Food and travel blog focusing on food travel and sight-seeing, from Cardiff to the Caribbean
When the Celtic Manor Resort invited me along to review their newest restaurant, The Rib Smokehouse and Grill at Coldra Court Hotel in Newport, South Wales, I didn’t really know what to expect. The number of smokehouses in and around Cardiff has been slowly increasing over recent years, no doubt inspired by the success of […] Read more…
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…
Situated just outside Cardiff, Newport isn’t the first place I would’ve thought of going for a fine dining meal – until now. Mojo the Food Bar is based in Clarence House on Clarence Place, just over the bridge from the roundabout that leads on to Newport train station, and towards the new shopping centre, Friar’s Walk. […] Read more…
Earlier this month, the five-star Celtic Manor Resort opened its first Asian fine dining restaurant, Cen (pronounced ‘sen’) at Celtic Manor with Larkin Cen, 2013 BBC Masterchef finalist and former co-owner of Hokkei, a popular pan-Asian pop-up and takeaway based on Crwys Road, Cardiff that went into administration in early January. Whilst I was sad to see Hokkei […] Read more…
This weekend, I was lucky enough to be invited to the five-star Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales for afternoon tea with a guest. I visited the resort for lunch last year with friends (here’s my review of Celtic Manor’s Terry M restaurant) and it was one of the best restaurant reviews I’ve ever done, […] Read more…