort to petty chicanery and pass another’s work off as your own. But you could do a lot worse than bring a K + K lamprais or two to the table, unwrapping it and soaking up the praise. We’ll come back to that. Recently,
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Chronic Fried Chicken, The Deep, Cardiff
On April 12, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanChronic is fried chicken for grown ups. Literally- their usual home at Kongs just up the street is 18s and over only- but also in marked contrast to the drab disappointment of a nearby big-money franchise with prime footfall. There, tenders arrived so limp I half expected Pelé to pop up with a reassuring word
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Sambal Shiok Laksa Bar- nationwide delivery
On April 5, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanIf there’s a thread running through the orders I’ve made for national delivery, it’s this: less an attempt to keep up with what’s ‘hot’, more a calculated attempt to recapture happy memories. Food as lockdown panacea. And by extension- because I scrawl my ideas on the back of this virtual fag packet- to suggest meals
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Chick’n’Sours: nationwide DIY box review
On March 17, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanIs there any other dish where the chasm between between the poor and the exceptional is so stark? Perhaps. Over there, buckets of limp, disconcertingly cheap meat produced to minimum welfare standards. And over here, but going by the same name, memories of those scrawny, claggy disappointments are banished by the truly good stuff- that
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Libertine Burger: DIY kit nationwide deliveries
On March 10, 2021 by The Plate Licked Clean“Characterised by free indulgence in sensual pleasures” they say. An enviable epitaph one day, hopefully, but more immediately the manifesto of Rugby and Hemel Hempstead burger specialists Libertine. Just banish all appetite-tainting thoughts of walking petri dish Pete Doherty. Libertine have been on my radar for a while thanks to the infectious enthusiasm of one