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Archive for March, 2007

March 20th, 2007 - 9:20 pm § in Latest

Christchurch Food Festival

The annual food festival in Christchurch, Dorset comes around again from Friday May 11th till Friday May 18th, 2007. There are many event scheduled but the one that catches my eye is the Fruit de Mer dinner at Fishworks . Christchurch Food Festival web site . [...]

March 17th, 2007 - 11:47 am § in TV/Radio

Well done to Comic Relief

Comic Relief raised more than £40m from this year's fundraising. One of the funniest moments was the Peter Kay video with The Proclaimers and also when Tony Blair was "not bovvered" about meeting Catherine Tate [...]

March 15th, 2007 - 2:29 pm § in Restaurants

Sangria Restaurant, tapas in London

Sangria, 88 Upper Street, islington, London N1. Tel: 020 7704 5253 I love tapas. I love flying to Barcelona and eating tapas. I love all the different bite sized delights: fish, shellfish, meat and stews, fantastic. I hate UK tapas. I hate the small portions and high prices.[...]

March 12th, 2007 - 11:01 am § in Restaurants

How clean is your fave restaurant?

A friend sent us a link to this web site that has a database of local council ratings on restaurants in their area in terms of hygiene standards. How well does your favourite restaurant do?  Scores on the Doors web site [...]

March 3rd, 2007 - 4:46 pm § in Bars

“As You Like It” opens in Jesmond

{mosimage}My good friend Duncan Fisher is opening a new bar/gastropub in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. Called "As You Like It ", it aims to bring a bit of the country to the city, or so the marketing blurb says. It is located opposite another member of the Fisher empire, which is the stude[...]