Duck ‘n’ Doughnuts – A Marriage Made in Heaven?…Delicious food at dizzy heights – @DuckandWaffle
Duck ‘n’ Doughnuts – A Marriage Made in Heaven? Before I tell you about the food experience at Duck & Waffle. One word of advice, if your partner has a nervous disposition or an aversion to heights, I suggest that it might be pertinent to have a snifter or...
Field to Plate at The Pot Kiln – WARNING graphic images
Field to Plate at The Pot Kiln A while ago I was lucky enough to be invited on a press trip to Mike Robinson’s The Pot Kiln and The Game and Wild Food Cookery School in Frilsham nr Yattendon. I am huge advocate of the education of ‘field to plate’ to help...
Two Greedy Italians…One Hungry English Girl
So, with Carluccio’s landing in Reigate, we decided to leave it a few weeks before we tried it out. Let the staff and the restaurant itself bed in for a while. Bookings for Carluccio’s had been full from day one, so we were surprised that we could book a...
The Land of Smiles in Surrey
Aroy in Reigate The last time I ate soft shell crab I was sitting on top of the Bangkok skyline at the Banyan Tree’s Vertigo Restaurant (if you ever get the chance..do it!). This time I am sitting upstairs in a Grade II listed building in the centre of a...
Little Italy or Little Reigate?
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore…or it is? So another chain restaurant is opening in Reigate. Yes and this time it’s Carluccio’s, well according to The Caterer today which is advertising jobs for Reigate. Much as I love Italian food and do...
Thrills at Bill’s?
Everyone Likes a Freebie! After a very lubricated Saturday night with two chums, experiencing the ‘oh dear, we’ve ended up in the After Dark club’ moment, a breakfast of fair substance was required the following morning. There was a unanimous vote for Bill’s as the sun was shining and...
Côte du Reading
Côte du Reading After a fabulous weekend of serious alcoholic celebration of the Royal Wedding and the Reading Beer Festival, Sunday proved to be an equally chilled day starting with a full Irish breakfast in O’Neill’s and then a wander around the wonderful waterways and landmarks of Reading in...
Is Giraffe all it’s cracked up to be?
Many of my fellow tweeters have been raving about Giraffe, so only thought it was worthy of a visit to find out for myself. Rainy and miserable, I arrived at around 1.30 on Saturday afternoon with my lucky lunch companion and fellow tweeter (FT). We were greeted amiably and...
Push Chair Brigade Invade
After a morning meeting on Tuesday, I decided to toddle along and try out the Alto Lounge in Caversham to have a glass of vino and type up my notes. I was willingly greeted as I walked through the door but have to say I was not sure whether...