Following on from the launch of our Indie Oxford Compendium (got yours yet? You can get a copy here or even in Portabello!) we were invited to go and try the new spring/summer menu at Portabello. Located in South Parade, Summertown Portabello is a cool, contemporary and open dining space with the added benefit of an outside terrace on the front and doors that fold back, … [Read more...]
Bitten Bites – New restaurant coming soon
Social media has been ABUZZ this last week as news seeped out of a new restaurant opening in Oxford centre. No.1 Ship Street appears to be somewhat different from the usual places we tend to get here and if you're wondering exactly where it is, other than the obvious No.1 Ship Street, it's where News Cafe used to be. In my very best Trevor Mcdonald voice "We'll bring you … [Read more...]
Tried & Tested: Sophie’s Cookery School
A cold, wet and dark night in Oxford, but a visit to Cowley Road magically transported me to an Italian farmhouse kitchen. I'd been invited by the lovely Hannah to attend one of the cookery classes held as part of Sophie's Cookery School. The theme for that evening was Tuscan Farmhouse and ten of us were tasked with providing a traditional three-course dinner, presided over by … [Read more...]
Breaking News! We’ve awarded our highest score…..
But where is it? Well, a few clues. It's just outside Oxford, is a proper country pub and it made us sigh with happiness and full tummies! The first restaurant to score higher than an eight and almost even a ten.... Click HERE to find out where … [Read more...]
Review: The White Hart, Wytham
Easter Sunday morning found the Bitten team partaking of something a little different from the usual chocolate consumption. Having met the owner of Cotswold Distillery at a launch event last year we'd finally managed to coordinate diaries enough to join one of the distillery tours. Review to come. We'd even planned ahead enough to have lunch out but sadly the venue we were … [Read more...]
