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I once reviewed a Chinese restaurant in Blackpool and remember at the time thinking it would be almost impossible to beat. Well, how foolish was I because it has at least been matched! The Royal Baths Chinese Restaurant has proven that it is possible to eat quality oriental food outside of China, but to find…
Well, my visit to the Golden Dragon was certainly memorable, but not for the right reasons. A first for me, in that I arrived at 7.00pm and was back in the car at 7.55pm having eaten three courses and had a drink. Given that we could allow 10 minutes wait time for service, that meant…
The Bay Horse Inn is a typical olde worlde country coaching inn located on the A68 at West Woodburn near Hexham in Northumberland. It epitomises all that is good about these types of local country public houses, the heart of the community as was evident on the 3 separate occasions I visited. Their website reads:…
This was the first time we have visited the Beach House Bistro and bar and what a lunchtime experience it was. I suspect this restaurant/bistro will do exceptionally well given both its location right on the promenade opposite the Tower, not to mention the excellent quality food served. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say…
I happened upon the Bantry quite by chance. We were on route home from the Borders and decided to do a detour to the coast, ending up at Eyemouth. After a wander along the seafront to the harbour, we noticed a chalkboard sign which featured many of my favourite seafood dishes, langoustines, crab, lobster, fish.…
Darwin’s, on first impressions, is just another coffee shop among the many hundreds in Shrewsbury. Nothing special to look at from the outside, but boy prepare to be amazed by the quality of the snacks on offer. Inside it’s tiny, with the addition of a couple of extra tables outside it can seat 8-10 persons.…
Chung Ying group have more than one Cantonese restaurant in Birmingham, but this review relates specifically to their Chinatown location. This restaurant is ideally located in the heart of the city, a five-minute walk from New Street Station and The Bullring shopping centre. We couldn’t have been luckier as we were staying in the Ibis…
