Breakfast at Cafe Bean in Bridport

Cafe Bean in Bridport is a Lovely little cafe, warm and welcoming and very popular situated part way down South Street in and amongst the little shops and galleries We came in for breakfast early on Market Day and the place was rammed out, luckily we snagged one of the last tables and while I…

Dinner at Little Gourmet in SouthPort

Little Gourmet in Southport offers a delightful and affordable dining experience with a mix of classic dishes. The Coq au Vin and Beef Stroganoff were generously portioned, flavorful, and reasonably priced, making it a great choice for a satisfying meal.

Bak Chor Mee: (Pork and Mushroom Noodles)

Inspired by the awesome Malaysian noodle dishes I ate recently at GB Oriental Cafe in Nottingham (read more here) I felt the need attempt to rustle up some thing similar at home I reached out to the bookshelf and found myself perusing the rather excellent cookbook LEMONGRASS AND GINGER by Lemei Tan The dish I attempted was…

Austrian Sausage action at Tiroler Stuberli in Bakewell

On our latest visit to Bakewell we were delighted to find that Tiroler Stuberl was back open again serving up Austrian sausage action. We always used to come here for a bit of cooked sausage in a bun when were were in the village and were quite sad when they had closed down Roll forward…

Cooking the Sabzi Dahl

Last Autumn we had breakfast at the rather lovely Sabzi in Padstow and thoroughly enjoyed the meal. The food was divine, a total taste sensation and full of flavours that my palate rarely gets to enjoy. SEASONAL BREKFAST AT SABZI For the record I had a bowl of their seasonal breakfast which turned out to…

Prawn Coconut Curry

I made this Coconut Prawn Curry last weekend using whatever I had in the cupboard. I had a pack of prawns in the fridge, a tin of coconut milk, and an onion, so I just googled prawn coconut curry and got loads of suggestions. The best one was for a Quick Coconut Curry from Nadia’s…

“Hairy Dieters Fast Food” – Fish Curry

  I love the cookbooks by the Hairy Bikers and I really have found that their Hairy Dieter series are a must have on the kitchen cookbook bookcase. I have all four of the books and I can honestly say that every single thing that I have tried cooking from those books tastes amazing and…

Cooking Carbonara – ‘Home Cooking with Ferran Adria’

  This week I have been exploring the pages of my latest find, the excellent cook book “The Family Meal” by Ferran Adria of El Bulli Fame. The basic premise of the book is all about the meals that they cooked at El Bulli in between service for the staff to eat. This is known as…