Food and travel blog focusing on food travel and sight-seeing, from Cardiff to the Caribbean
I’ve been meaning to visit Crȇpeaffaire since it opened earlier this year in St David’s Centre, next to Hugo Boss. The café and bakery joins six of its kind throughout the UK, and with another due to open soon in Hamburg, it looks as though Crȇpeaffaire are going international. Whenever I walk past the Cardiff branch, the banana-yellow front always catches […] Read more…
One of my friends recently announced that she’s going vegetarian, and to show my support I took it upon myself to find a good local vegetarian restaurant for us to visit. There appears to be somewhat of a lack of vegetarian restaurants in Cardiff but I stumbled across a place called Vegetarian Food Studio, which has a great reputation. As […] Read more…
Last Saturday, I went to the Imperial Cafe on Cardiff’s Splott Road for lunch with my Dad. He is rather fond of the cafe as he dined there many years ago, but I wasn’t expecting anything special – just your average greasy spoon – or so I thought… Known affectionately by the locals as Joe’s Cafe, the Imperial Cafe is owned […] Read more…
Arriving at Browns Bar and Brasserie in Cardiff, my friend Sian and I are greeted almost immediately by a friendly, smartly-dressed waiter. He politely escorts us to a table next to the full-length windows – the perfect spot for people-watching. Celebrating their 40th birthday this year, Browns are a self-proclaimed “all-day brasserie”, serving food “close to people’s hearts.” […] Read more…
There’s something that sets Shaam Nights apart from the string of exotic food outlets lining Cardiff’s City Road. Sat on the corner of Pearson Street on the site of former restaurant Can Zaman, Shaam Night’s striking orange front serves to draw in passers-by, whilst the wooden flower border and hanging baskets create an idyllic vibe. Inside Shaam Nights, the rustic tiled floor is […] Read more…