Paul Fulford

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

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, 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

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

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

Still currying favour after 25 years at top

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

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

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