The last few weeks have been insanely busy with work and house repairs and family occasions of all flavours. Family occasions leads me to my birth month, which I share with both parental units (pretty selfish of them I think) and thus leads to annual busyness and diary synchronisation. This year I had it all […]
Read More A Little Plug- The Loft at SudburyED 27.01.19 I must draw attention to witnessing first hand a change in management and service levels at DAW since the writing of this piece and also plainly voice my support for those people who have been discovered to have suffered abuse and harassment from Dan Doherty. What a dickhead. There’s been far too much […]
Read More Duck &WaffleSome time ago I said some pretty good things about Three Wise Monkeys in Colchester. I fear I won’t be repeating many of them here. It isn’t an easy decision to reverse a recommendation but I can’t help feeling that TWM has overlooked quality for quantity and in expanding the menu this far have stretched […]
Read More The Perfect Fishfinger Sandwich Hunt: Three Wise MonkeysWhat: Mixed menu of classic grills, veggie and vegan options and all sorts with comically prison themed dish names. Where: Behind and under Colchester Town Hall, entrance just off the High Street. How Much: £30-£40 a head three courses and drinks Overall: 7.5/10 The Cells boasts to be the only venue in the country where […]
Read More A Little Plug- The Cells, ColchesterWhat? Traditional Italian Where? Church Street, Colchester, CO1 How Much? Menu dependent, potentially ouchy for meat lovers, budget friendly for pasta fans Overall? almost but not quite 8/10 Il Padrino has been open some three years in Colchester and I must confess to not having heard that much about it. To be honest Italian isn’t […]
Read More A Little Plug-Il PadrinoWhat? Cake, ice-cream, cookies, pie, milkshakes. Where? 251 East 13th St for review purposes, others across NYC and nationally How much? Cookies starting at $2 Overall: 11/10 Let me just get this out of the way. OH MY GOOD HEAVENS THE ICE CREAM!!!!!! Ok here we go- I saw a restaurant listed close to our […]
Read More The New York State of Mind- Milk BarWhat? Modern pub grub Where? Crouch Street, Colchester, Essex How Much? Ranges with menu up to £25 a head with desserts and sides etc Overall: 8/10 Ah, the Kings Arms. Or if you are over 30 and local to Colchester, The Hogs Head. If you need to ask, you weren’t […]
Read More A Quick Plug- The Kings Armsed 29/12/16- Johnny Mac’s changed hands after some 15 years in autumn 2016 and was renamed shortly thereafter. Menu changes and subtle re-branding are sneaking in as the year ends. So far, so OK. What- Traditional fish n chip shop Where- Church Rd, Brightlingsea, Essex. How much- Inexpensive, £5 a head to eat out £10 […]
Read More A Little Plug- Johnny Mac’s PlaiceWhat: Steak and seafood Where: Midtown Manhattan, 49th St & 3rd Ave How much: All in with wine $150+ pp without tip Overall: 9.9/10 There are many places my father has told me about many times with many details, which have been useful in creating mental pictures of places I am sure I will […]
Read More The New York State Of Mind- Smith & WollenskyWhat- Traditional and modern Lebanese/Eastern Mediterranean/Mezze Where- 208 1st Ave, between 12th & 13th Street How much- Mezze & wine for two $100 incl service Overall- 9/10 Once upon a time a girl from Essex became mildly obsessed with fattoush- a simple zingy middle eastern salad she learned from a Gizzie Erskine book. This same […]
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