Rainbow Carrots -ultra bright variations on the usual orange variety to be found on farmers market shelves everywhere. Debatably higher in anti oxidants and unarguably prettier on the chopping board, we couldn’t resist trying these out. Point number one -they are considerably dearer than their orange cousins, roughly triple by weight. We tried them roasted, […]
Read More Are You Going To Eat…….Rainbow CarrotsYou know that friend that you have that you love and support as best you can then you have to sit there and watch them make horrible decisions that make their lives harder? You know, that friend who wants a white wedding and nine babies but only goes on dates with serial philanderers? Or that […]
Read More A sad customer’s plea to the commercial smallholders.Have I mentioned that as well as our foodie nights the lovely Victoria Inn also hosts Cheese Club once a month? Yes, that’s where select individuals ascend to the private room at the back and eat a load of cheese. And talk about cheese. Then eat a bit more cheese. I couldn’t wait to […]
Read More VIFC- Cooking With DairyThe Restaurant: Harvester Locations: Nationwide Specimen Venue: Colchester Menu: ‘Continental’ Buffet, unlimited hot items cooked to order Price: £2.99 (99p kids) all you can eat continental, £4.99 (£1.99 kids) to include hot items, bottomless coffee additional £2.25, other sundries available at further cost. Highlight: Good range on cold items Lowlight: see below! General Score: 5/10 […]
Read More The Breakfast Club- HarvesterJust a quickie but I’ve been meaning to have a bash at the cake recipe widely rumoured to be the favourite of The King himself for some time now. If there was a dude who knew how to eat, well, maybe we’ll get to Henry VIII another time but Elvis certainly did too! Think pound […]
Read More The Elvis Pound CakeNo, this is not a heritage heavy lecture to precede a geographically prejudiced recipe that dates back to Old King Cole (he was from Colchester you know). Nor a quirky, comical tale of how someone came up with a thin stew inspired by old school girl power advocate Boadicea, also a local lass. This is not […]
Read More Colchester SoupThe Restaurant: Toby Carvery Locations: Nationwide* Specimen Venue: Colchester Menu: Hot buffet* Price: £3.99 all you can eat, bottomless coffee additional £1.99, other additional sundries at cost depending on location* Highlight: Sausage and mushrooms* Lowlight: not great for restrictive diets General Score: 8/10 * *fairly serious variations between restaurants on price, inclusions and quality […]
Read More The Breakfast Club: Toby CarveryHello friends, and a happy new year to you and yours. I write these words on one of the rare occasions that I have snubbed a weekend treat out with Himself in favour of another half hour in bed but I am going to tell you about one of my favourite food related outings- and […]
Read More The Breakfast ClubAt a time that now seems many more moons ago than it probably was, the theme of Asia was drawn for the November meeting of the Victoria Inn Food Club. Actually referred to as cookery club these days but I prefer the FC acronym, so ner. Asia. Sadly the land mass and not the band, […]
Read More VIFC- Asian FoodAnother Saturday, another chance to try for a decent dinner out of the 2014 Valentines gift that is my slow cooker. As previously reported, successes have been sporadic so far. This week there was a pack of casserole beef and a rare unfinished bottle of red to be had, so a beef stew seemed obvious. […]
Read More Adventures in Slow Cooking- Light Beef Stew
Food. Boom. 