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Sound bar

Sound Bar, Corporation Street, Birmingham

IF YOU like having a sense of space then the re-emergence of the long-closed former Hawkins' Wine bar is a must. Read

South Indian food festival

BIRMINGHAM restaurant Lasan is hosting a South Indian food festival on Sunday, February 24, when a buffet will be served between 12.30pm-3.30pm and 6pm-9pm, and Monday, February 25, from 6pm-9pm. The price is £20 per person. Read

Adam's Place, Bristol Road, Selly Oak

THIS halal, eat-in chippy is at the heart of Selly Oak's ultra-busy 'golden-breadcrumb mile'. 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

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

Best Buys

Cono Sur Pinot Noir Reserve 2006 (down to £5.99 from £7.49 at Somerfield) has a hint of the seductive raspberry scent and earthy characteristics of Burgundy, but it is altogether more robust. Read

Great wall of China

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a silky wine

THE WALL is coming down! Well, not quite yet, perhaps. China still has many walls - and not just the Great one - but it is quickly dismantling the barriers to becoming one of the most dynamic wine-producing countries in the world. Read

Cocktail of the Week

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Catherine Hendrick

Cooking a Valentine meal out of a box!

THEY say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach... Read

Kings Arms, Kings Heath

Pub grub - Kings Arms, Kings Heath.

DRIVE out of Birmingham along the busy Alcester Road South and you probably won't even notice the Kings Arms. Read

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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

Cocktail of the week

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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

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Ingredient of the season

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