New Vlog Video!

I have just uploaded a new vlog video on to The Monopod Monologues watch it and see me ramble about Twinkies.

Sausage Rolls: An Unhealthy Obsession

I have an addictive personality.  I also get bored of things and activities easily unless they interest me and engross me completely. As I have got older,  I have maybe preemptively identified symptoms of Adult ADD, yes dear reader my attention span is that short. But one thing that has always held my interest, apart from writing, [...]

Lloyds Cafe & Bistro, Exeter – A Review

If I was in to fluffing out my review titles with a tagline, I would say that it was ‘A little bit of London in Exeter‘.  The atmosphere, the bustle and professionalism of the service felt like something that was more akin to central London fine-dining than an Exeter cafe. Tori and I met some [...]

Beefeater, The Countess Wear – A Review

So you’re hungry, you’re looking for somewhere nice to eat that is in between the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital and Tescos, and you don’t want to pay the earth and you want to go down Topsham Road and turn left at the Countess Wear roundabout?  Well, oddly enough you have a few options.  You [...]

Starz Bar & Restaurant – A Review

Some of the more astute of you will remember a few years ago I wrote a review of Starz Bar and Restaurant in String Beans/Veget8 which you can read here.  Initially I was quite scathing about the lack of vegetarian options, the oppressive surroundings and well pretty much all of it.  In fact I was so [...]

Vote for Epicentre Book Cafe in the Bristol VegFest 2012 ‘BEST VEGAN FRIENDLY RESTAURANT OR CAFE’ category

I have written about the Epicentre Book Cafe before in Veget8, so read it here.  It is one of the positive beacons of cafe-goodness in Devon at the moment, and they’re going from strength to strength after two years of hard slog.  I love this place and everything they stand for, but furthermore they’re Vegan/Vegetarian [...]

Inn On The Green, Paignton

About two years ago, I wrote a review on the Inn On The Green in Paignton.  I can’t remember where I wrote this review, whether it was in my imagination or even in a dream I did write about it.  Possibly in http://veget8.wordpress.com or http://eatingexeter.wordpress.com  I was pretty positive about the experience overall and I remember [...]

Bella Italia, Exeter – A Review

Bella Italia sits in the heart of Exeter opposite Oggy Oggy on the end of a row of nice eateries and shops at the top of Queen Street in Exeter.  It is another chain Italian restaurant which serves a nice range of interesting meals in quirky surroundings.  Yesterday a large group of us decided to [...]

Strada Exeter – A Review.

The last time I reviewed Strada in Exeter was a couple of years ago for an old blog that I wrote which can be found here.  At the time I was a vegetarian, and I was taking the view that I was about to be disappointed.  I was disappointed, but simply because it was a [...]

Recipe Vintage: Resurrecting and Rescuing Recipes from the dark side cooking.

So here it is, my latest food-blogging project. I have been interested in food blogs and food writing for a couple of years now, and in my ongoing education in to writing about food, I have tried my hand at reviewing restaurants, cooking, photographing food and now I am looking at the fundamental part of [...]

The Ruffwell Inn, Thorverton – A Review

The Ruffwell Inn lies on the A396 between Exeter and Tiverton.  It is one of those ‘you can’t miss it’ pubs that has changed hands many times over the last few years.  Up to recently it was boarded up, looking forlorn and neglected but I can happily say that it has now changed hands again [...]

Waitrose Exeter – A Review

With my foody hat on I decided that after an acerbic, anti posh-shop rant post yesterday I would give Waitrose a chance.  I can’t sit here and not offer some sort of balanced perspective.  And in many respects, I am damn glad I did.  I feel a bit of a hypocrit shouting about the fact [...]

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