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Restaurant review: Tasting Menu at Moksh, Cardiff Bay

Tandoori king prawn with curacao moilee, white chocolate chilli foam and smoked on the table with whisky wood smoke!

Seeing as this is the fourth time I’ve reviewed Moksh, this fine dining Indian restaurant based in Cardiff Bay needs no introduction. However, if you’ve never heard of this restaurant before (and if not, why?!), check out my three previous reviews of Moksh. Like the earlier tasting menus I’ve had the pleasure of sampling, Moksh’s latest […] Read more…

4 unusual Easter eggs you can buy at M&S right now

Colin the Caterpillar, Colin's Apple egg

With Easter Sunday just under a week away, if you haven’t already stocked up on your Easter eggs, you’d better hop to it. If you’re looking to surprise someone with an Easter egg a little less ordinary, take a look at the egg-citing range of eggs on offer at Marks and Spencer right now. Here are four […] Read more…

Restaurant review: Sunday lunch at The Dragonfly, Newport

Sunday roast dinner at The Dragonfly, Newport

Recently, I was kindly invited along to the review The Dragonfly in Coedkernew, Newport. A traditional country-style pub serving hearty comfort food, The Dragonfly was historically known as The Celtic Springs because of the sacred spring that lies to its east. Today, The Dragonfly is owned by the Vintage Inns group and it recently underwent […] Read more…

A wine-tasting journey through Catalonia with Inntravel

Wine, cheeseboard and grapes

My first ever wine tasting experience was when I was about 19, when my boss sent me along to a local art gallery on my own to ‘network’ (a word which filled teenage-me with dread) with upmarket business types. Overcome with nerves, I chose to swallow every gulp of wine I took – there was […] Read more…