Salkaara, Wellfield Road, Cardiff: review
On November 2, 2022 by The Plate Licked CleanThis, the former New Himalaya, was where you’d come for your Friday night curry. You might have fond memories of their Sunday evening buffet, all you could eat for £6 or thereabouts. But these days, you come here to Salkaara for some of the best Indian cooking in Cardiff. The Wellfield Road branch has followed
Little Kochi, Roath, Cardiff: review
On October 21, 2022 by The Plate Licked CleanIs there any style of cooking represented in Cardiff with such breadth and range as Keralan? Probably not: arguably more than Spanish or Italian, or Thai, Chinese, French or Pakistani. In the last year alone you could eat it on trestle tables from small vendors’ cardboard trays, or have your pick of lavish multi-course tasting
Dino’s Cafe, Canton, Cardiff: review
On October 12, 2022 by The Plate Licked CleanAt first, Dino’s feels like we are on familiar ground. Jacket potatoes with tuna mayo or cheese and beans, omelettes and all-day big breakfasts: it’s a typical menu from any one of the bright, busy little caffs which speckle Canton’s Cowbridge Road East. But look closer. Falafel. Hummus. Shawarma. Lamb kabseh: a smattering of Levantine
The South Kitchen, Broadway, Cardiff: review
On October 8, 2022 by The Plate Licked CleanThe South Kitchen is hiding in plain sight on Broadway. It probably doesnt look like your idea of a restaurant. It is easy to miss- I have passed it on foot so many times, and sometimes the front looks shuttered when the side entrance is open. But it’s certainly time you knew about it. The
Môr, Mumbles, Swansea: review
On October 2, 2022 by The Plate Licked CleanWith Môr’s new inclusion in the 2022 Good Food Guide, this is a good a time as any to remedy a longstanding oversight and pay a visit. ‘We are an independent restaurant serving the very best local produce from sea and soil’, they say. That menu changes frequently- they are still printing today’s when we
Unsung heroes: an alternative Cardiff list
On September 26, 2022 by The Plate Licked CleanIt’s easy to come up with a list of Cardiff’s restaurant peaks. Those times when inspiration, sourcing and technique bring us something definitive, something which sets the local standard to widespread recognition. Think Tom Simmons’ chips or mushroom butter. Bar 44’s croquetas, Asador’s chuleton, or anything Tommy Heaney does with lamb (and oysters). Milkwood’s breakfast
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.
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.
From mezze to Michelin ‘fine dining’ and all points in between.