Opening a restaurant in Gloucester Green is a brave move. There is food everywhere. The food market, permanent stalls and other restaurants just a few steps away makes it a competitive place. Noodles, dumplings, curries, burgers, falafel—you could probably eat lunch there every day for a month without ordering the same thing twice. Mr Wang is fairly unassuming from the … [Read more...]
Dirty Bones Breakfast
Breakfast with a toddler and a partner with an egg allergy can be tricky and it is the reason we rarely go out for it. We so often arrive to find almost everything on the menu contains eggs and the idea of an egg free substitute it met with a shrug. So what a surprise when my partner declared this the best review he has ever done (and asked if we could come back before we even … [Read more...]
Cosy Club Oxford – A Graduation Menu Worth Celebrating
Graduation meals are a bit of a funny one. You want somewhere that looks and feels special in the photos, but it also has to suit Mum, Dad, younger siblings and whoever else ends up coming. There were plenty of tables available when we visited Cosy Club Oxford on a quiet Thursday lunchtime, and my dining companion had unexpectedly brought her two-year-old along too. The … [Read more...]
Review: Thames Lido
This was supposed to be a swim and lunch at Thames Lido. Very wholesome. Very organised. Instead, my day involved a leaking roof, my partner being on tour in Prague, a nursery drop-off that went on longer than planned, and me arriving late and stressed for a mums’ date that had already started without me. The swim had very much happened. I had very much not been there. Lunch, … [Read more...]
Review: Shoryu Christmas Menu
For me, the first weekend in December is synonymous with three things – my dad’s birthday, Christmas decorations, and fried chicken. A family of the 90s, our favourite fried chicken shop had to be KFC, and if I ever happen to be home on the first weekend of December, my family will still make the pilgrimage to KFC for their Variety Bucket (although sadly the Viennetta is no … [Read more...]