Food and travel blog focusing on food travel and sight-seeing, from Cardiff to the Caribbean
No matter how many times I visit the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales, I’m always filled with awe when I step inside. With two intricately-carved wooden dragons and a pair of life size trees, the entrance foyer is breathtakingly beautiful. Tucked away towards the left of the entrance, the Terry M restaurant is easy to miss, but this […] Read more…
Bill’s Restaurant, Cardiff The start-up success story behind Bill’s Restaurant helps to make it a keen contender when choosing somewhere to dine out. The restaurant’s roots lie in a small greengrocer’s stall in Lewes, Sussex, owned by Bill Collison. When the stall was destroyed by flooding in 2000, Bill re-opened on a bigger site as […] Read more…
Last night marked the next stage of my journey in exploring Cardiff’s independent Japanese restaurants; something I talked about in my previous review of Tenkaichi on City Road, Cardiff. This time, I was lucky enough to visit Yakitori #1 in Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, having heard endless streams of praise about the restaurant since it […] Read more…
Since enjoying my very first taste of Japanese cuisine last year at Wagamama, I’ve been itching to visit an independent Japanese restaurant to see how the authenticity of the food compares to that of a chain. This week I began exploring what Cardiff’s Japanese restaurants have to offer, starting at Tenkaichi Sushi and Noodle Bar, […] Read more…
Hypnotised by bagels Walking through the old part of St David’s Centre recently, my eyes were drawn to a new food outlet that has popped up next to the Build-a-Bear Workshop. Specifically, I found myself staring at the seemingly endless rows of bagels printed all over the walls. I was almost hypnotised by bagels. Look at the picture above for long […] Read more…