The National Videogame Arcade Toast Bar and Garden – all sorts of Toasted Snacks while you play

  The National Videogame Arcade is the home to many an arcade machine and retro game system classic. It is a great place to hang out for kids of all ages and many people I talked to hadn’t been in because they think that you have to get a ticket to go in. Well you do need one for the…

Watson Fothergills – Ale Battered Haddock Fillet (aka Fish and Chips)

  It was a Friday so it was once again time to get my hands on a plate of Fish and Chips. We headed up the hill past the castle, through the hordes of Pokémon Go hunters by the Robin Hood Statue over to Watson Fothergills to see what they had on offer. The food…

Zaap that Thai Street Food

Zaap in Nottingham, recently opened up on Bromley Place, is another chain restaurant hitting our fair city. It might be just a small chain so far with another outlet in Leeds, but it is a themed restaurant nonetheless (so I apologise for following the crowd, but do not apologise for stuffing my face). On their website they…

Braised Lamb Shank at Singh’s – Maharaja Style

    Singh’s is in the city centre of Nottingham is at the top of Market Street, just past Debenhams, and close to the Royal Centre Tram Stop. On their website they say; “For the first time ever a modern Punjabi twist has been implemented into the cooking styles all over India. Not only will you eat…

Fothergills – ‘Bistro-style food in a relaxed bar by Nottingham Castle’

Fothergills is located right next to the famous Robin Hood Statue just below the main entrance to Nottingham Castle at 5-7 Castle Road. As you sit in the bar or on the outside patio you can see the statue with his bowed arm across the cobbled stoned road in the courtyard beneath the Castle Walls….

Lunch at Deli 8 in West Bridgford

It really does not seem like it but it is 10 years since Deli 8 opened it’s doors in the bustling Nottingham suburb of West Bridgford in 2002. I could not really believe it myself, I often came here for lunch back then when I lived and worked in Nottingham and so I was curious…

Fish and Chips at Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem – The oldest pub in England

If you are drinking beer at the “Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem”, the oldest pub in England, then why not consume a plate of Fish and Chips to go with it? There is no good answer as to why not, so I took the safe option and did just that. Although it was quite tasty it was a…

Desperately Seeking Hot Dog – "preferably of the cheap and nasty variety"

   I should have known better, and I did know better, but that did not stop me pretending to believe that I could get a nice hot dog from a random kiosk in the UK.  I was strolling along the banks of the River Trent and feeling quite good that I had chosen my lunch…

Jamie’s Italian – Nottingham

It’s hard not to get excited about a trip to one of Jamie Oliver’s resturants, over the years he has been almost constantly in the spotlight and gets as much good press and he gets bad press. He has probably featured equally on the what’s hot and what’s not lists. I think to me his greatest…