I am the cook in the family and, as such, responsible for creating delicious suppers 7 days a week. I do like cooking but, sometimes I want to take a break and go out for dinner. Other times, I want a break but am happy to stay home in my ‘comfies’ and have the equivalent […]
As April rolls into May, hopefully bringing some better weather, news has arrived at Corpulent Towers of a new beer festival in Llantwit Major. The Old Swan Inn, part of Knife & Fork Food Ltd (think Woods Brasserie and The New Conway) is having its first Beer Festival on the weekend of the 27th to […]
I was recently invited along to a spring showcase of Welsh food at ffresh in the Wales Millennium Centre. Ffresh, is committed to sourcing and serving the very best produce from Wales, and as such is the first restaurant to form a True Taste Partnership with Welsh Government. This is obviously working as ffresh not […]
On the 21st April I'm off to Birmingham to attend BlogCamp 2012. BlogCamp provides workshops and conferences for independent UK Bloggers. The idea is to help us bloggers to improve our blogs by sharing some practical advice on how to improve the reader experience. The event is fully booked, with a waiting list, so I'm […]
Regular readers of this blog will know that I recently got the opportunity to attend the 2011 Wales The True Taste awards in Llandudno. As someone who is a regular visitor to Welsh restaurants, gastro pubs, farmers markets, farm shops and local producers I have been aware of True Taste for some time, mostly due […]
I wasn't aware of Red Hot World Buffet until I got invited to the October 26th launch event for their new Cardiff Restaurant, which was to open the following day. I must admit that fixed price buffets are not normally high on my list of places to eat, although I'm a firm believer that everything […]
Disclosure – This post is about an event to which I was invited but didn't pay to attend. MrsA also attended by I paid in full for her ticket. The problem with being busy and also a bit lazy, is that when you are at an event with other bloggers they will invariably write […]
I was very lucky this week to be invited to attend the 10th Anniversary Wales the True Taste Food & Drink Awards 2011-12, in Llandudno. Over the next week or so I'll be posting some of my experiences of the event itself, and conversations with some of the producers I was lucky enough to meet. […]