Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies.
Posted in restaurants, whitby on Nov 24th, 2009
After our visit to the Pheasant/Star Inn with Pat and Tony we drove to Whitby via Pickering. Whitby is slowly changing and Tony had spotted a possibility for accomodation if the Globetroffers decided on a group outing to Whitby. Reported in the Yorkshire Post “The Albany Hotel” looked quite classy and for a group, paricularly [...]
Posted in Leeds, restaurants on Nov 24th, 2009
Apologies for the delay in posting this one..Dawn and I had lunch at the recently relaunched Nash’s in Leeds, they serve line caught sustainably sourced fish.. This place has been around as a Fish and Chips Restaurant for decades. Famously catering for the good folk of Leeds as well as visiting celebrities many of whom [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2009
Bright and early Sunday morning we set off with Dawn and Gurdev to stay overnight at The Pheasant in Harome. This is the sister hotel to the Star and has been newly refurbished (partly) by the Perns, so we thought we would check it out.
First stop Harrogate to continue the breakfast quest at Weetons. That [...]
On my way back to Leeds after a long day of meetings in London, I was booked on a train that meant I had an hour or so to kill. Rather than wait to eat until I got on the train (these are dark days on the East Coast mainline), I opted to grab some [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2009
Roast rib if beef was the order of the day at the weekend. After the exploits of Antony’s we thought we’d not eaten enough so we invited a crowd of folk across for a proper, home cooked sunday roast.
The rib of beef came from local butcher’s Bentley’s of Pudsey. It had been properly hung for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2009
We’ve been offered two free tickets to the Havana Cultura event at The Wardrobe on Friday night. Apparently there’s a full cuban band and top dj Gilles Peterson will be spinning some discs. It sounds absolutely amazing - email me
phildean1@mac.com if you’d like your name on the guest list.
First come first served!!
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 9th, 2009
It’s actually been quite some time since we last went to the ‘proper’ Anthony’s on Boar Lane in Leeds. We’ve been many times to the Piazza in the Corn Exchange and the patchiness of that experience has been well documented in this blog. Great venue, good food, so-so service probably sums that up. I think [...]
Posted in France on Nov 9th, 2009
Well I set off with Gerard and Reuben for a few days in the South of France, unfortunately for jess she was supposed to be coming but couldn’t at the last minute. What a treat she missed, the weather was fabulous and it wasn’t very busy either so a good time to visit. Because there [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2009
There’s only one type of food to eat on bonfire night. Pork pie and mushy peas. Nothing else will do it for me. The pie has to warmed in the oven until it’s piping hot and the peas are just fine from a tin (although I do like the ones that you soak overnight, but [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2009
Julie cooked a delicious vegetarian recipe on Friday evening. There. I’ve said it. I don’t usually put the words ‘delicious’ and vegetarian’ together, such is my passion for all things meaty but on this occasion, it’s fully justified.
The recipe came courtesy of Nigel Slater’s recent ‘Tender’ TV series and subsequent book (although the recipe did [...]