I was asked to test out the relaunched Lurvill’sDelight recently. For those unaware of the brand or product it was born out of the Rhondda Valleys some 100 odd years ago by twin brothers Harold and Lolo Lewis. The story goes that the brothers used profits of the drink to pay for 150 local coal […]
Ingredients 2 packets ready cooker udon noodles (I used M & S) 2 dessert spoons kimchi chopped 1 clove garlic grated 4 spring onions chopped diagonally 1 teaspoon sesame seeds toasted sesame oil to season 2 egg yolks 1/2 stock cube 150ml boiling water 2 teaspoons gochujang paste Instructions Warm the ready cooked noodles in […]
We’ve been busting to try Owen from Bar 44’s new venture Asador 44 since following their instagram account since November 2016 although they only opened it’s doors about a month ago. It’s been a busy month of late so we set the date of sampling some old cow for my birthday last Friday. Asador the […]
Jols restaurant in Merthyr is churning out some of the best food in the north end of the valleys with head honcho Jamie o’Leary orchestrating things behind the kitchen. Jamie who was taken under the wings of Stephen Terry at The Hardwick and learnt his trade as sous chef at the Abergavenny fine dinning restaurant. […]
Ingredients 1 clove of garlic finely grated or chopped 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon mustard powder Juice of 1/4 of a lemon 4 teaspoons low fat greek yogurt 4 teaspoons mayo 30-40g crumbled blue cheese depending on preference. I used Cropwell Bishop Blue Stilton salt and pepper to taste Drizzle […]
Porro has been on my radar for a while now since I heard about the launch of the Wellfield Road addition and no more since my return from Italy last week. I’ve never been one for pasta to be honest but probably because I’ve only ever really had it at home and when your mum […]
So we were invited to the launch of Cardiff’s latest arrival on the ever expanding burger scene recently on 156 City Road aptly named Meat at 156. The burger joint is an independant set up by three friends and look like they are pitching at a hole in the market for good, no frills affordable […]
Having tried the best Pizza in Rome and wandering around St Peter’s Basillica with a blistered and beetroot red scalp for a while with no hope of beating the qeueues into the Vatican before close there was only one thing left to do…rehydrate with a cocktail of course! A quick scout online for the best […]
Me being me, we didn’t do any prior planning for Rome on where to go, what to see and where to eat so after a bit of wandering around the streets of Rome after a bit of sightseeing down at the Coloseum we stumbled on a building that looked so out of place amongst the […]
Tiny Rebel have recently teamed up with independant daily deal app / website Wriggle offering a couple of different discounts at the Westgate Street venue.I snapped up the 3 bottles for £7 deal last week with the Wriggle Cardiff app giving you any 3 bottles under 6% abv but you can get another £2 off […]