How lucky are we in Newbury to have two great Italian restaurants. Both family run and both with my usual warning of ‘use it or lose it’ (this doesn’t only apply to restaurants apparently 🙂 ) For quite a while this restaurant seemed to be nearly open and I wasn’t quite sure what was going […]
It was a Sunday when we wanted to go out for a good roast dinner, I havent tried The Spring Inn for a while so thought we would give it a go. It is one of those places that has had a varied life, like many places, and I have had some great meals […]
Ok Benjamino! You are off to uni in September and are, very wisely, asking about cooking. We have done the mass stew and spag bol learnathon and you know to get meat that works hard as it is cheaper and tastier slow cooked. It releases all those lovely juices that make the food so […]
Yesterday we went to Browns Brasserie for the first time. The whole experience was delightful, made even more so by the lovely Danilo who served us. It was a fairly grand setting with a pianist playing downstairs which was interesting and much nicer than tinned music. Chicken Liver and Brandy Parfait with rhubarb and tomato […]