Ok I had to put this pic of Angela Hartnett up first as, amazingly, she used it as an advert for her next brilliant Smoked and Uncut festival at the Pig Hotels. She didnt realise it but that rather stalkerish looking person in the bowler hat is me! I had gone along, not just for […]
Tag: food
Mio Fiore
I am BACK!
Deep joy and happiness. After a hiatus of inertia, the epidemic, learning to live again after some of the worst experiences of my life I am finally back. I was in a hole of misery and couldn’t find a way out until I did. More on that over time. For now let me remind you […]
Day 2 of The Holiday
Sooooo …… we woke up in the Premier Inn and had a cooked breakfast which was ok, indeed the sausages were good, the tomatoes were anaemic, the water glasses were, as in every hotel, tiny but the staff were enthusiastic and friendly. I chatted to a fellow passenger to be by the toaster, you know […]
La Primavera Hungerford
Well did you know there was a wonderful Italian restaurant in Hungerford with its own pizza oven? It is at the bottom of Hungerford High Street and is so lovely inside, open fires, lots of little rooms, delightful staff and magnificent food. A picture of the inside, very well set out with open fires, secluded […]
The Angel – Woolhampton – excellent food has returned and some!
Oh I am so happy, this used to be a regular haunt of ours but a couple of years ago went downhill rapidly. Various dodgy dealings were involved that I know very little about but worst of all the food became rubbish. Now as you know there are may stabilities in my life, one, I […]
The Dew Pond, Old Burghclere – Rabbit Land
Oh this was exciting.  A trip to The Dew Pond, a fantastic restaurant in Old Burghclere which is virtually Watership Down. It was too dark to see any but I felt comforted just knowing that they were around in huge numbers. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love rabbits, I have a […]
L’Ortolan, oh YES
We arrived at L’Ortolan promptly so that I could do my interview for Kennet Radio with Sally Albin, the marketeer (is that the word). The place is beautiful, looks like an old extended vicarage with lots of separate rooms should you want to rent a room with style and tremendous food (and invite me please). […]
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 […]
Sirayane Boutique Hotel and Spa, Marrakech
I have been so slow in uploading this post that I am posting all the pictures of food together. We stayed at the Sirayane Boutique Hotel outside Marrakesh in Morocco and it was absolutely beautiful. Sorry that the pictures are not beautifully laid out but believe me the hotel was outstanding and we would return […]
Bladebone October 13 New menu new customers, thank you blog!
First of all such exciting news. We went to the Bladebone on Saturday to discover that a lovely couple had visited earlier in the week because they follow my blog!! Please identify yourselves, I am thrilled and delighted, mostly because I feel I am writing this for myself, friends and family, particularly the piggier ones […]
Donnington Valley Wine Press Restaurant
I dont know how many of you have gone to the Winepress Restaurant at the Donnington Valley. I visited it before my surprise trip to Morocco and was amazed at how good the quality of the food was and what amazing value. £22 for two courses or £28 for three courses. Seriously when you see […]
Pop Ups or Downs – Taste
When you go to eat, in particular when you go to have a great eating experience, what do you put that greatness down to? Let’s take the Vineyard as an example. A fantastic venue, fine art in every corner, a chef you just want to take home and keep in your cupboard because the food […]
Donnington Valley Spa – with food
The food post will come later, this is about the lovely spa that is based at Donnington Valley Hotel in Newbury. I was treated to a day there which was fabulous. My only concern is that I would be hungry but more of that later. After being offered a delicious berry smoothie, made freshly in […]
Italian Market, Reading 2013
What a wonderful surprise, we came into Reading to eat at Browns (a great place by the way) and came across don arancini, the Italian deli. They are based in London E20 but operate a street market which seems to travel around the country. This bread tasted very good, I bought a focaccia studded with […]
Festival Food Part Two, there was music as well apparently
The Roaming Rotisserie Oh my what a stall, run by a really nice bloke and was just the most tasty food yet so simple. Basically a ton of chickens on a rotisserie with new potatoes cooked underneath in the chicken juice. I could have gone back again and again. You can buy half or whole […]
Festival Food – my recommendations – Part One Moorish
As you all know I am very keen on Arabic food and was thrilled to find an Arabic/African generally from hot places food stall at Green Man. I have done an interview for Kennet Radio with the owner of Cafe Moor which is a restaurant based in Leeds but with a travelling festival section. There […]
Bull Inn Windlesham June 13
Smoked salmon with lemon and capers Prawn cocktail The most delicious garlicky prawns ever Crispy whitebait with tartare sauce British rib eye steak with port and stilton sauce and brandy, plentiful and well cooked Surf and turf, rib eye and four cirspy jumbo scampi British fillet steak with vegetables and peppercorn and brandy sauce  […]
Max Cafe, A4 near Woolhampton, not just for bikers!
Do you ever have one of those days when you just need to be satisfied by a particular thing, in my case usually peking dumplings or oysters. sometimes cod and chips and sometimes a full English breakfast (see picture above. Max Cafe is on the A4 near Theale and has been around for over 80 […]
The Newbury June 2013
This was an interesting dish, the cornichons and red onion jam were a lovely addition to what was quite a chunky rillette. One of the wonderful things about The Newbury is that they make their own bread which is wonderful. It is great to have a good quality dining place in the middle of Newbury […]