I’m a sucker for an independent restaurant with a bit of a background story behind it. When you open the menu at the popular Chiang Mai Kitchen, you’re able to read all about it. Alive and kicking just off the High Street since 1993, the restaurant sits in a beautiful Grade II listed building steeped in history – with its old school dumbwaiter still in use today. When … [Read more...]
Preview: Giggling Squid
On Friday myself and fellow Bitten brethren, Lucy, headed to the opening of the newest chain to grace the city, Giggling Squid. Started as a pop-up restaurant in Brighton in 2002, Giggling Squid is now well into it’s 30’s in terms of branches in the UK. For the uninitiated, the food is billed as Thai Tapas and marketed as ‘Staggeringly Good Thai Food’. As well as ordering … [Read more...]
Review: Oli’s Thai, Magdalen Road, East Oxford
Judging by the response to my preview of Oli's Thai Oxford, there was a lot of interest in the brand new offering to East Oxford's food scene. Opening the very week that MiniF2 was due, I was never going to make it to opening night; however, it didn't take me long to get there, popping in for a spot of lunch a matter of days after bringing our new addition home - and boy was it … [Read more...]
