Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales . Uncategorized
‘Twosday’ from Thomas by Tom Simmons, Pontcanna, Cardiff
On June 20, 2024 by The Plate Licked CleanThis ‘Twosday’ meal at Pontcanna’s Thomas was one of those ‘invitation’ things. It’s important you should know that. You’ll have your views on the authenticity of these things I’m sure, but transparency matters, doesn’t it? You should know I was asked to Thomas, and that I didn’t pay for anything we ate or drank. You
Cardiff . Restaurants in Wales . Uncategorized
Poca, Pontcanna, Cardiff: review
On July 9, 2023 by The Plate Licked CleanI once stood in a car park waiting for friends from Bristol to join me at The Humble Onion. On a dark mizzly Thursday night, I watched them walk past the turn a couple of times. It was an apt image for Antonio Simone’s cooking: simultaneously good enough to merit the best part of a
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West Pizza, The Laundry Quarter, Pontcanna, Cardiff: review
On March 31, 2023 by The Plate Licked CleanPizza by the slice isn’t something that has caught on in Cardiff. RomEat does it very well, of course, and their Roman-leaning style is notable for its crisp olive oil-enriched base. Generally, the city is dominated by the Neapolitan style: small, soupy-centred, the rim buckshot-scorched with blisters, turning us all into pomodoro pundits and cornicione