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Sue Wong

A fresh taste of the Orient

IT'S a Monday morning and Birmingham's Indoor Market is quiet.Read

Simpson's, 20 Highfield Road, Edgbaston. 0121 454 3434.

VANILLA has a slightly earthy flavour. It's not something I'd ever noticed before eating a complimentary starter during a celebratory meal at Simpson's.Read

CBSO, Symphony Hall

AS HIS decade at the helm of the CBSO draws to a close, many will remember with affection the many choral works Sakari Oramo has conducted with such distinction.Read

Simla, 18 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield. 0121 354 1122.

BRIGHT orange zigzags of an indistinct sauce on one side of the square white plate.Read

Michelin masters team up at work

THERE can have been few dinners in Birmingham prepared by such distinguished chefs.Read

Taste of Birmingham 2008

Top chefs launch Taste of Birmingham 2008

THOUSANDS of food lovers will once again flock to a city park this summer to sample the best in local grub at the Taste of Birmingham.Read

The Farm, Farmhouse Way, Solihull. 0121 711 7273.

ANYONE curious (or bored) enough to have surfed their way on to my blog might have read my moan about waiters who refer to their customers as "you guys".Read

James Hardy of Pascals restaurant

Haggis with a taste of the East

THE link between Scotland, India and France isn't that obvious. But bite into the haggis pakora that's on the menu at Pascal's restaurant in Edgbaston and it becomes clear.Read

Bella Luna

Bella Luna, 105-6 Three Shires Oak Road, Bearwood.

FORGIVENESS is a wonderful thing and I'm willing to disregard Bella Luna its glitches on the night I visited soon after its opening.Read

CBSO, Symphony Hall

FOUR Last Songs - completed a year before Richard Strauss's death at the age of 85 in 1949 - provide a moving image of a life fulfilled and nearing its end.Read

The Town House, Solihull

Review - The Town House, Solihull

MY GRAN could be a tyrant, but, bless her, the sort of food she cooked ensured that I've never been squeamish.Read

Enjoy the charm of simple French fare

JACQUES Brel's heart-tugging ballad Ne Me Quitte Pas - known better by us Brits as If You Go Away - was echoing around the recently opened Bistrot Romance on the night I visited.Read

Kababish

Still currying favour after 25 years at top

Kababish, one of the city's longest serving curry houses, celebrates its 25th anniversary.Read

Remembering sacrifices made on D-Day beaches

TO SOMEONE of my generation, born to a father who served in the Second World War and a mother who was in the Land Army, the conflict can seem familiar yet strangely distant.Read

Restaurant review: Deolali

Paul Fulford's review of Deolali.Read

Kevin Paul Roberts MD of Red Rob teaser

An Aladdin's cave of restaurant kit

THERE'S a good chance that when you sit down for a meal at a Birmingham restaurant, you'll use cutlery bought from the same firm that supplied the glasses you sip from, the plates from which you eat and the equipment the chef used as he prepared the meal.Read

CBSO, Symphony Hall

THE music of Bruckner is to understatement what Dawn French is to anorexia. He is a composer not given to restraint.Read

Gordon Ramsay at the Good Food Show at the NEC.

It's hell in the kitchen as Birmingham Mail man Paul Fulford cooks for Gordon Ramsay

BIRMINGHAM Mail Restaurant Spy Paul Fulford gets his big break with Gordon Ramsay at the Good Food ShowRead

The Good Food Show 2007.

Top names served up at Good Food Show

SOME of the biggest names from the British restaurant scene will be heading to Birmingham next month when the BBC Good Food Show returns to the NEC.Read

Loyd Grossman

Brum's spices a Loyd banker

BIRMINGHAM'S blossoming restaurant scene still is not getting the recognition it deserves, says television foodie Loyd Grossman.Read

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