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Restaurant review: Base & Barley – Queen Street, Cardiff

Sourdough pizza with toppings

Sadly, Base & Barley has now permanently closed. Lately, it seems like wherever you go in Cardiff, the sourdough pizza trend has taken over. From Locke and Remedy (now closed) and The Stable (both in the city centre) to pizza pop-up recently turned permanent restaurant, Dusty Knuckle Pizza Co (sadly now closed), sourdough pizza has […] Read more…

The (Great) Roath Bake Off goes out with a bang!

As a Cardiff-based food blogger, I’m ashamed to admit that up until this weekend, I’d never been to the Roath Bake Off before. Formerly known as The Great Roath Bake Off, The Roath Bake Off is a cake-making contest that sees dozens of budding bakers creating wonderful, weird and wacky cakes in a bid to […] Read more…

The ‘Chiquila’ Tequila Pairing Menu at Chiquito – The Old Brewery Quarter, Cardiff (Review)

Cod taco and Margarita cocktail

I was recently invited along to Tex-Mex restaurant, Chiquito in Cardiff’s Old Brewery Quarter for ‘Chiquila’ – an evening of street food and tequila pairing. This was the fourth Chiquila event that Chiquito has organised but significantly, the evening I attended in Cardiff was the first to take place outside London. When I caught a glimpse of the Chiquila pairing menu, […] Read more…