I heard our Sizzling Chicken long before the gloriously fragrant, intrinsically Cantonese ginger/spring onion/chicken combo wafted our way, heralding the imminent arrival of one of our main courses. And it led me to thinking… Of our five basic human senses, hearing is probably the last on the list when it comes to how we connectContinue reading “The Peking, Kingsmead Square, Bath”
Category Archives: Food for Thought
Budō, Argyle Street, Bath
On paper, the pitch is doomed to fail: let’s establish a pop-up Izakaya (Izakaya being a style of local tavern found in neighbourhoods all over Japan, serving small plates of food to enhance the pleasure of drinking with friends) in a refurbished Jacobean dining room upstairs from our pub in Bath city centre. Oh, andContinue reading “Budō, Argyle Street, Bath”
Flute, George Street, Bath
As the Anglo-Irish satirist and author Jonathan Swift once said, “he was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” Indeed; I mean, they’re a bit weird-looking, aren’t they? But I was once that bold (wo)man, eating an oyster for the very first time almost two decades ago (at the start of a cookery class,Continue reading “Flute, George Street, Bath”
Green Park Brasserie, Green Park Road, Bath
I love Green Park Brasserie. Okay, that’s hardly an original thought; the lively, multi-faceted restaurant, bar and live music merrymaking zone situated on the buzzing Green Park Road/James Street West intersection opened its doors in Bath back in 1992, around the same time I too made a home for myself in the city. While GPBContinue reading “Green Park Brasserie, Green Park Road, Bath”
Indian Temptation, Bath
“Is everything alright with your meal?” In this instance, nobody asked – and to be frank, I don’t think anybody cared. I don’t want to be one of those power-tripping pompous people who highlights every minor service deficiency (usually in a very loud voice). I don’t want to write reviews that put people off eatingContinue reading “Indian Temptation, Bath”
Soyful’s Kitchen, Midsomer Norton
“Midsomer Norton, though? Isn’t that a bit of a long-haul, off the beaten track?” Imagine a Londoner living in Hammersmith saying that about Finsbury Park, or a Brooklyn-dweller talking about a flit into central New York: it just wouldn’t happen. Okay, so the only direct comparison between the journey from Bath to Midsomer Norton isContinue reading “Soyful’s Kitchen, Midsomer Norton”
The Prandial Playground’s ‘…beyond’ Foray #1: Bournemouth
Friday The number 7 features highly on the Bournemouth fun facts list; the historic resort town in the borough of Dorset boasts 7 miles of sandy beaches, attracts 7m visitors a year and gets an average of 7.7 hours of sunshine during the summer months… …or not, as the case may have been when weContinue reading “The Prandial Playground’s ‘…beyond’ Foray #1: Bournemouth”
Bandook Kitchen, Milsom Place, Bath
Milsom Place – the heart of Bath’s ‘Milsom Street Quarter’, don’cha know, and currently at the heart of a major B&NES remake/remodel/refurb discussion too – could be described as the Bath equivalent of, say, London’s Covent Garden, or Liverpool’s Georgian Quarter, or Edinburgh’s Stockbridge: an ancient-meets-modern urban sanctuary (in Bath’s case, based around a historicContinue reading “Bandook Kitchen, Milsom Place, Bath”
The Prandial Playground, Bath and Beyond... 