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I Giardini Di Sorrento, City Road, Cardiff
On July 1, 2016 by The Plate Licked CleanI Giardini di Sorrento bills itself as ‘Coffee House-Bar-Kitchen’, though that doesn’t really do it justice. It’s certainly not formal dining, and as such it fits in well on City Road, but this isn’t a café knocking out a few token sandwiches as an afterthought. Today’s specials of lobster and T-bone are a giveaway, though
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Dusty Knuckle Pizza, Canton
On April 28, 2016 by The Plate Licked CleanThis, right here, is stone cold proof of the burgeoning street food culture in Cardiff. It’s a story of people backing their gut, their passion, and making things happen. That Dusty Knuckle have made the transition from popup to permanent in the courtyard of local brewers Crafty Devil, who themselves seem to have gone from
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales
Zi’s Café, Woodville Road, Cardiff
On April 17, 2016 by The Plate Licked CleanZi’s Cafe is one of those places. Places which aren’t social media stars, places which are notable by their absence in the self-promotion stakes, but places which you hear praised and recommended far too often for that acclaim to be groundless. It shouldn’t have taken me this long to try it. Now next door to their
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BJ’s Burger & Juice Bar, Penarth Road, Cardiff
On April 10, 2016 by The Plate Licked CleanYou know that bit in that Simpsons episode ‘Lisa the Vegetarian’- the school information film ‘Meat and You, Partners in Freedom’, where actor Troy McClure* runs his finger along the spine of a cow, as you would the rim of a mixing bowl, then sucks it and pronounced it delicious? Yep, that’s basically me. So
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Science Cream, Castle Arcade, Cardiff
On March 10, 2016 by The Plate Licked CleanI often wish I’d been better at Chemistry when I was in school. It was that combination of me not finding it easy to grasp, and a teacher who was so knowledgeable in his cherished field that he found it hard to descend to my level. This all led to me viewing the subject with
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Hendrick’s ‘G’n’Tea’ at The Park Plaza, Cardiff
On February 26, 2016 by The Plate Licked CleanI didn’t think I was going to like this. Quietly, afternoon tea has very much become A Thing recently and most hotels now have their own slice of a lucrative market. Not my kind of Thing, though: in my mind it’s musty and prissy. It’s dainty-for-the-sake-of-it, finicky food. It’s what my old Prof (he was