Ingredients
Giblets (from your chicken, capon or turkey)
Bay leaf
Salt/pepper
Water
Knorr Stock Pot
Bisto chicken gravy granules
Method Christmas Eve
Add water, salt/pepper and bay leaf to giblets
Simmer for 1 hour
Drain stock and keep in fridge for Christmas day
Feed giblets to you cat (Daisy)
Christmas Day
Bring stock to boil
Add to Knorr Stock Pot and a decent portion of gravy granules
Top up with water from Brussels Sprouts
Awesome!
Yesterday's Whitty/Johnson briefing, which effectively said cut down on your socialising, threw the hospitality sector under the bus at what should be their most profitable time of the year.
Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty last night urged Britons to scale back their social lives and not mix with people unless they have to. The public should “prioritize social interactions that really matter to them” by “de-prioritizing” more trivial social events, Whitty advised, warning this was “going to become increasingly important as we approach Christmas.” His unmistakeable takeaway: “Don’t mix with people you don’t have to.”
Boris Johnson — under pressure from his increasingly restriction-skeptic party — declined to join Whitty in giving the public a direct order to cancel events over the Christmas period. There is outcry among business leaders this morning at what they see as a worst-of-all-worlds scenario, where Brits stay home of their own accord in the coming weeks without the government providing any financial safety net for the hospitality and live events industries.
Resolution Foundation’s Torsten Bell puts it:
“If you’re telling people to avoid hospitality, it doesn’t matter if you’re not banning them from doing so: restaurants, pubs, bars are going to get stuffed. They’ll lose customers and workers will lose their jobs.”
100,000’s staff hours are being slashed up and down the UK, due to cancellations.
— Sacha Lord (@Sacha_Lord) December 16, 2021
A large proportion are on a living wage.
Xmas is looming, and many now have no income.
Your silence is deafening @RishiSunak.
Unforgivable and Unforgettable.
Tinto Taperia takes the best of Spain, offering exquisite Spanish tapas and paellas freshly prepared on the premises.
We have always enjoyed our meals there.
Last Saturday was no exception; the food, service and atmosphere were all excellent.
#ChampagneDay was born in 2009 at the initiative of a Californian blogger and wine tutor, Chris Oggenfus. Over the years, more and more wine lovers around the world have participated in Champagne Day, which has become the universal event for Champagne lovers.
When is Champagne Day ?
Champagne Day takes place on the 4th Friday of October each year.
Join Champagne Day
You too can be part of it: take a moment to celebrate small moments in life this Champagne Day. Join a planned event in a restaurant, enjoy a Champagne food & wine pairing with close friends, families or colleagues, or simply share a glass of Champagne with the one you love.
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A very warm and friendly welcome awaits you at Casalingo, one of Brighton's best Italian restaurants.
Located at 29 Preston Street Brighton, Casalingo offers:
"a simple winning formula; fine, fresh ingredients (locally sourced wherever possible), truly authentic recipes, and a genuine taste of social dining, as only Italians know how!
No matter what the occasion, our unique combination of good food and relaxed ambience will complement and enhance your experience.
Casalingo offers a true taste of the Italian food and wines catering for intimate romantic evenings, relaxed business entertainment or fun family gatherings with equal ease. Our attentive, knowledgeable staff will be delighted to help make your evening as enjoyable as possible; and they will be happy to tell you about each authentic dish, so that you can choose from our many dishes with confidence."
Here is a link to the menu.
Eva and I are regulars, and had a fantastic evening there last Saturday night. The service was very friendly and professional, and the food fantastic.
It is well worth visiting.
We most certainly will be going again!
this bakery in leeds is having an absolute mare because someone reported them over using illegal sprinkles and it’s just so fucking funny to me pic.twitter.com/pvljZUERl4
— vic🪴 (@viqqyy) October 12, 2021
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— News For All (@NewsForAllUK) October 6, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Keir Starmer is fired up for day three of Labour conference, fuelled by… FISH AND CHEESE
— Matt Chorley (@MattChorley) September 27, 2021
More of this vital journalism on @TimesRadio from 10am live from Brighton pic.twitter.com/lniW5CyJp3
Bacon omelette, this is not a bacon omelette … as served in Paris this morning … 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/iI7J4Ngvua
— Stacy Herbert (@stacyherbert) September 22, 2021
I bought these splendid chunky spare ribs from the good people of Clark's Meat and Poultry and roasted them with my special sauce.
They were succulent, tender and sublime!
Ingredients
-garlic chopped
-ginger grated
-soy sauce
-scotch bonnet sauce
-hoi sin sauce
-honey
-lemon juice
-paprika powder
-tomato puree
-Worcestershire sauce
-olive oil
-salt/pepper
Method
-Mix the ingredients
-Coat the ribs
-Put the ribs in a roasting pan and cover with silver foil
-Roast for 1.5 hours at 160
-Remove the foil and roast for another 10 minutes or so at 180
Despite having lived in Brighton for many years, we have never tried Pavel (a hidden gem of an Indian restaurant in Kemptown).
We remedied that on Saturday night, and had a really excellent evening.
The service was friendly, cheerful and efficient.
The food was spot on, a good selection of choices and fantastic flavours, we loved it.
I even had mulligatawny soup, something I haven't had for a few years!
Oh, and by the way, the Chablis was superb.
Pavel
40 St James's Street
Brighton
BN2 1RG
01273 369 2711
Those of you who want a good meal, in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere with a view of the sea should go to the Bristol Bar on Marine Parade (between Brighton pier and the marina).
To celebrate Freedom Day, and the fact that the weather was decent, we went there last night for dinner.
I am happy to recommend the Bristol.
It is well worth a visit!
Bristol Bar
Paston Place
Kemptown
Brighton
BN2 1HA
01273 605687
Whenever we are in Eastbourne, we always make time to visit the Belgian Cafe (11 Grand Parade 01323 729 967).
As per its website:
"We are famous for our freshly prepared seafood specialities, including 50 different ways to enjoy mussels and our amazing selection of over 50 bottled Belgian beers. Since December 2014 we have been producing our own home-brewed beer right here on the premises called ‘Beer Me Brewery’.
Established in 1999, the Belgian Cafe (formerly Cafe Belge) is a recent winner of the local Sovereign Award for Eastbourne’s best restaurant and was nominated for the Les Routier restaurant award in 2013. We offer casual dining with exceptional service, not only the best of seafood dishes, but also a great selection of meat and poultry, salads and vegetarian options.
Our passion for food and quality drinks have always been our main drive. After years of studies, hard work and tasting, since December 2014 we are really proud to brew our own beers on site.
We select and use only the best ingredients, focusing on the purest brewing laws. Our beers are unfiltered and served fresh directly from the brewery. Our aim is to bring you a great and unique taste at the best price."
We popped in for lunch last Monday and had two bowls of mussels, and some fizz.
The food was excellent, and the warmth of our reception, professionalism of service and friendliness of staff were all top notch.
Those of you looking for good quality, authentic tapas in Eastbourne should visit:
Toreros Tapas Restaurant & Bar
193 Terminus road
Eastbourne
BN21 3DH
01323 351475
It has over 60 dishes, including paella; and a good selection of Spanish wines.
We thoroughly enjoyed the dishes we chose, I was particularly impressed with the tortilla which had a nice peppery twang to it.
The welcome was warm and the service was very friendly and efficient, and we were even allowed to borrow an umbrella at the end of the meal to get back to our hotel as it was tipping down (we duly returned it the next morning).
Kudos and thanks to Lorenzo Cinalli and Lonela "Nelly" Pricop and the good people of the Rostick Restaurant in Eastbourne for our very warm welcome, professional friendly service and exceptional food.
It has been three years since we last went there (see review), but thanks to the none too "small" matter of the pandemic our plans to revisit were delayed until last Saturday.
We were not disappointed, it was bloody brilliant!
