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Cheap As Chips: Chamberlains in Oldbury

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

I ENJOYED the restaurant here a year ago just after it had opened and since then the business has won the fish and chip shop award for best UK newcomer.

Pub Review: The Ropewalk in Hockley

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

THIS Marston’s pub opposite the gravestones in St Paul’s Square was nice and dead itself at 6pm last Saturday.

Pub Review: The Dog in Warley

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

EGGS, like newspapers, are daily miracles many people tend to take for granted these days.

Cheap as Chips: McDonald's on Warwick Road, Olton

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

I MUST be really thick – because at least three people will arrive behind me before I’ve grasped Maccy D’s menu.

Restaurant Spy: Experimental Claire Hutchings is no flash in the pan

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

AT the age of 23 and with relatively little kitchen experience, Claire Hutchings was catapulted to fame when her innovative and beautifully-crafted dishes took her to the final of last year’s MasterChef: The Professionals.

Restaurant Review: Aalto Restaurant in Hotel La Tour, Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:12:00 GMT

COMPUTERS and I are not natural best mates.

Pub Review: Amber Tavern on Hagley Road West, Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

SITTING next to the huge, curved bay window of this pub gave us a bird’s eye view of the Hagley Road traffic lights.

Cheap as Chips: Urban Feast on Navigation Street, Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

I HAD to double-check the name of this eatery on my way out after the friendly server flash-cooked some quarter-inch square fries so quickly I thought I must have been to a shop called Urban Fast.

Restaurant Review: The Queens in Belbroughton

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:22:00 GMT

THIS area is far from short of talented chefs, but Andy Waters ranks among the very best.

Pub Review: TGI Friday's on the Hagley Road

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

ONCE the first of its kind in the UK, the now 26-year-old TGI remains ever-popular.

Cheap as Chips: The Cod Pot in Cotteridge

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

YOU learn something new every day – I never realised the route between Pershore Road and Linden Road was called, er, Watford Road. Why would you?

Cheap as Chips: Frydays in Acocks Green

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT

IF YOU don’t know the area between the Warwick Road and Coventry Road, then this chippy might be hard to find.

Restaurant Review: Delhi 6 in Little Aston

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:00:00 GMT

CHEFS are show-offs. Not all of them, of course.

Pub Review: The Peacock in Kings Norton

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

EVEN though this pub is technically in Kings Norton, it’s still a lovely drive out into pristine countryside.

Restaurant Review: Don Diego in Sutton Coldfield

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:41:00 GMT

THE pursuit of good tapas in Birmingham often turns out to be a forlorn thing.

Cheap as Chips: The Big Fish in Stratford-upon-Avon

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

MIDLANDS Seafish Industry Training Association training manager Michael Pili discovered an “incorrect practice” was at the root of my one-star review here in January last year.

Pub Review: The Victoria in Barnt Green

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

THE motto on this pub’s website is that ‘you can’t beat a good local’.

Cheap as Chips: Beeches Walk Takeway in Sutton Colfield

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

WAITING to walk into this tidy shop in a prime position next to the main road into Sutton Coldfield, I was surprised by how quiet trade was.

Pub Review: The Baldwin in Hall Green, Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

AS EVERYONE prepares to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic exactly 100 years ago on Sunday, here’s another piece of White Star history.

Food review: Chamberlain's Fish and Chips, Oldbury

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

THE chip – beloved, weighed and sometimes even measured and colour-coded by my colleague Graham Young – can be a thing of great beauty.