What: Nepalese & Indian cuisine Where: Magdalen Street/St Botolphs, Colchester http://www.yakandyeticolchester.co.uk/ 01206 767606 How Much: from £20 a head for beers, popadums and two courses Overall: an undeniable 10/10 It’s always nice to be asked round for dinner, so an inbox invite from a flourishing curry house in the home town just after Christmas was […]
Read More Yak & YetiYou know that funny restaurant story that everyone has from a 90’s holiday to Cyprus or somewhere similar, where you eat at a safe middle-of-the-roady place for twelve dinners in a row then on your last night, scraping out all your coins before you fly home, you take the potential gut biome defence challenge and […]
Read More AlbattaWhat: South Indian Cuisine Where: 27 Waterside , Brightlingsea, CO7 0AY How Much: £20-£25 a head Overall: 9/10 When it comes to memories of a town, so many people associate my little corner of the world on the Essex Coast with that brilliant little Indian near the water. It’s called Kovalam, it was on my list of […]
Read More A Little Plug- Kovalam RestaurantI’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 MemoirsSome 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? 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 Arms
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