Ubiquitous – having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once;omnipresent Chip Ermmmmm …..No sign of those in this establishment ….or maybe there is. The myth speaks of the fact that the restaurant owner totally refused to serve chips to the people of Glasgow and this actually lasted for 30 years.Over the…
Month: October 2012
The Samling , Windermere – New head Chef Ian Swainsons Tasting menu 2012.
It`s been a couple of months since i had the “Cumbria Life summer lunch” at `The Samling` . An excellent value lunch for £25 and definitely one of the bargains of the season. Since my visit in July there`s been some dramatic changes over at the Country house hotel near Windermere. New Head Chef Ian…
LENCLUME – What`s the best Camera for the Geeky food blogger.
If i were to hazard a guess I think you`ll all know pretty well by now that i`m quite a big fan of Chef Simon Rogan and his Lenclume restaurant in the Cumbrian village of Cartmel. I suppose i can even manage to call it my “local” seeing as though it`s only an hours drive…
The Waterfront – Whitehaven and my home town Gem.
The picturesque and sleepy little Georgian fishing port of Whitehaven nestles cosily against the western fringes of the English Lake district national park on the Cumbrian coastline…. Hey , i would definitely get a job with the tourist board wouldn`t i ? Ok….ok….so it`s an ex mining town , an historical slave trading port and has strong association…
Cumbriafoodie 