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Woodsmoke, snoring and a £30 tin of tuna
On February 21, 2022 by The Plate Licked CleanSnoring is like stupidity: you don’t know you’re a sufferer until someone points it out. So depending on your perspective I am either a terrible snorer, as several special friends have been kind enough to remark over the years, or absolutely fantastic at it. I mean world class. Really- a virtuoso. A baleful combination of
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Fizz’n’Flour, Canton, Cardiff
On January 23, 2022 by The Plate Licked CleanSo here on the Canton Food Mile is Fizz’n’Flour, Cardiff’s latest pizza place. It’s another example of the locally dominant style, but there’s a lot to like: besides, this end of Canton was an absolute priority for good Neapolitan pizza. By which I mean, it’s near the school run. Fizz’n’Flour started as a lockdown project
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Malai Thai, Caroline St, Cardiff: set lunch review
On September 24, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanCaroline Street’s Malai calls itself a Thai takeaway. That sells it short: although indoor space is limited to three little tables, they are well worth nabbing. The draw is the £6.99 Lunch Special menu, rather charmingly handwritten in the window. It couldn’t be less like the similarly green and gold-liveried The Ivy, visible from the
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Manteca, Soho, London
On September 10, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanYou’ll find Manteca off Poland St, your doorway to Soho and a welcome break from the manic throngs of Oxford St. It calls itself ‘nose to tail’ British-Italian but that’s as far as the buzzwords go. Fans of 84-page restaurant mission statements will find meagre pickings here: Manteca is less interested in parading fashionable credentials
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Lunch at The Potted Pig, Cardiff
On August 26, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanFat little cockles and nuggets of bacon are tumbled on to toast, itself generously slathered with laverbread and sodden with those salty, silky juices. It feels like a peculiarly Welsh pleasure, a bracing walk on a Pembrokeshire beach: ozone in the air, but without that annoying family with their litter and their screeching at each
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Smokin’ Griddle, Canton, Cardiff
On August 20, 2021 by The Plate Licked CleanThis Canton branch of Smokin’ Griddle follows Swansea to become their second on Wales. Originating in Romford in 2012, you may already know them from their brief stint at Sticky Fingers . You could be forgiven for being reminded of US imports like 5 Guys, whether it’s the huge serving of fries or the brown