Eating Out

Irish spice bags, come to Cardiff you can experience the Irish Chinese takeaway phenomenon this winter. A new menu called The Irish Spice Bag menu will be launched at Neighbourhood Kitchen in Riverside on Wednesday, February 5. The Irish spice bag is a fast-food dish which became popular in Ireland but is inspired by Chinese cuisine. The dish, which is …

With many people now vegetarian or vegan, or dabbling in meat free days and meet free meals, there is plenty of demand for some Vegetarian restaurants in Cardiff. Luckily, in Wales, there are some fab vegan and vegetarian restaurants. From tapas and fast food to hearty breakfasts and traditional pub fare, there’s a wealth of choices for those seeking vegan …

Jonathan Williams is the founder of The Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company and Cafe Mor and now runs pub, The Old Point House in Angle Eve Rowlands Chef and seaweed enthusiast Jonathan Williams hates following recipes. It’s something you wouldn’t expect to hear from a restaurant and pub owner who has won multiple awards for his food. But not following a …

A new Cardiff Curry Directory is a major bonus for Cardiff folk whether it is after a beer or two, after mountain biking on Caerphilly mountain, after watching a Wales International or running a half marathon. The most popular food is alongside fish and chips is to catch a Cardiff curry. The website cardiffcurry.co.uk has been around for a while now but is …

Bombay Mix, Whitchurch, Cardiff Cuisine: Indian Address: 7 Penlline Rd, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF14 2AA Phone number: 029 2063 6060 Order: Chicken pasanda, chicken dopiaza, one portion of pilau rice, peshwari naan, onion bhaji, saag aloo. Price: £26.85 (plus a charge of 65p for paying with credit card). Order method: Ordered via the phone and it was quick and easy. The …

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 …

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 …

The Purple Poppadom is perfect for a theatrical  meal, one with drama and  intrigue, a real performance?  I’m not talking food that’s still  alive, here – I mean a meal that truly  surprised and delighted you with every  mouthful, that you wanted to rave review like  a Broadway show or an Orson Welles  production. I didn’t start out with such …

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 …

When award winning Indian restaurant Mint and Mustard opened a home delivery and takeaway in Penarth in May queues snaked down the street. Word soon spread that it more than lived up to expectations and from day one phone lines were busy and you could wait hours for food on a Saturday night. So I decided to linger until the …