55 day aged beef from Cardiff Butcher at Ember

I was sat in a pub in pub in the Pembrokeshire Countryside a few weeks back, sipping on a pint of local ale whilst catching up on some socials. We’d been busy walking around Cardigan all day, then me foolishly braving the March Welsh sea by taking a plunge. I noticed that Milk & Sugar […]

Dinner in the sky Brussels

There’s a dinning experience coming to town in April, that is like no other Cardiff has hosted previously. For 5 days from April 10th 2019, some of the best independent food and drink venue’s in Cardiff will be taking to the sky, offering breakfast, afternoon tea, fine dinning and cocktails on a table raised 100ft […]

Scallop dish at Host Copenhagen

Apart from Warpigs, we had been living off market food and just grabbing a bite to eat as and when we could since landing in Copenhagen, but I wanted to at least have one experience of Nordic cooking on our 3 day trip. After a bit of googling and a recommendation from a friend we […]

Warpigs bbq side dishes Copenhagen

I saw Warpigs on a Netflix food show, starring American hip hop star Action Bronson not too long ago and when we booked a trip to Copenhagen I put it on my hit-list of places to visit. I didn’t realise at the time that the venue was a collaboration between one of my favourite Danish […]

Middle Eastern Spiced Welsh Lamb lollipop recipe

Middle Eastern Lamb Lollipops Ingredients   Around 8 lamb cutlets. I used Welsh Lamb from my local market in Cardiff 1 tsp Aleppo pepper 1 tsp Urfa Biber / Urfa Pepper 1 tsp ground cumin 1 teaspoon sumac 1 salted lemon diced finely 1 large garlic clove grated finely 3 tsp pomegranate molasses 3 tsp […]

Adrian Albert's Desserts at Cakes and Bubbles - Hotel Cafe Royal - London

By a stroke of luck, we found out recently that Albert Adria was opening his first restaurant outside of Spain, after watching Top 50 best restaurants in the world on Netflix. We watched the episode on Albert and how he went from being awarded the best pastry chef in the world, working alongside his older […]

Gin and tonic at Head of Steam Cardiff

With the almost monthly opening of new cocktail bars on High Street Cardiff, it was a welcome addition to have the Head of Steam bar opening up next door to Beelzebubs on Church street this week. There’s lots of change going on down that neck of the woods in the city centre, with a lot […]

The chai panna cotta dessert for La Belle Assiette Private chef night in Cardiff

Have you ever fancied sitting at home with a glass of wine with friends, whilst someone sweats over a hot stove, cooking up a feast for you all and then does all the dishes too, so you don’t have to lift a finger? Well apart from topping up your guests wine and aeroplaning said feast […]

Hangfire smokehouse at Meatopia London 2018

London’s annual celebration of smoked and bbq’d meat at Tobacco Dock, aptly name “Meatopia”, has been on my hit list of summer events for a few years now. A post on instagram a couple of weeks before this year’s event still promoting tickets for the Sunday got my mind going overtime. I’d already booked a […]

Shakshuka recipe - Turkish eggs

Shakshuka Ingredients Tin of good quality plum tomatoes. Go for whole not chopped 1 pepper chopped into chunks 1/4 of a pack of feta Bunch of parsley chopped 2 cloves of garlic grated 1 red onion diced 1 teaspoon cummin seeds 1 teaspoon Paprika 2 teaspoons tomato puree 1 teaspoon mixed middle eastern spice (I […]