I would like to draw your attention to a marvellous product from a marvellous person- The Bhaji Man. I was lucky enough to be stationed next to the Bhaji Man at a recent food festival outing in my other life (http://www.facebook.com/happytummiestreats) and frankly, he’s awesome. A happy little fella peddling spice kits and chutneys to […]
Read More A Little Plug – The Bhaji Man!Salsa: Spanish language term for ‘sauce’, wildly overused in cookery terminology to describe all manner of hot and cold dips, drizzles, sides and accompaniments. see also: hip-wiggle heavy dance discipline dependent on black silk shirts and excessive amounts of hair gel. Like many a child of the 90s my first experience of salsa was of the […]
Read More Salsa SaladAqua 8– small but swanky mid price restaurant in central Ipswich offering ‘Creative Pan Asian’ cuisine and currently the top of my ‘Must Revisit’ list. I discovered them on recommendation for a half decent Chinese before a theatre outing in Suffolk’s county town, in doing so discovering the high point of an otherwise disappointing weekend. […]
Read More A Little Plug- Aqua 8As promised from the last VIFC review, full instructions for the slow cooked stew I cobbled together using commonly heralded ingredients from the era, rather than an actual recipe. Because I couldn’t find one. I must give due respect to the fellow foodies for all piling in for this without so much of a squeam […]
Read More Adventures In Slow Cooking- Medieval Stewed HeartIf I have ever moaned about a restrictive food club theme then this wasn’t it, as a quick google tells us that ‘Medieval’ times or the Middle Ages cover any dates from 500-1500 AD. Nice. Quite a lot to choose from then? Well, maybe. A quick chat confirmed that we all sought information from the, […]
Read More VIFC- Medieval NightHave 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 Carvery
Food. Boom. 