Continuing my series of Bristol light-biteries, I checked out Friska twice in as many weeks, having wanted to drop by since seeing them open shortly after I started working across the bridge. The store is on my walk into the office from the train station so I am reminded of it every day, but had failed to make an appearance in there until now. Friska’s slogan is “Feel Good Food,” which of course draws all kinds of thoughts into your [...]

I’m on a bit of a mission at the moment, and it seems to be something along the lines of “try as many new places for lunch as I can”. I headed back into Cardiff early one day last week, sometimes I just like to work from my living room with the boy playing on the floor in front of me – I’m just a big softie. Anyway, I needed to grab some lunch on my way home so after [...]

As long as two months ago the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) launched their well overdue “Scores on the Doors” online system, where local authorities can publish the hygiene checks done on premises licensed to serve or prepare food – quantified in a 0 to 5 rating system where 0 is very bad and 5 is remarkable. Despite there being extensive coverage in the Spring/Summer last year by WalesOnline – who were criticising the agency for not releasing their findings, [...]

I hate the moniker “Foodie”, we’re all foodies – hell, all of us like to eat, right? But there’s a difference between those who like to eat “good” food, and those who like to eat anything – including many with a heavy diet of processed foods. What I’m most concerned about is the, hopefully small, amount of families who have their kids under the impression that processed foods, like McDonalds or fish fingers and chips, are “a treat”. “We’ll go [...]

We decided to revisit Ruby Tuesday, after-all I had been anticipating its arrival for months – so to only visit on the opening night and to take that as a representation of their usual quality of experience would be silly. I tried their “triple prime cheddar burger”, which apparently has been said to be “the worlds best burger”, and it certainly ranks up there – it looks good too. I finally got to experience the “endless fries”, every time I [...]