Category Archives: restaurant reviews
Sam’s On The Road get the wagons out for some al fresco dining in Cornwall
Summer in the UK is an oxymoron. I’m sorry Caroline Quentin but while the sun always shines on TV it doesn’t always shine in England’s poorest county. A premature burst of rays in May might delude us into flipfloppèd white-legged … Continue reading
Posted in Cornwall, restaurant reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Caroline Quentin Cornwall, Fergus Henderson, Gordon Ramsay, pop up, The Hidden Hut
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The Friday Review: Oliver’s Falmouth
It’s not often that I sit down to a menu and want to try everything. Literally. The January menu at Oliver’s, Falmouth is one such example. Call it greed but I’d much rather lay the blame firmly with the owner … Continue reading
Posted in Cornwall, restaurant reviews
Tagged Mary Berry, Oliver's Falmouth, Paul Hollywood
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Paul Ainsworth at No. 6 Padstow finally gets his Michelin star
Whenever I talk to people about the slate-roofed Grade II-listed house sandwiched between Stein outlets that is Paul Ainsworth’s No. 6, the response has always been the same. Until now. The question, “Why hasn’t he got a Michelin star yet?” … Continue reading
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Tagged Fifty Shades of Grey, michelin star, Nathan Outlaw, No.6 Padstow, Paul Ainsworth, Rick Stein
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The Wild Fire Banquet Boys pop up on Bodmin Moor
“Roads? Who spoke of roads? We go by the moor and the hills, and tread granite and heather as the Druids did before us.” As I drove round one more beech-hemmed bend, looking for the stone bridge indicated on the … Continue reading
Food & drink dream team hit the mark at Relish pop-up dinner, Wadebridge
Food by a top Cornwall chef, booze selected by a pro, and coffee and cheese prepped and chosen by a deli owner and 2008 UK barista champ? Forget fantasy football (in fact I have been trying hard to forget any … Continue reading
If you go down to the Woods Café, you’re sure of a piece of cake…
The latest food trend is something that (thankfully) can never be bottled and sold. Take one pinch of birdsong, a sprinkling of grass and lashings of fresh air and you are Eating Outside. A challenge for supermarkets to replicate, yet … Continue reading
Cornwall’s Hidden Hut comes out of hiding
The Hidden Hut, Porthcurnick Food tastes better outside. Fact. And food this good tastes exceptional outside. Simon and Jemma of the Hidden Hut have only been here since Easter 2011, yet have been featured on TV, sold out of upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Cornwall, restaurant reviews, seasonal
Tagged Caroline Quentin, ITV Cornwall, The Hidden Hut
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An evening of mastery and passion, beer and crème brûlée
Tom Kerridge & Nathan Outlaw Masterclass, 5 December 2011 (photo courtesy of David Griffen) Monday night in winter in Rock and second-home-syndrome means you’d be more likely to catch a glimpse of a flip-flopped zombie in a ghost town than … Continue reading
Posted in cookery course, restaurant reviews
Tagged Davidstow cheese, Nathan Outlaw, Tom Kerridge
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River Cottage Canteen Plymouth
Last week, the doors of middle class rural idylldom were thrown open to urban sprawl. River Cottage meet the city of Plymouth. A brave move and a welcome injection of provenance pedigree to a city that is upping its gastro … Continue reading
