The Christmas season is well and truly here, the lights are twinkling, the yule logs are baking, and the Christmas songs have started playing. Even fast food joints aren't immune to the infectiousness of the festive season. Shake Shack on Cornmarket Street has launched its Christmas menu, which is more indulgent than usual. Offering festive twists on all its new classics, … [Read more...]
Review: Lula’s, Covered Market
Lula's Ethiopian restaurant by the train station has quickly become an Oxford staple, offering traditional injera dishes with a delicious assortment of veggie and meat stews to mop up with the salty, tangy wrap-like bread. Starting off as a stall in Gloucester Green market, Lula's has now been a restaurant on Park End Street for roughly three years, and this year they opened … [Read more...]
Review: Chez Mal, Malmaison
As the nights draw in and the leaves turn golden, I start to crave those cosy nights with comforting dishes. Hearty, rich, indulgent and warming - autumn flavours are some of my favourites, pair that with a converted dungeon turned elegant bistro and you have the perfect autumnal dining experience. Chez Mal at the Malmaison Hotel sits at the basement of what used to be … [Read more...]
Review: Cafe Orient
I often crave the salty, sweet, umami flavours from Chinese cuisine. Thankfully one of the best places in Oxford to get your Szechuan fix is a short walk away from me on Cowley Road. Café Orient can be easily missed from the outside and it is nothing particularly special inside either, but as soon as you taste their food, you will be wondering when you can return. With a … [Read more...]
Review: Namaste Village
Having returned from Leeds in July where I went to a veggie Indian restaurant which I loved so much, I was sad that there was nowhere similar in Oxford where I could relish in meat-free Indian dishes. Thankfully, my wishes were answered quickly with Namaste Village opening up their newest restaurant right by Oxford Castle only a few weeks later. Offering bold flavours from … [Read more...]
