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Restaurant review: Hang Fire Smokehouse at The Lansdowne, Cardiff

Smokehouse restaurant

The foibles of our British weather used to make that most unique of dining pleasures – the al fresco barbecue under the sun – something like the culinary equivalent of Halley’s Comet. One or two days of blistering heat a year would justify the effort of retrieving and cleaning the barbie (for they are always somehow filthy, even when cleaned …

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Review: Cafe Junior, Cathays, Cardiff

cafe junior

The combination of children and dining out is enough to give most parents indigestion, but one Cardiff establishment has come up with a mix that is a winning recipe for a great night out. By day, Cafe Junior is a bustling coffee shop and play area that is popular with pre-school children, but on Thursday and Friday nights it’s transformed into …

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Ryan Giggs scores star-studded opening for new eaterie

Football L legend Ryan Giggs is hoping to taste success in a new field – after the star-studded opening of his new restaurant. The Manchester United and former Wales ace welcomed soap celebrities, footballers and top musicians to the launch of George’s in Worsley, Manchester. Among the guests were former Reds team-mates Gary Neville and Nicky Butt, along with Bryan …

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Restaurant review: Shaam Nights, City Road, Cardiff

Shaam Nights

Reflecting on it, visiting Cardiff’s most popular Middle Eastern restaurant at Ramadan may have been a daft decision. Shaam Nights on City Road is, at the time of writing, in the TripAdvisor chart at number five out of 600 eateries, the tip which drew me to sample its wares. Syrian by inclination, the menu I checked out online was a …

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Vegetarian Restaurants in Cardiff

Vegetarian restaurants in Cardiff

Vegetarian restaurants in Cardiff  have grown in numbers over the past few years complimenting the various shops and markets that have also sprung up during this time. Nowadays, the many vegetarian restaurants in Cardiff offer a wide range of choice and include excellent restaurants such as award winning Vegetarian Studio serving purely Indian & Asian cuisine, the newly opened Café …

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Las Iguanas

Las Iguanas South American Restaurant

Las Iguanas is not Indian but it can still be quite spicy, this restaurant is South American, you can sometimes have to wait but to compensate the cocktails are really good and the end result is worth it!

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