Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Heaney’s Pop Up, Pontcanna, Cardiff
On September 16, 2018 by The Plate Licked CleanNot long ago, I mentioned on Twitter that I was going to break with tradition: that I was, untypically, thinking of sharpening my knife for a deliberately harsh critique of a truly abysmal meal at a Cardiff bar. It was so utterly wretched, so lacking in any redeeming features, so cackhanded, that- for the first time-
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The Smoke Haus, Cardiff
On August 26, 2018 by The Plate Licked CleanThe Smoke Haus. Surely it couldn’t be as bad as the last time I ate alleged ‘barbecue’ in the city centre? Could lightning strike twice in the same postcode? (NB I haven’t checked this bit- don’t bother correcting me). To whit: could The Smoke Haus serve ‘barbecue’ as bad, as scrotum-shrinkingly awful, as the meal
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The Grange, Grangetown, Cardiff
On August 4, 2018 by The Plate Licked CleanIt has been a dark few years for the pubs of Grangetown. The Neville, on the corner of Clare and Cornwall, gave up the ghost in 2013; The Grange followed in September 2015. The estate agents were touting it as ‘offering potential for alternative uses’, and for a while it looked as if it might
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Hot Pot Spot, Wellfield Road, Cardiff: review
On July 5, 2018 by The Plate Licked Clean“Whoa, whoa, whoa. There’s still plenty of meat on that bone. Now- you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato. Baby, you got a stew going!” Carl Weathers to Dr Tobias Fünke, Arrested Development. If your idea of going out to eat involves paying someone else to cook you
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Coyote Ugly, St Mary St, Cardiff: menu review
On June 24, 2018 by The Plate Licked CleanIf Boney M have taught us anything about Tsarist Russia, it’s this: not only was Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin a lover of the Russian queen, but he was a “cat that really was gone”. Furthermore, as “Russia’s greatest love machine”, “to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear”. So far, so good. Not all shared
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Tommy Heaney announces venue of new Cardiff restaurant (Exclusive- May 2018)
On May 20, 2018 by The Plate Licked CleanFans of ‘in this day in history’ are entitled to feel a little spoilt with June 25th. there’s plenty for everyone: whether it’s the start of the Korean War (bad), Ricky Gervais’ and George Michael’s birthdays (good) or Custer’s Last Stand (make your own mind up on that one), the date has more than its