This weekend has been beautifully sunny, and I headed to the Festival of food and drink at Clumber Park, to delight in all the food and drink I could. By the time we got there it was extremely hot, much hotter than any of us anticipated, and I really regretted wearing jeans. As we approached…
Be At One Bar – Nottingham
The newest cocktail bar in town, Be At One, opens it doors tonight, and I headed down for the launch last night. What a night! It’s where Tantra used to be, but couldn’t be more different. Not a bed, or pole, in sight. The bar is huge, impressively stocked, and kept clean and tidy at…
The Slug & Lettuce – Derby
I nipped out on my lunch break today to the Slug and Lettuce in Derby to see my lovely friend Emily. We chose it as it was convenient for me, cheap as chips on a week day and Emily promised the food was good. It was fairly busy when we arrived, but we bagged a seat…
Bar Iberico – Nottingham
Last week a man took me to dinner. A real life, bearded man, with nice eyes, took me out. Let’s call him LBM – the Leicester Beardy Man. I don’t usually blog about my dating life, because quite frankly it is ridiculous. I have had the ‘moaner’ , the ‘let’s slate your job’ guy, the…
Great Food & Drink Festival – Calke Abbey
It was a cold, rainy, miserable day yesterday when my housemate and I rocked up at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire, for the Great Food and Drink Festival run by All About Tourism. We paid £8 each to get in, and thankfully there wasn’t a queue so we could look around pretty quickly. We arrived at…
My Olive Focaccia Recipe
@charlieandivys bread dippers go beautifully with my #Olive #Focaccia #Recipe #fdbloggers #bread
Hide Burger Bar – Derby
Meeting an old colleague for dinner in Derby on Friday night was stressful. Neither of us are au fait with the area so a quick jump onto trip advisor bought up Hide Burger Bar. Coming in 12th it seemed like a good shout, and as we headed there I realised I had eaten a really…
Cosmo – Nottingham
Cosmo… Out of this world?? Having tried most of the buffet restaurants in Nottingham, and finding them lacking in both service and cuisine, I wasn’t particularly interested when Cosmo opened its doors a little under year ago. My best friend (or to quote Friends, my ‘GalPal’) Trace, who I’ve not seen in a couple of…
Brockleby’s Pies
I bought a Brocklebys Pie from the South Notts Food Festival in the rain last weekend, having seen them at the Notts Food Fest a couple of weeks before. I had already bought too much there though and that meant I couldn’t carry any more, so I was glad they had popped up again. Based just…
Escabeche – West Bridgford
As you will all know if you have read my post about Baresca, I love Tapas. I also love Escabeche. I’ve been a fair few times, one memorable date with an older man (he turned out to be a bit of a douche) and last week, for lunch, with my lovely ex workmates. The atmosphere…
Freshly Spiced
When I was asked to review the Freshly Spicedbest range of homemade spice blends, I jumped at the chance. Tom, the mastermind behind Freshly Spiced, wanted to provide natural spice blends and spices without additives. Tom creates all his blends from scratch, in his home, and chatting to him I could feel his passion and…
Notts Food Fest – Wollaton Par
Having just arrived home from the Nottingham Food Festival held at Wollaton Park this weekend, I couldn’t wait to get back and blog about it. It started off a little bit cloudy, but by 2 PM the sun was blazing and we had a fantastic day. Living heritage, the guys who organise the Northampton and Sandringham…