Sometimes I think I cannot keep up with change over in restaurants. I wrote about the China Express sometime back only to return to find that its been replaced by the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty chain of restaurants started in Coventry and now is back with its specialty of hotpots and Chinese BBQ. My […]
I love parathas (roti paratha/canai) from home in Malaysia, we have it for breakfast with a dhall or fish curry. I was thrilled to see this small new eatery opposite the Pool Meadow bus station with a board advertising paratha wraps as snacks among others such as samosas and pakoras, the Indian Village. I was […]
A group of us went to the Blue Orchid for a meal – some wanted to try Thai but others were more familiar with Indian cuisine. This restaurant serves both, a definite plus in its favour when you have a mixed group! We had a lot of space to ourselves as well. Those of us […]
I’ve heard loads about Yauatcha – the ultimate place to eat dim sum, posh, the cool place to hang out. When Naomi suggested we went there for a dim sum lunch, I happily accepted. It meant going down to London but since it was to replace a trip to Paris I didn’t mind (I had […]
On Thursday night it was pouring with rain. We were not really hungry but it was dinner time and we’ve been to M&S to do some shopping. I felt like trying some different cuisine so I got Naomi to track down to Aqua for some Lebanese food. Naomi ordered some really nice Lebanese red to […]
Red Panda is tucked away in a quiet corner opposite Coventry Market. It is a Chinese buffet ‘eat all you can’ restaurant. But if you are in the know, you realise most of the Chinese clients there order a la carte. So we, Naomi and I, did, and they gave us appetisers – spicy cabbage, […]
Its been some time since I ‘ve been to the China Express. Somehow Chinese cuisine has become more and more like cuisine from mainland China, lots more Szechwanese hot spicy food, with chillies and Szechwan pepper. People I asked said it was due to the influx of Chinese students. It used to be that that Chinese […]
I ve been meaning to eat at Blue Bistro for sometime. I’ve passed it several times, its near where I live and the owner, Peter Dunkley, is super friendly on twitter (@blue_bistro ). I was happy to be able to make it last night. Blue Bistro is in Spon Street, the medieval part of town […]
I was in Bristol for a blogging mini conference. At the end of that conference on Saturday, went out for dinner on my own . I was tired but didn’t want to eat at the hotel, nice though it was – it seems so lame to have hotel food. I was near the Harbourside, the […]
The Eclectic Gourmand 