THE frontage looks very smart, but this shop’s hotchpotch interior reflects central Mere Green itself where it’s a nightmare to find your way around ready to park your car.Read
THERE was a time long, long ago when exotic meant to me sachets of dehydrated ingredients which, when cooked in water, magically became a plate of curry or bowl of chow mein.Read
Venison and hare are in season so, if you can get some, pair up a flavoursome stew with a big rich red, Bordeaux, rhone, Barolo, rioja or Australian shiraz.Read
IN THESE straitened times the canny shopper is looking around for cheaper substitutes... lemonade instead of Champagne, perhaps, or squirrel instead of chicken...Read
BIRMINGHAM may be blessed with some terrific Indian restaurants but it was a very different culinary landscape when Nat Batt unleashed his authentic rogan josh almost 38 years ago.Read