As we enter our season of themes, where each member brings a bottle and we taste blind, I will only highlight a few of the best (or most interesting) wines of the week. — 1st May – vintages ending in a 4. Pouilly-Fume, Rambauilt, 2004. A touch smoky initially but mostly aromatic with a greenness. […]
This new addition to the city centre claims to “Explore the authenticity and excitement of a true Chinese Takeaway”. Their polished website, that feels like it’s been written by AI, claims they have been “taming the wok since 1968”. I wander past one evening and decide I should give it a go. They have had […]
My latest piece for The Great Food Club, celebrating some of the dependable favourites that are easily overlooked when shiny new things come along. https://www.greatfoodclub.co.uk/still-got-it-excellent-nottinghamshire-restaurants-that-have-stood-the-test-of-time/ — I thought I would do a full review of French Living alongside this wider piece and pay homage to their 30 years in Nottingham. There is so much charm […]
Our final ‘tutored’ tasting of the season was from a member who has spent much time in Cyprus over the years. His passion for the country and the region was clear to see and the evolution in the wine industry sounds like it has been significant. Many of these wines and grapes were new to […]
I regularly get asked to suggest somewhere in Nottingham that people might not have been to. Balageru has been my most reliable answer for a while. It’s only a stones throw from the Victoria centre and sitting at the bottom of Mansfield Road among takeaways and off licenses it is definitely easy to miss. Inside […]