Paul Fulford - Birmingham Mail

Paul Fulford: Fixing drains without God

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:49:00 GMT

THEOLOGIANS might argue, but I reckon that God – if he or she exists – is unlikely to take a great deal of interest in the municipal affairs of the no doubt perfectly pleasant small Devon town of Bideford.

Restaurant Reviews: Food Review: Peels - Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:05:00 GMT

PEEL’S is a restaurant of some ambition, boasting a talented chef and a menu that reflects his impressive pedigree.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: Blue Piano, 24-26 Harborne Road, Birmingham B15 3AA.

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:18:00 GMT

THE tentacles of that creative powerhouse that is Moseley and Kings Heath appear to be spreading into less advantaged parts of the city.

Birmingham News: How to raise money while eating Birmingham's 5,000 calorie breakfast in Kitts Green

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Mail food writer PAUL FULFORD finds his eyes are bigger than his tummy when he takes on the mother of all fry-ups

Birmingham News: Why Marco Pierre White is mad about Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:01:00 GMT

Marco Pierre White is the guy who, legend says, reduced a trainee chef called Gordon Ramsay to tears in the corner of the kitchen.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: The Spice Room, The Bird-In-The-Hand, Birmingham Road, Henley-In-Arden B95 5QR. 01564 792 689.

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:11:00 GMT

OUR good old-fashioned British boozers – the premises, not those of us known for their enthusiastic and reckless consumption of alcohol – have been having a tough time over recent years.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: City Cafe, Mint Hotel, Brindleyplace, Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:17:00 GMT

THE similarities between Scotland and Japan are not obvious.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: Tin Tin, 9F Water's Edge, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2hl. Tel: 0121 633 0888.

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:21:00 GMT

ON a summer evening when the sun is shining and a band is performing an outdoor concert, Tin Tin’s position above Brindleyplace isn’t the most appealing of the restaurants in the area.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: Cote, 120-122 Wharfside Street, Mailbox, Birmingham B1 1RX. T: 0121 631 1587

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:34:00 GMT

THERE are few restaurants in which it’s pleasant to sit outside eating in this city, even on those rare evenings when the sun is shining.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: The Oak, 8840 Stratford Road, Hockley Heath, B94 5NW. Tel: 01564 785252, www.theoakathockleyheath.co.uk

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:56:00 GMT

LAMBS’ kidneys, with their firm texture and faint smell of urine, are not to everyone’s taste.

Birmingham News: Birmingham Mail's food expert Paul Fulford takes a cookery test

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:58:00 GMT

THIS story is being typed with fingers that aren’t wreathed in blood-stained blue plasters, which, I suppose, is a mark of some sort of success.

Food & Drink: Restaurant review: The Forest, at Dorridge.

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:00:00 GMT

SELDOM can a baby cow have come to a more worthwhile end than the hapless creature that provided my main course at this place.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: Buonissimo, 1 Albany Road, Harborne B17 9JX. 0121 426 2444.

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:39:00 GMT

UNDERSTANDABLY, the heavyweight, big name, restaurants in the city centre get most of the attention.

Food & Drink: Loco Lounge Kings Heath restaurant review

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

SEVERAL of the doors at the recently-opened Loco Lounge in Kings Heath are what interior designers would call “distressed”. Perhaps they’d eaten the food.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: Amazon Brazil, 197 Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1AY. 0121 643 3723.

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:32:00 GMT

IT IS perhaps unlikely that diners will ever routinely say “I’m going for a Brazilian”.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: Stirling's Bar and Bistro, 21 Ludgate Hill, Birmingham B3 1DW. 0121 236 7562.

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:21:00 GMT

THERE are few things that the Queen and I have in common. For a start, I work for a living.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: Jamie's Italian, Bullring, Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:45:00 GMT

THERE’S much to like about Jamie Oliver, not least his unstuffy crusade to get people cooking using good, wholesome ingredients.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: Punjabi Haveli, 1558 Stratford Road, Hall Hreen, B28 9HA. 0121 745 3636

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:24:00 GMT

NOT long ago the premises now occupied by Punjabi Haveli were Liaison – a fine-dining restaurant of real quality.

Paul Fulford: Don’t bleat, drive slower

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:13:00 GMT

IT’S ten o’clock on a dark, murky Saturday night and the rain’s falling heavily.

Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Review: Kitchen Garden Cafe, 17 York Road, Kings Heath , B14 7SA. 0121 443 4725.

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:48:00 GMT

IT WAS perhaps a sign of gluttony that it was easier to tell the waiter what dishes we weren’t ordering than those we were as he stood at our table at the Kitchen Garden Cafe.