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The inevitable ‘2020 end of year round up’ post

On December 31, 2020 by The Plate Licked Clean

This won’t be a Top 40 style rundown of favorite dishes in this oddest of years, or even my favourite restaurants. We all know what’s happened and the challenges that poses for restaurants and the people who work in them, so let’s skip to the good stuff. Instead, let’s highlight some good local food you Read More

Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales

Afrikana, City Road, Cardiff

On December 18, 2020 by The Plate Licked Clean

‘I always recommend this fried chicken and everyone loves it!’ says my server, in this, perhaps the least ‘City Road’ venue on City Road. You know what comes next, don’t you? A full-blooded, studs-first dismantling of the menu and the place. It’s a chain after all, and a rapidly-expanding one. That’s not the sort of Read More

Ansh Burgers
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales

Ansh burgers, Victoria Park, Cardiff

On November 16, 2020 by The Plate Licked Clean

Here’s a prediction, a happy one in this chaotic, miserable year: you’re going to hear more and more people telling you how good the burgers at Ansh are.  Ansh is Welsh through and through. Not just in name (‘Bite’), but the inspiration for each burger writ large. That sense of regional identity is explicit, from Read More

Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales

Bones Supperclub by Lee Skeet, Cardiff

On October 11, 2020 by The Plate Licked Clean

I’ve wanted to try Lee Skeet’s cooking for years now, so this latest opportunity was a must. Bones Supperclub is a private supper club where he cooks for just one reservation per night, in his home. You book online, you discuss any must-haves or won’ts and can’ts and he sends you the address the day Read More

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Pasture, High St, Cardiff

On October 2, 2020 by The Plate Licked Clean

I wouldn’t normally write about a meal during a soft launch: service and kitchen deserve time to bed in, to hit their stride. Here at Pasture in Cardiff, though, it’s immediately clear any ground has been hit running. Everything is slicker than a baby seal in extra virgin: service is warm, keen and knowledgeable, the Read More

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Heaney’s, Pontcanna, Cardiff: 2020 reopening menu review

On September 28, 2020 by The Plate Licked Clean

If you wanted a glimmer of light for restaurants right now, here’s one: it’s been heartening to see the way so many businesses have adapted and emerged offering something even more fascinating, more exciting. Right in the teeth of the gale they are re-energised, refocused. Take a look at the pared-back beauty of the new Read More

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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. 

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  • La Cuina, Pontcanna, Cardiff: 2020 review
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  • The inevitable ‘2020 end of year round up’ post
  • Afrikana, City Road, Cardiff
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