Food and drink, restaurants in Birmingham, restaurants in West Midlands, wine reviews

Restaurant Review: Caffe Uno in Birmingham Nov 19 2009

IT’S among my most used cookery books and one that I cherish.Read

Restaurant Review: Chung Ying in Chinatown, Birmingham Nov 12 2009

MY wife was given an important task before we set off to Birmingham’s long-established Chung Ying restaurant.Read

Filini, Radisson BLU Hotel, Holloway Circus, Birmingham. 654 6000 Nov 05 2009

WHEN a favourite restaurant loses its chef, it’s always a time of anxiety.Read

Restaurant Review: Spice Merchant, Kings heath Oct 29 2009

AN acquaintance of mine refuses to eat lamb for no other reason than the creatures are so cuddly and cute.Read

Restaurant review: Akbar's in Edgbaston Oct 22 2009

A DREAD descended on me as I contemplated a meal at the newly-opened Akbar’s restaurant in Edgbaston.Read

Bank, 4 Brindley Place, Birmingham. 0121 633 4466 Oct 15 2009

THERE aren’t many importations from America that I welcome.Read

Byzantium, 11 York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham. 0121 444 5444. Oct 08 2009

FLATBREAD, you might think, is a simple thing unlikely to hit any great heights.Read

Mount Fuji, Bullring, birmingham. 0121 633 9853. Oct 01 2009

INVARIABLY, I follow a visit to a Japanese restaurant with a quick trawl of the internet to discover exactly what I’ve eaten.Read

Love's Restaurant, Canal Square, Browning Street, Birmingham. Tel: 454 5151. Sep 24 2009

STEVE Love is a chef with a fine pedigree, having worked with such culinary luminaries as Alan Ducasse, Claude Bosi and Gary Jones.Read

Saffron, Wolverhampton Road, Oldbury Sep 24 2009

HAVING just returned from a fortnight in India eating nothing but curries, I must admit the thought of an evening sampling Indian cuisine didn’t fill me with excitement.Read

Shapla, 173A Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull. 0121 733 2864. Sep 17 2009

THE shopping precinct in which Shapla is situated is one of those horrible concrete constructions that so marr Birmingham’s outer edges.Read

Henry's Cantonese Restaurant, 27 St Paul’s Square, Birmingham. 0121 200 1136. Sep 10 2009

CRISPY duck served in Chinese restaurants can be a disappointing thing.Read

La Banca, 1896 Pershore Road, Kings Norton. 0121 459 2204 Sep 03 2009

AFTER a night on the lash, many young Romans go for a bite to eat in much the same way that we Brummies might pop for a balti and naan.Read

Handmade Burger Co, The Water's Edge, Brindleyplace. Aug 27 2009

USUALLY when we go out to eat as a family, the idea is to spend quality time together.Read

Pascal's, 1 Montague Road, Edgbaston. Tel: 0121 455 0999. Aug 27 2009

WHAT’S pink, wobbly and utterly irresistible?Read

Piccolino, 9 Brindleyplace, Birmingham. 0121 634 3055. Aug 20 2009

HERE’S an example of a thoroughly enjoyable meal spoiled by one thing – the bill.Read

Turmeric Jones, 123 The Parade, Sutton Coldfield. 0121 355 4568. Aug 13 2009

MORE than three decades had passed since I last ventured into this room in the days when I had hair and hope.Read

New Sum Ye, B105 Arcadian, Hurst Street, Birmingham. 0121 622 1525 Aug 06 2009

WHISPER it softly for Birmingham’s balti restaurants have many vociferous fans.Read

Opus, Cornwall Street, Birmingham, 0121 200 2323 Jul 30 2009

SMOKED eel’s a thing that divides the men from the boys – causing wrinkled noses among the squeamish and squeals of delight among those who know better.Read