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Food 2018 – 185 Watling Street, Ten Hands Café, The Ganges, Towcester

11th February to 18th March 2018 – 185 Watling Street, Ten Hands Café, The Ganges, Towcester We’ve been doing a fair amount of local eating again with the start of 2018 and have revisited some old favourites as well as test running some new entrants to the local restaurant scene. With the town growing rapidly…

Food 2018 – Gousto Box (Slow-Roast Duck, Braised Red Cabbage and Dauphinoise Potatoes)

May 2nd 2018 – Gousto Box (Slow-Roast Duck, Braised Red Cabbage and Dauphinoise Potatoes) I know I’ve left it a bit late to post about this, but I think it remains valid given that once every 4-6 weeks I order us a Gousto box, usually after I’ve been away and I don’t want to come…

Food 2018 – Recipes (Onion Fritters, Chinese Braised Red Cabbage)

Monday, 16th April 2018 – Recipes (Onion Fritters, Chinese Braised Red Cabbage) A glut of onions starting to shoot meant I tried the first recipe at the weekend. It worked a treat! It’s apparently from the wonderful Madhur Jaffrey’s book, Curry Easy Vegetarian. Additionally, with a red cabbage lying around reproachfully in the vegetable rack,…

Food 2018 – Hibiscus, Northampton

Friday, 13th April 2018 – Hibiscus, Northampton And so, knowing we would be out at the Errol Flynn Filmhouse later in the evening, we decided we’d have a second shot at Hibiscus, the fine dining restaurant (their words, not mine, but it is justifiable) tucked away inside the building. We’d booked in early with intent…

Food 2018 – Recipes (Venison Shanks)

Wednesday, 11th April 2018 – Recipes (Venison Shank Casserole) Venison Shank Casserole This is wonderful, brilliantly dense and rich and makes a superb dinner option on a miserable winter day. I recommend tweaking the recipe somewhat. We got 6 portions out of it by cooking just two shanks in the amount of wine and port…

Food 2018 – Le Cigalon, London

Monday, 9th April 2018 – Le Cigalon, London Le Cigalon sent me an email inviting me to test drive their new 5 course menu for £29.50 a head (it’s normally £36.50 for 3 courses), which for central London is a massive bargain. Having discussed catching up over dinner with our friend Janice I asked her…

Food 2018 – Tamagogani

Wednesday, 4th April 2008 – Tamagogani (Dried Soft Shell Crabs) I’m a pretty adventurous eater as many of you will have gathered by now. A colleague and I just fell into conversation by the coffee machine and he has just recently returned from Japan. He asked me if I’d tried Japanese soft shell crabs and…

Food 2018 – Launceston Place, London

Sunday, April 1st 2018 – Launceston Place, London In London for a couple of exhibitions, we decided that we should stop off for an Easter Sunday lunch somewhere close to the Design Museum where we had tickets for Ferrari: Under the Skin in the afternoon. The morning saw us at the National Gallery, viewing Reflections:…

Food 2018 – Recipes (Salt Cod Fritters, Jerusalem Artichoke Cappucino)

Friday, 30th March 2018 – Recipes (Salt Cod Fritters, Jerusalem Artichoke Cappucino) In the absence of a Portuguese lodger, my supply of salt cod has now dried up. However, there are still several tubs of it squirreled away in the freezer against just such an event. Also, as his absence means we no longer get…

Food 2018 – Elsie’s Cafe “Binner”, Northampton

Tuesday, 27th March 2018 – Elsie’s Cafe, The Lane Restaurant, Northampton I’ve been following Elsie’s Cafe for a while now on social media. Elsie’s Cafe was started as part of a response to The Real Junk Food Project, which led to a group of people who had set up Fruitful Abundance in Northamptonshire to decide…