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CHEAP AS CHIPS: Ben's Fish & Chips, 1 Station Road, Northfield B31 3TE Tel 0121 476 1170 Sep 24 2010

THE newly-completed tiled surfaces and stainless steel range in this chippy gave an impression of real quality the moment I walked into this shop at lunchtime.Read

Recipe: Scandinavian-style Baked Meatballs Sep 17 2010

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PUB GRUB: Station Hotel, 7 High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7BB Tel 0121 444 1257 Sep 17 2010

A GOOD two decades have passed since I was last in this boozer.Read

CHEAP AS CHIPS: Wychall Fish Bar, 234 Wychall Road, Birmingham B31 3AU. Tel 0121 458 3805. It's smiles better! +++++ Sep 17 2010

I’VE NEVER had a warmer welcome than the one in this shop near Kings Norton.Read

Cheap as Chips: 2 Tasty, 49 Dudley St, Sedgley Dudley DY3 1SA. Tel 01902 883005. Sep 10 2010

ON SUCH a busy road you can’t blame this clean shop’s threat of a £90 release fee for anyone parking who doesn’t buy food.Read

Cafe Soya II still soaring Sep 10 2010

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PUB GRUB: The Green Man, Church Lane, Middleton, Tamworth B78 2AN. Tel 0121 308 6580. Sep 10 2010

I HADN’T BEEN to this country pub for years when we visited in late August.Read

Cheap As Chips: Jiggins Lane Chippy, Bartley Green B32 3JX\nTel 0121 476 1361 Sep 03 2010

WHEN you’ve driven miles out of town in search of a great potato feast, the Jiggins Lane Chippy hits you right between the eyes.Read

CHEAP AS CHIPS - Graham Young visits the Big Fry, 133 Barnes Hill, Weoley Castle B29 5UN.Tel 0121 427 2815. Aug 27 2010

OLDER readers might recall this was a 1960s chippy rather romantically called the Weoley Fish Saloon.Read

PUB GRUB: Graham Young reviews The Sun on the Hill, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham B2 5QP. Telephone 0121 448 7966. Website: www.thesunonthehill.co.uk Aug 27 2010

IN THESE hard-pressed times there are special offers all over the place.Read

Graham Young reviews Bridgnorth's oldest pub - The Swan, which dates back to 1392. Aug 20 2010

IT’S not quite as old as the White Swan in Henley-in-Arden, which dates back to 1352.Read

Pub Grub: Graham Young visits the new Rose & Crown Steakhouse and Grill, A435 Alcester Road, Portway, Worcestershire B48 7JD.\nTel 01564 822 166 \nWebsite: www.roseandcrownportway.co.uk Aug 13 2010

BLESSED with an enviable rural position next to the M42 J3, halfway between Birmingham and Redditch, the Rose & Crown is finally going places.Read

CHEAP AS CHIPS - Graham Young reviews the chips from the first platform of the Eiffel Tower in France. Aug 13 2010

AFTER walking from the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, I was gagging for chips and keen to see how French frites compared to our own.Read

Pub grub review: The Fox and Hounds Pub, 44 Main Street, Shenstone, Lichfield, WS14 ONB. Aug 06 2010

WITH two young children it’s not often my husband and I get to enjoy a meal out together.Read

PUB GRUB / LITE BITE: Graham Young visits Chez Jules, 5a Ethel St, Birmingham B2 4BG and says: 'Prendre votre famille pour un plaisir'*. Tel 0121 633 4664. (* Take your family for a treat). Jul 30 2010

AS I’ve often pointed out in this column, it can be really hard work trying to feed your family in Birmingham city centre.Read

CHEAP AS CHIPS - ON TOUR: Seaview Takeaway, The Carousel, The Sea Front, Minehead TA24 5BG. Tel 01643 708800. Jul 30 2010

THIS chippy has one of Britain’s great positions overlooking miles of deserted empty beach when the tide is out.Read

CHEAP AS CHIPS: Graham Young visits Pavlo's Chippy, 844 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham B8 2TX. Tel 0121 327 3138. Jul 23 2010

I RECENTLY discovered Pavlo’s by accident after taking an unexpected detour.Read

PUB GRUB: Graham Young visits the Pub Du Vin at the Hotel Du Vin. Jul 23 2010

ONE of the key themes of Leonardo DiCaprio’s new film Inception is that ‘‘an idea in the brain is almost impossible to eradicate’’...Read

Pub Grub: Graham Young visits Rumours Bar in Market Place, Warwick CV34 4SD - www.rumourswarwick.com Jul 16 2010

THE clearly printed set menus offered a tempting incentive.Read

CHEAP AS CHIPS: Shards Fryer, 143 Shard End Cr, Birmingham B34 7AG. Tel 0121 749 7107. Jul 16 2010

ACCORDING to one of my dictionaries, the modern definition of ‘shard’ means ‘a piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass or rock, typically having sharp edges’.Read

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