I bloody love Korean food, and since the recent closures of Surakhan on Park Row and Kimchi Kim on Gloucester Road, I’ve found my choice even more limited. Of course there are still the very brilliant Dain Korea on Gloucester Road (good value, extensive menu, BYO) and Sky Kong Kong next to the Bearpit (daily-changing… Read More Review: Tuk Tuck, Bristol
They had me at ‘Rhubarb & Custard Vodka’ – and damn, it was good too. So when local tasty booze merchants Espensen Spirit announced that they would be opening a bar in my old stomping ground of Easton (well, Whitehall, but it’s only a hop skip and a jump away) I was overjoyed. Bristol Spirit… Read More Review: Bristol Spirit + Wing’s Diner
Lately, I’ve had a lot of chippy dinners, not sure what it is but I’ve been craving chips, drenched in vinegar and salt with a side of curry sauce and a sausage in batter (or battered sausage for those outside of Wales). So when it was a kind of rainy day and after a few… Read More Review: Seafood Shack, Cardiff
St Michael’s Hill has long provided a top notch pub crawl route in the city centre (although I’ve always advised making your way in a downhill direction, much easier on a tummy full of beer), and it just got one pub longer… The Cotham Arms was a bit of a surprise arrival for me, following… Read More Review: The Cotham Arms, Bristol
For such a small street, I’ve always thought that Cotham Hill has a weird abundance of Indian restaurants, and not the high end ones like The Mint Room or Nutmeg, or the authentic, chilled ones like Chai Shai – nope, these were all curry houses with takeaway deals, aimed at the student and drunken masses… Read More Review: Chai Pani, Bristol
One of my fondest childhood memories is being at Butlins with my family and my Aunty Shell ordering a pudding just to give to me so that I could have both of the options on the menu – one time we both ordered Key Lime Pie because it’s my favourite and I got to have… Read More Bristol Pudding Society
No.1 Harbourside has always been in my top city centre recommendations since it opened in 2010 – it’s a refreshingly relaxed bar-restaurant in a section of the harbour which is otherwise mostly populated with large chain bars, and as appealing as those wine deals can be, sometimes I just want to sit in a quiet… Read More Review: No.1 Harbourside, Bristol
Tapas Revolution has been making a bit of a name for itself not just in tapas circles, but general restaurant circles since this modest chain (there are 7 branches across the UK at the time of writing) first launched in London in 2010. Part of this has to do with the brand’s charismatic founder, chef… Read More Review: Tapas Revolution, Bath
I missed out on the last Coconut Chilli dinner in Bristol, and it sounded ridiculously good, so I was pleased to see an email pop up to tell me that another one was coming to town and that I was invited! Coconut Chilli originated in Bristol but are now based in London, with an online… Read More Coconut Chilli at Avery’s Cellars
In case you’ve somehow managed to miss this much-loved Bristol institution before now – The Ox is a small chain (2 in Bristol, 1 in Cheltenham) of plush restaurants, specialising in serving you some top notch meaty dishes. Until now, The Ox has been known as probably the best place in town to get a… Read More Review: The Ox, Clifton
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