I’ve been meaning to check out Memoirs for some time- the now not-quite-new conversion of the old library in Colchester town hall into a fine dining restaurant. This was the first of several moves from the town hall to make more commercial use of the space there including The Cells in the old magistrates dungeons […]
Read More Afternoon Tea At MemoirsMeatopia: Periodic gathering of carnivorous foodies and trendies to have a massive BBQ manned by the current favourite chefs on the scene. Born in concept across the pond, Meatopia made it’s UK début at Tobacco Dock in Wapping last year to the simple promise of high quality, ethically sourced meat cooked on an open flame. […]
Read More MEATOPIAHave you seen that advert for Sky on Demand? You know, where Idris Elba is in a spectacularly tight jumper and goes on about great TV that everyone else is going on about and you have to mutter a comedy grumpy ‘I aven’t seeyn it’? Well that advert is how I have felt for some time […]
Read More Thoughts on GalvinAnyone remember that old TV advert for trying new things that you previously thought were rubbish that you might actually like and one of the things they suggested was Belgium, depicted by a lone cow in a flat field giving a long and forlorn moo? No? Well anyway I’ve been to Belgium a couple of […]
Read More Eating Ypres and A Night At Old Tom’sJamie Oliver. Now there’s a bloke who raises a mixed opinion. Yeah, he’s a bit of a nob with all the over affected Essex boyisms and unnecessary pounding of work surfaces and yes, his shows are often full of painfully scripted ‘friends and family’ who randomly turn up to devour and praise his makings but […]
Read More Jamie Oliver’s ItalianIt’s easy to get cynical about foodie events these days, particularly if one is restricted to public transport. In these parts, this pretty much leaves you to a few affairs in Castle Park and the Christmas market. I recently found out that most of the events around Colchester are organised by the same soulless money […]
Read More Mersea Food FestivalI’d be beyond remiss not to give a little shout out to Wilkin & Sons Tiptree Jam as we’re talking about local food marvels. Tiptree jam is manufactured at the Wilkin and Sons factory roughly ten miles from the spot I am typing this from, and it’s pretty famous in these parts. Now a trust run business, […]
Read More Eat Britain! Eat Tiptree Jam!ed March 2016- Pitt Cue has since relocated to the city, check their website for up to date location and booking details. Being obsessed with the edible is not a rare trait in my family I have to say and more often than not if we are not cooking and eating when we get together, […]
Read More Pitt Cue Co. Your new favourite restaurant.When considering the cuisine of Scotland, the first two things to come to this mind are haggis and whiskey. We’ll get to the former later, and start out instead on a tale of some hours spent on a sunny Thursday, just off the B9008 in Banffshire. I should make it clear early on, I’m not […]
Read More Foodie Day Trip- The Glenlivet Distillery
Food. Boom. 