[contact-form][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Website’ type=’url’/][contact-field label=’Comment’ type=’textarea’ required=’1’/][/contact-form] Dear readers you know my favourite places to eat and just by looking through the blog you will see how often the Vineyard is mentioned. Hell, it was the place I chose to get married, indeed my only regret of the whole day […]
Tag: canapes
The Newbury in Newbury – great places both
When The Newbury Pub has an event then it is worth noting and putting in the diary. We have a lot of chain restaurants in Newbury and I am sure they are pretty good but I specialise in the independents. Pete Lumber has been a real gift to Newbury, he has invested so much in […]
Blandys Bistro a great secret venue in Kintbury
The Vineyard – Daniel Galmiche, such a nice chap
Newbury Racecourse the perfect partner with West Berkshire Mencap
Warning, blatant advertisement for West Berkshire Mencap Race Day Friday 4th March 2016 The cooking at Newbury Racecourse is just wonderful and is a major draw to West Berkshire Mencap’s annual Race Day. It is high quality dining that our guests enjoy (along with the wine) to make a day that many organisations and individuals […]
Brebis West Berkshire Mencap Dinner Fundraiser
For those that follow my facebook page you will know that I have been banging on about minimising, getting rid of ‘stuff’ and having experiences instead. Read that as you will but in my case I have been asking for meals out as birthday and Christmas presents. I love food as you know and if […]
Just a quickie – hospital tomorrow – eating today!
The melodramatic bit. Having had SIX months of different hospitals trying to pass me off to any other hospital because they don’t want to delve into my innards (and I actually find that quite offensive, surely my innards are cute and entertaining) I now discover I need TWO surgeons to be present and the op […]
Two tier system
Is it because I am British or just a free loader that I love it when hotels have an extra layer that entitles you to your own lounge with canapes (swoon), afternoon tea and cocktails? #hotels #hoteliers – I am sure there is a good reason for this and for those that know about me […]
Taste of Christmas at the Vineyard 2013
This was indeed magnificent. I should have realised when I got the last parking space in the car park and another 100 cars had to park elsewhere. The Vineyard was buzzing and as I entered the lobby I saw with delight that it had turned into a stunning Christmas market. On the right were the […]
Le Manoir – Family lunch
A huge thank you to my mum, Rachel Littlewood, for taking us to Le Manoir for an amazing lunch. First of all we had a walk round the most beautiful gardens, well my sisters walked and my mother and I stumbled as we are weak and weedy. The gardens are absolutely magnificent, kept by 8 […]
Bladebone June 2013, perfect sharer (unless you are me in which case a perfect non sharer) also the case for canapes
This is a really delicious sharer (non) for so many reasons. Look at the thick slice of ham, it tasted of ham not water, it was full of flavour and porkiness, as was the ham hock terrine, that very big and fat slice on the right which was supreme. New to the table was the […]
Canapes, just canapes but wow the Vineyard is spectacular
I think I have made it very clear how much I love the Vineyard at Stockcross, I may have also mentioned that my favourite two food groups are champagne and canapes which the Vineyard excel at. The event I attended was to promote the West Berkshire Business Awards (they have put in a community/charity category […]