Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies.
Posted in North Yorkshire, Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2010
Last weekend J and I went to Swinton Park, just outside Masham in North Yorkshire. We had been bought a ‘Wine Appreciation Lunch’ as a gift and booked a weekend away around it. We’ve not been to many wine tasting events, but those we had been to tended to be carnage (in a good way, [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Leeds, London, North Yorkshire, gastropubs, pubs on Apr 12th, 2010
Aplogies for just a list but I am going to be a tad controversial……………………we need to make the site more interesting because it’s getting a bit like a food diary…………..
Memorable;
Breakfast at The Wolseley www.thewolseley.com
Fried haggis with duck egg the best breakfast I’ve ever had! Fantastic building with heritage, place to be seen, EXCELLENT SERVICE OLD STYLE. £20 [...]
Posted in North Yorkshire, York, restaurants on Mar 26th, 2010
Even though I’m not officially working at the moment, I am managing to get out and about and this week is no exception - I had a long standing lunch arranged with a business associate in York at J Baker’s. This restaurant has been much recommended and it’s devilishly hard to get in there as [...]
Posted in Beer, Hotels, North Yorkshire, Restaurant Pub/Hotel, gastro pubs on Mar 7th, 2010
Sunday lunch is always a good benchmark for trying out new dining experiences and today we discovered a new venue that we definitely want to return to.
Waking to clear blue bright skies inspired us to throw the walking boots in the car and head off for a brisk country walk. [...]
Posted in Beer, North Yorkshire, gastropubs on Jul 21st, 2009
A little late but a very worthy addition to the site is the Blue Lion at East Witton. D and I have been wanting to visit the Blue Lion for over a year on recommendation from Pat and Tony P so our anniversary was a good excuse. The Haynes took Mr Chester off our hands so [...]
Posted in Beer, North Yorkshire, Restaurant Pub/Hotel, gastropubs on Jun 22nd, 2009
Saturday saw us travel up to darkest North Yorkshire with friends Jon and Sam for a long awaited and well overdue dinner date.
Jon had booked the restaurant and so it was a lovely surprise when we found out we were heading for Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn - the pub co-owned by Neil Morrisey of [...]