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Avenue Cafe

Avenue Cafe

112 Emerson Way, BS16 7AR, South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Cafe • Vegan • British • Vegetarian


"This, our local café, normally closes in the late afternoon about 17:00 this time of year; but occasionally it opens up on a Friday evening, until late, to provide a tapas evening with live music. These are occasions which we try to support as much as we can. Tonight was the latest of three such events that we have enjoyed supporting; it was also the last of the, I believe, four summer events have been held. The format, was as before, to stagger table reservation times to allow the kitchen to efficiently produce plates to order. This reservation system helps avoid what could be bottlenecks, that would surely result, if too many orders flood in at the more popular times. The menu is the same for all of these events; our preferences were again to the fore for certain plates, as follows: Chicken Skewers Greek style marinaded with yoghurt. Vegetable Spring Rolls with sweet chilli dip crispy, crunchy rolls filled with savoury mix of vegetables. Lamb kofta balls with tzatziki dip. Patatas Bravas crispy potatoes in a salsa brava with a creamy aioli. Skin on fries. It was once again a much enjoyed meal and, on this occasion, we had invited my Son to join us. He really enjoyed the plates and the atmosphere. Wine: we chose a bottle of the ‘Definition Pinot Grigio’ from north eastern Italy: very complex and much enjoyed: excellent. This bottle was my Son’s contribution to the evening (apart from, of course, his company). We followed that with a bottle of the ‘Pringle Bay’ Sauvignon Blanc from the Western Cape, South Africa: this was very good; wonderfully refreshing. My Partner and I paid for that one! Wine here is not too expensive, especially bearing in mind the quality. A note to say that the Patatas Bravas plate was excellent on this occasion, because the potatoes were indeed crispy. Our favourite plate, for all three of us, was however the ‘Vegetable Spring Rolls’. These were absolutely fabulous, such a great texture. If this plate was regularly featured on the menu, I am sure it would be a very popular choice. The provision of a sweet chilli dipping sauce is a masterpiece of culinary inspiration. The music for all of these events was a duo singing covers of popular songs accompanied by acoustic guitars. They use guitar mics to amplify the music an their vocals. On previous occasions the band have not been too loud; sadly tonight they were. There were times that we couldn’t hear each other speak, and my Partner had to twice ask the band to tone it down. There is a time and place for loud music and this wasn’t it."

Ad Lib

Ad Lib

111 Hope St, Glasgow, G26LL, United Kingdom

Tea • Bars • Chicken • Burgers


"the love green place, glassvegas, glasschu or simply glassgow. whatever they prefer to call it, than I have a soft spot for Scottish second city. yet despite the fact that it is only 40 miles and 50 minutes away on the train, from any reason I don't seem to visit Scottland's largest metropole anywhere as often as I should, despite the fact that there are some great places to eat and drink. the center of glasgow is architecturally stunning and very different from edinburgh. like birmingham – the city of my birth – it grew out of the industrial revolution, and similar is the city center still decorated with many of the great Victorian buildings from its industrial richness. central glasgow is also designed in a network system that – it is adorned – is the one that is now such a prominent function of new york. it has even doubled as the big apple on a series of filmshoots. how reasonable that if jml and I were caught with some friends in glasgow last weekend, one of the members of our party suggested that we go to lunch in ad lib – a new york inspired esserei is a stone through away from the great central station of the city (berry!) to be honest, there was no place crucible from which I had heard before, but I love the romlands the frontage of ad lib is certainly underestimated – not the brash americana, which could be expected due to its culinary specialization – and my first thought was to pass through the door that was the place “toty”. Nevertheless, I was actually greeted by a slim but cleverly stylish dining room that leads to bar and the main restaurant area, and which corresponds to million walls, cubic wood furniture and tasteful US-influenced art works. In summary, this had more of a knot to frank lloyd wright than trump towers, I am happy to say. beyond the bar, the airy dining room offers more of this stylish, greenwich Village-Esque-Vibe. but already enough about the decor, what about eating? the lunch menu of ad lib is in a “I really can’t understand what to have” somehow. inviting sound starters and nets, deli-Salate and sandwiches, gourmetburger, steak and hummer (I don't want, and a Burgeoning speciality board for attention. for the purposes of this review, I will focus on what jml and I have consumed, as I try to cover what eight people have eaten, could only stretch a bit too far a point. oh, and with regard to drinks, I should point out that ad lib serves the excellent Portuguese camp, which is more sayin' on draft, which means that this was our quaff of the choice. in the choice of a court to proceed, I was a bit torn. the salt and the pfeffer squid, and cajun prawn popcorn sounded both really inviting, but at the end it was the sticky melass baby back ripening, with chili and star anise as me won over. they certainly have not disappointed, with perfectly delicate meat decorated in a sticky sweet-rich-spicy sauce, with a cuddly fresh tomatensalsa. the starter of jml consisted of three “sliders” (why so named? – Mini-classic aberdeen angus burger accompanied by a wobble relish. these were certainly tasty, with the relish a beautiful contrast to the Umami taste of the bark, but perhaps the burgers were just so easy on the dry side. read full review by: [hidden link]"

The Rum Kitchen - All Saints Road

The Rum Kitchen - All Saints Road

6-8 All Saints Road London, W11 1HH, United Kingdom

Fish • Meat • Beer • Fast Food


"So stopped in to get my Caribbean fix, as I've been away from home. Now for a few months. I was welcomed by a really friendly hostess, who immediately informed me their CC machine wasn't working and could only take cash, I only came for...takeout so I placed my order with another lovely lady server, excellent service. Oh and the place was packed. I put my order in for my two beef patties and order a vx and coke (usual drink at home), of course in the UK you have to order doubles everywhere, expensive no ras for that. Shoot, my bar at home free poor rum vx and coke and a free poor is over easy. So rip off in my book, plus the Bartender thought he was the coolest thing, the guys has no idea, come to the Caribbean and you'll meet some cool and worthy bartenders. Back to the Patties, well firstly, I'm not sure we're the got fruit patty from but that isn't no Caribbean dish, us persons from the Caribbean want fish, chicken, meat and for Patty, beef! Now for and change you would expect a pretty decent size patty, not today bobo.. Two little patties about the size of my pinky finger, and microwaved hot, not fresh, of and we in the Caribbean don't have Indian curry patties! Becuase that what was given to me. Anyway, the place is busy, from what I observed its definitely not a true Caribbean restaurant, we at home wouldn't serve some of the food they had on the menu. Won't go back to get my fix, sorry such bad review, becuase the hostess and server were fantastic."