[singlepic id=559 w=280 h=210 float=right]Sometimes you get a better view from a hill than a mountain. You’re probably expecting something philosophical now, but I meant it literally. Take the Clee Hills, for instance. Driving up over towering Clee Hill you are greeted by one of the vastest views in England. Stretched out before you are …
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Restaurant reviews
Review: The Waterdine, Shropshire
[singlepic id=552 w=280 h=210 float=right]When we first visited Shropshire, some years back, I distinctly remember being told of a hidden gem with a Michelin listing called The Waterdine. This week I finally got round to trying it. Unfortunately I may have left it too late. It’s tricky writing a review like this. We had a …
Review: The Butcher’s Arms, Eldersfield
[singlepic id=550 w=280 h=210 float=right]Well, that was jolly good. The Butcher’s Arms is a proper country pub, honest and comfy. I’m getting heartily sick of walking into gastropubs that turn out to belong to a boutique chain of identikit establishments, walls hung with photos of pheasants and foxhounds, deja vu menus of hand-dived scallops and …
Review: Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
[singlepic id=546 w=280 h=210 float=right]It’s a rarified world we foodies live in. With GBM on the telly every year and reams of print on the topic of food it’s easy to forget. But we stopped tonight at the Premier Inn less than two miles from Nottingham’s only Michelin-starred restaurant, the 2 star Restaurant Sat Bains. …
Review: Alimentum, Cambridge
[singlepic id=536 w=320 h=240 float=right]Hm. When a customer tells you that a dish is delicious – really delicious – but that the pork shoulder was seriously over-salted, perhaps you shouldn’t get into a debate with them about whether it was or not? Especially when all seven people at the table agree. “Haha, seven against one, …