*Editor’s note: This eatery is now closed. This review remains online as part of our archive. Originally published January 2017.* I liken Oliver’s to the weather phenomenon of ‘light poles’. Like 'light poles', Oliver’s is a ridiculously cool, rare, and natural phenomenon on earth, which I cannot help but gawk at in wonder. I popped…
Read more
*Editor’s note: The Nottingham site is now closed. This review remains online as part of our archive. Originally published January 2017.* Up north from where I hail, Friday night supper usually includes fish. This tradition has stuck with me since I was yay high (think Macaulay Culkin’s height in Home Alone). Even today, my weekly…
Read more
*Original publication date January 2017* Have you made any new year’s resolutions? If one of them is to eat more good food, then read on. It was on a wintry afternoon that I made my way into Nottingham for my last review of the year – location, Cock & Hoop pub, High Pavement. I’ll be…
Read more
*Original publication date December 2016* Have you ever been to a masquerade ball? There’s something about getting glammed up, slipping into a posh frock and clutching a mask that feels just so darn festive. I was cordially invited by Derby Museums to attend their Masquerade Ball held at The Silk Mill last night. The meal…
Read more*Original publication date November 2016* Saloons and the wild wild west have always intrigued me. I’ve often wondered how cool it would be time-travel back to the 19th century to see some real gunslingers do fiddly holster spinning tricks. Luckily, I didn’t have to source a pesky time-machine which might you believe, is difficult to…
Read more
*Original publication date November 2016* When you visit a restaurant with celebrity backing, do you think of the chef-backer? When I patronise a celebrity owned restaurant, I’ll be honest, images bubble in my mind like a simmering pot of minestrone, of the chef in question. Of course, I didn’t expect Antonio Carluccio to leap out from behind…
Read more