The Sticky Beak Blog Reviews

Sampling Coffee From Frazer's Coffee Roasters

I first met Frazer at Fine Food North literally a couple of weeks before lockdown 1.0 and he gave me some of their 'Steel City' blend to try back then which, by the way, is an absolute bobby dazzler!

Burgers And Cocktails At The Blind Rabbit, Nottingham

If you're a dickhead, stop reading this now; and if you can't read this, stop drinking! Confused? Well head over to The Blind Rabbit's web site and read their 'house rules', and all will

Whisky Tasting With Great Drams

Great Drams is the brain-child of husband and wife team, Greg and Kirsty Dillon, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Fine Food North Show in Harrogate. What Greg doesn’t know about Whisky

Sampling The Biltong From Biltong Boss

Having never tasted Biltong before I have to admit I was expecting it to be a bit like Jerky which, let's be honest, has a bit of a rep as being tough, doesn't it? Clive and Sharlene of

A Flock Dinner At Kathmandu Gurkha In Clay Cross

A random convo sparked the comment 'we haven't been there in ages', so with one swift movement His Nibs picked up the phone and booked a table at Kathmandu Gurkha restaurant

Sampling Kampot Pepper From .pepper..field

I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that 'pepper is just pepper', right? Wrong! Kampot pepper is the only type of peppercorn in the world to have Geographic Indication protection

Breakfast At The Crew Yard Cafe And Bistro, Budby

The Man Bird and I were in the mood for exploring off-park (we were staying at Centerparcs), and with the weather playing nicely we got in the jalopy and headed for Budby Antiques

Chutney, Relish & Piccalilli From The Northumbrian Pantry

Northumbrian Pantry is husband and wife team, Alice and David Murray; David does the marketing stuff which leaves Alice to cook up the magic! The thing I love

A Visit To The Recently Opened Nepalese Restaurant In Alfreton, Thapa's

Locals will know by now that Loubys has been replaced by an Indian/Nepalese restaurant called Thapa's, owned by Mr. Tul Thapa. The Man Bird

Sampling The Range Of Crisps From Listers Crisps

Crisps are pretty much ingrained in the British psyche, right? They feature at kids parties, in bowls at gatherings and buffets, on bars in pubs...the list goes on and on, but you get the