Not much can beat a chic little getaway at a stylish countryside hotel, except perhaps a chic dinner at the stylish hotel’s restaurant. Which brings me to my recent experience at the Lavender restaurant in the Weston Manor hotel. Situated just a quarter hour’s drive outside Oxford, it’s a venue that emanates grand country living and luxury. We all deserve this sort of … [Read more...]
Review: The Yard, Cowley
One of my favourite low-key evenings out involves meeting friends at the cinema and grabbing a meal together beforehand. Easy, right? Yes, though there’s an art to choosing a dinner spot where you can enjoy good food and still make it to the film on time. I’ve started to think of this as the quick-quality-quotient (or Q3) and have therefore decided to use it as a measure to … [Read more...]
Review: Tequila tasting at Amathus
Lucky me - I got the Bitten invite to a Komos tequila tasting at Amathus, Oxford’s new wine and spirits shop on the High Street. It was partly a good chance to nose around our eagerly anticipated branch of Amathus, a retailer with multiple locations in London, Brighton and Bath. More importantly, good tasting events are fun, social and educational, as well as being a … [Read more...]
Review: The Anchor
Let’s take a moment to celebrate the recent reopening of the Anchor in North Oxford. With the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) warning that one pub is likely to close every single day across Britain this year, we should revel in anything that fights this downward trend. But even more importantly (at least for me), it is serving up a tasty menu in the friendliest … [Read more...]
Review: Thejus Eats
I’m always looking for good foodie recommendations, so when a Keralite working at one of the Oxford hospitals recently suggested Thejus Eats for Keralan food, I was immediately intrigued. Kerala is rightly famous for its diverse, delectable cuisine, so discovering a new local source of this South Indian deliciousness could only be good, right? Before you could say ‘Saturday … [Read more...]
