May 15
Y Polyn, Carmarthenshire
posted by: Gomez in Lunch, Restaurant Reviews on 05 15th, 2012 | | 1 Comment »

We had just spent a few hours wandering around a cold and windy Carmarthen. Despite a pleasant visit to the new market where we found an excellent butcher with home cured meats and bacon, a great organic vegetable seller and a little old lady selling home made cakes we found nowhere that took our fancy […]

Apr 8

Finding a decent place to eat on a Monday night isn't always easy but when it's your Wedding Anniversary and the wife wants to go 'somewhere new', the pressure is really on. So imagine my relief when I discovered that somewhere I'd been meaning to go for a while, had just started to open on […]

Mar 19

Where do you go on a Friday night for a reasonable meal if you don't want to spend a fortune and your dining companion has a list of don't eat ingredients longer than a decent food encyclopedia? Well you could certainly do worse than pay a visit to The Village Kitchen and Bar in Whitchurch. […]

Jan 16
Purple Poppadom, Cardiff
posted by: Gomez in Restaurant Reviews on 01 16th, 2012 | | 1 Comment »

I’ve been following the career of Chef Anand George, since discovering him in the early days of Mint and Mustard. In fact I first reviewed M&M back in September 2008, when I was still randomly posting on Blogger.com (click here to read). You can tell it was early days as you got three chocomosa for […]

Oct 2
The Hand & Flowers, Marlow
posted by: Gomez in Dinner, Restaurant Reviews on 10 2nd, 2011 | | 5 Comments »

  "Never trust a skinny cook" it used to say on an apron hanging in my mother's kitchen. I, like Mr. Kerridge, have little danger of being described with the adjective "skinny". Although I'm sure that this similarity wasn't the only reason that I wanted to eat Tom Kerridge's food pretty much the moment I […]

Aug 7
Crown Social, Cardiff
posted by: Gomez in Dinner, Restaurant Reviews on 08 7th, 2011 | | 2 Comments »

I think I was one of the first local foodies to pick up on the fact that “ex Michelin two star Chef Martin Blunos” was going to open a restaurant in Cardiff. The fact that he was going to do it in conjunction with Crown Hotels and Restaurants (CHR), owners of the one Michelin star […]

Jul 9

Ever since I was a kid, I've always loved looking at maps. In those days it was maps in encyclopaedias and atlases. Then, in my days as a Rally Navigator, it was Ordnance Survey maps with all their incredible detail. These days, of course, anyone interested in maps or cartography is living in the golden […]

May 31
.cn Restaurant, Cardiff
posted by: Gomez in Dinner, Restaurant Reviews on 05 31st, 2011 | | No Comments »

“13 weeks,” said Nathan, our waiter, in answer to my question of how long had .cn been open.  I liked Nathan and not just because apart from MrsA, the niece and myself he was the only other Westerner there. I liked Nathan because he was extremely helpful and seemed to enjoy answering all our questions […]

May 7
Tribe Tribe, Cardiff
posted by: Gomez in Dinner, Restaurant Reviews on 05 7th, 2011 | | No Comments »

I don't know when I first came across Tribe Tribe. I know it was sometime last year, but whether it was pointed out to me or I discovered it's website by chance I cannot recall. What I do know is that immediately I saw the web site I thought it could be interesting and I […]

Apr 22
The Hardwick, Abergavenny
posted by: Gomez in Dinner, Restaurant Reviews on 04 22nd, 2011 | | No Comments »

I've been to The Hardwick about 5 times before, ate food cooked by Stephen Terry at a banquet at the National Botanical Garden of Wales and also at a Chef's demo evening at The Tithe Barn in Abergavenny. You could say I'm a fan.   So when MrsA suggested we help celebrate the Bank Holiday […]

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