Momofuku Noodle Bar: Columbus Circle

Momofuku Noodle bar was high on my list of places that I wanted to check out on this last trip to New York. Friends of mine from the upper east side had been banging on about David Chang’s noodle bar in the east village for ages, so I knew we just had to go I…

Sichuan Hot Pot Cuisine

Sichuan Hot Pot Cuisine is on Pell Street in NY Chinatown, we found ourselves here looking for dumplings after we had found that our old favourite the Excellent Dumpling House had closed down. To be honest we had been wandering around for about half an hour just getting more and more hungry so we just…

Red Flame Diner: Eggs, Bacon, Sausage

  The Red Flame Diner on W 44th Street in New York is one of your classic old school diners. Described by Google as your “Basic diner serving sandwiches, salads & other straightforward fare from sunup to midnight.” Their own website says “Enjoy real, home-style and gourmet food at great prices” It was pretty near…

Friedman’s at Chelsea Market: The Beer and Burger Special

Friedman’s at Chelsea Market is one of several locations that they run around the city, but this one at the market is the original that opened in 2009. Apparently Friedman’s was named after the famous economist Milton Friedman who popularized the phrase, “there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch” That is a mantra…

Fish and Chip Friday at The Three Crowns in Wymeswold

The Three Crowns pub in Wymeswold is one of the pubs in the Cat and Wickets pub co group formed by Dan Cramp and the cricketers Harry Gurney and Stuart Broad. I had heard about this place but hadn’t had a chance to stop in, so when we were driving along through Wymeswold and someone…

The Vesuvio Pizza at The Golden Fleece in Wells

The Golden Fleece Pub in Wells-Next-The-Sea was a pretty friendly and busy pub right on the quayside on the front by the harbour We popped in for some lunch as the menu looked pretty reasonable with a lot of pub classics like ‘Burgers’ and ‘Fish and Chips’ sitting alongside some more interesting offerings such as…

No 1 Cromer: Fish and Chips

No 1 Cromer is one of those destination Fish and Chip shops that I really cannot resist hunting down. Once I knew that we were heading to the area for a short break I had been picking out places I had to go to. This place is the flagship Fish and Chip shop of locally…

Cornish Pasty Hunting in Padstow: The Chough Bakery

The Chough Bakery in Padstow is an award winning purveyor of Cornish Pasties and were the World Cornish Pasty Champions in 2018. They are located on the Strand in Padstow right on the side of the harbour and are a very popular spot to pick up a pasty. While we were visiting there was a…

Fresh From The Sea in Port Isaac

Fresh from the Sea in Port Isaac on New Road is an excellent place to hunt down some fresh Crab and Lobster. The place is run by Calum and Tracey Greenhalgh and the daily catch landed by Calum on his boat Mary D is used and sold in the shop It was one of the…

Embers Pizza in Padstow

Embers Wood Fired Pizza in Padstow is located at Market Place and it is right in the centre of the action. They advised booking but we slipped in early evening and we were OK for a table. It might not be as easy I imagine in the middle of the summer or at a weekend…