Bangkok Café, Canton, Cardiff
On November 5, 2014 by The Plate Licked CleanThere are always those few places you’ve known for a good while, but only in foreshortened perspective. You might have had a few takeaways, you might even be no stranger to dropping in for a quick lunch; but you’ve never really got to grips with what is admittedly a substantial number of options- over 50.
Chilli Basil, City Road, Cardiff
On October 24, 2014 by The Plate Licked CleanI’ve been waiting for this one for what seems an age. One of the occupational hazards of walking/driving/tangoing up -and indeed down- City Road, is playing ‘Spot the new place to fill your face’. Sat on the corner of City Road and Strathnairn Street, Chilli Basil occupies the site of the former Six Flavours and
Hogwurst, North Road, Cardiff
On October 2, 2014 by The Plate Licked CleanHogwurst, on the corner of North Road and Blackweir Terrace, is deep in Cardiff University territory. The ASSL where I spent three years reading books and showing off about them (well, it beats working in a toothpaste factory) looms in the mid-distance. Of course, in my day, witter gibber moan… With a tagline of ‘Frankly
Meat & Greek Street Food
On September 15, 2014 by The Plate Licked CleanOne of the best things about a blog- apart from the act of scribbling one’s ill-considered, regrettable and occasionally unhygienic thoughts online- is stumbling upon something that inspires you. Sometimes you go somewhere with high expectations, and an accompanying price tag; and sometimes you just find people doing something for the love of it. That’s
JOL’s Street Food Company
On September 14, 2014 by The Plate Licked Clean‘If you build it, they will come…’ Alternatively, if you wait long enough, someone will do what you can’t, and make moves to establish a real street food culture in this here city. Photo: Jordan Harris I’ve moaned before about the comparative dearth of options in Cardiff, especially when stacked up against what’s on offer
Wally’s Delicatessen and Kaffeehaus, Cardiff
On September 1, 2014 by The Plate Licked CleanWally’s is a Cardiff fixture, a tradition. More than that, it’s a symbol of what can be great about Britain. That might seem a grand claim. Bear with me. The facts of the eponymous founder’s life are well known; how his father Ignatz, seeing the dark threat of fascism- and specifically the spectre of a violent, institutionalised
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.