A Visit To Cosmo To Celebrate Their 12th Birthday
Published On Friday 27 Jun 2025 by Sticky Beak
See Recent Chatterbox Articles
Hurrah for Cosmo, Derby! I don’t know about you, but when the heat arrives – and don’t we always go from freezing to ‘fry-an-egg-on your-car-bonnet temperatures’ ?! – my appetite goes out of the window and I look like a right hot mess!
Thankfully, it was the evening of Cosmo’s 12th Anniversary at its Derby site, and His Nibs and I had been invited along to join the celebration, which meant two things: firstly, I wasn’t going to have to cook and, secondly, there was going to be all manner of tasty dishes on offer.
Sid (Derby Cosmo’s manager) and his team, as well as the ‘big-wigs’ were waiting to greet their invited guests in the private function area, and then members of the serving team sat us all down and got drinks sorted out. Water was already on the tables and goodie bags that, among other things, had a snazzy woven shopper bag in. After the welcoming speeches had been done, the team swiftly brought out appetizer platters from the various Chefs that featured those irresistible Bao Buns that I always go mad for: edible, pillowy little clouds of delicious magic are how I refer to them! The Man tucked in to the crispy shredded Beef, and Duck in Orange sauce, and I feasted on smoked Salmon ribbons.
When we’d bought our raffle tickets to raise funds for the Invisible Friends, and Derby Children’s Home charities (both supported by Cosmo), The Man and I headed out to the restaurant to check out all the stations of cuisine from around the world. I know I’ve said it before, but there is literally something for everyone here; no doubt this is why multiple generations of families can relax and enjoy a meal together.
His Nibs made a bee-line for the Teppanyaki station, where Chef was already cooking up a storm for diners. Lots of Scallops and Steak were piled on his plate and he went off for accompaniments. I had decided that I was going for fresh, light flavours and made my way to the Sushi station; in no time at all I had a wide selection of Sushi (Ebi (shrimp) Nigiri, Cucumber- and Tuna- Maki, and Uramaki), pickled Ginger, Wasabi, and Wakame (Seaweed Salad) on my plate. My next stop was the fresh Salad counter, and this was presented beautifully with all the colours of the rainbow to tempt diners. I had crisp Cucumber and Tomato, Artichoke quarters, Olives, and Coleslaw piled high and headed back to tuck in.
I would love to say that I remained virtuous for dessert, but you all know that wasn’t going to happen! I had fizzy Cola Bottle and ‘Fried Egg’ sweets, with some Popcorn and a square of Raspberry Cheesecake to conclude my meal…and jolly tasty they were, too. The Man also fell from grace with his choice of soft-serve Ice Cream in a mini cone, with sweets, Coconut and Passionfruit cake, and Chocolate and Walnut cake.
The charity auction and raffle concluded the evening, and we were lucky enough to win a couple of bottles of wine. Saying our goodbyes, we headed home with huge smiles on our faces. Cosmo Derby, it was an honour to celebrate with you; no doubt we’ll see you soon!
To find out more, head to www.cosmo-restaurants.co.uk and hit the ‘restaurants’ button to find your closest venue; Derby, obviously, for us. The pricing structure is written under the ‘lunch’, ‘dinner’ and ‘kids’ headers. Click on ‘Derby’ to find the ‘book a table’ tab for online reservations, or ring 01332 295300. Cosmo Derby is open Mon-Thurs 4.30-9.30pm, Friday 4.30-10pm, Saturday Noon-10.30pm, and Sunday Noon-9pm.
| Summer Terrace Living at Fischer's Baslow Hall. Bear with me, folks, there's some artistic license coming through - and feel free to sing it in your heads! 'Summer Terrace Livin', it's come round at last; Summer Terrace Livin', it's come round Read The Article | |
| Interactive Darts & Cocktails At Lost City Adventure Golf, Nottingham Not gonna lie; you wouldn’t put me and Darts in the same sentence; we are not natural bedfellows, to put it mildly! However, me and The Man are always up for something Read The Article | |
| Christmas is-a-coming! Support Your Local Pubs & Restaurants Don't shoot the messenger (me), but six weeks tonight the chap in red will be swinging his way down chimneys into your house! The question is: are you ready for him? Read The Article | |
| High Summer Bliss at Hart's Hotel and Kitchen, Nottingham Sometimes, the stars align and a perfect occasion happens; one such time was on a balmy summers eve when blooms were at their zenith, the location was glorious and Read The Article | |
| Fledge's 21st - We Got By Thanks To A Little Help From Our Friends! When life throws you Lemons (at the 11th hour!!), what do you do? Well, we made Lemonade and blew raspberries at lady lucks attempts to thwart our long-laid plans Read The Article | |
| What A Start To 2022 - The Blogs Busiest Month Ever The Man Bird has just finished collating the statistics for 2021 and we ended the year on a high....a 13,000+ visitors to the site in December high!!!! To say I was delirious with joy Read The Article | |
| First attempt at Crispy Chilli Beef, with you-tuber Chow with Lau You all know that I'm not the greatest in the kitchen; fab at scoffing, not so hot at actually cooking! Well, I just want to say that miracles can happen. My old friend Michael Lau Read The Article | |
| Christmas Has Arrived At Beak HQ Thanks To Forty Five Degrees of Belper Yippee, Christmas is well and truly here at Beak HQ!! We have just taken delivery today of our Christmas Cards, designed for us by the talented chaps at Read The Article | |
| A Day Out In Derby With Friends & Family I have mentioned in previous blogs the difficulties involved in trying to co-ordinate diaries to arrange days out and this particular occasion was the result of such a calamity. Mummy Bird had bought Read The Article | |