OK, let's talk hot pot. If steaming bowls of broth, tasty noodles, and a bounty of fresh ingredients are your bag, you're in the right place. My youngest and I are obsessed with noodle soup; we make it at home regularly, and we're slowly making our way around Oxford, finding ones we love. We were yet to try a hot pot, so when Mr Wang Hot Pot opened in Gloucester Green, it's … [Read more...]
Review: Italiamo Trattoria
There is an Oxford staple that provides a small taste of Italy and solves lunch for many working in Oxford’s city centre. Italiamo is a small Italian cafe in Broad Street and deli on the High Street, but they have now expanded and opened up a trattoria - a casual eatery serving up Italian comfort food. I am sometimes sceptical of trying out Italian places for the fear that they … [Read more...]
News: Knead Bakery lands in Oxford!
KNEAD Bakery officially opens the doors to its brand new High Street home today. Taking over the former Hobbs site, the shiny new Oxford store is the fourth opening for the Gloucestershire-born bakery brand (you may know them from Tetbury, Cirencester or Elkstone) and their first venture into Oxfordshire. We popped along to the media soft launch yesterday, where the team … [Read more...]
Review: Tender Coconut, Cowley Road
With a name like Tender Coconut, you would imagine a warm and inviting atmosphere with nourishing food and that is exactly what the newly opened South Indian restaurant on Cowley Road offers. Painted in bright orange, this low building is hard to miss. The interiors match the energy of the outside with large painted murals covering the wall, filling the room with a … [Read more...]
Dessert Diaries with Nicola: Eton Mess
In today's issue of Dessert Diaries with Nicola, I'm sharing my thoughts on an Eton Mess with a twist, part of the new spring menu at Oxford’s hottest hotel. The Store Hotel’s restaurant; The Treadwell, recently launched their new menu. Upon a recent visit for their Sunday Roast, I could not resist trying their ‘Eton Mess’. Unlike the traditional version that we all know and … [Read more...]
