Al Bader — The best restaurant in Coventry?

Tucked away behind the Earl of Mercia, down a little alley opposite from the Spar supermarket is hidden possibly Coventry’s finest restaurant. Al-bader is a recently opened Morrocan Lebanese delight, serving some of the freshest food we ever tasted in…

Simply passionate simple food from Kurdistan

What exactly is Kurdish food? I asked myself, as I stood in the crowded shop front staring at the familiar Foleshill sight of a furious Tandor Oven. I wondered if the name of the restaurant ‘ Kurdistan’ referred to some previous owners and now they…

Eastern promise (meat on sticks)

Coventry is a middling post industrial city, that for a long time suffered from an underemployed populace and a severe lack of culture. In the 2001 census Coventry was the only city in the UK that had actually shrunk in size. This phenomena was quite easy to understand as…

Leamington Food and Drink Festival

This Saturday, all-food-day, afternoon continued in the Leamington Food and Drink Festival- it’s the 2nd year I’ve been and both times were well worth it!

Walking around the stands while drinking fresh coconut juice- some of us (Dan) with rum…

Coffee, good? Good coffee!

I like most edible things, I can’t really think of anything that I wouldn’t try and truthfully I find it hard to think of a dish I actively avoid. I have been described as a human dustbin, and although I dislike the wording I cant deny it has some truth.