The Sticky Beak Blog Reviews

A Return Visit To The Village Inn, Marehay, For Pizza

I am LOVING this hot weather, and the slattern within most certainly is!! I suspect that The Man Bird and I aren't alone in not being bothered to cook in the heat at the end of a days

Out For Afternoon Tea At Croots Farm Shop Cafe

I love an Afternoon Tea at any time of the year, but there's something a bit special about it when the sun is shining over fields that have lambs and foals in them. Croots Farm Shop

Out For Dinner At Dolce & Salato Italian Restaurant, Derby

Now that lockdown restrictions are being eased, His Nibs and I can get out-and-about a bit more, and boy are we enjoying it! There has been a long list of venues we've been wanting

A Return Visit To Hide Burger Bar In Derby

Having spent a fab (if very blooming wet!!) couple of hours at the Derby Market Place celebration event, we decided to grab a late evening bite to eat at Hide Burger Bar. Martyn, the owner, had squeezed

A Post Lockdown Dinner At The Kelstedge Country Pub And Kitchen

Aaaah, it feels good to be back in the (foodie) saddle again! As lockdown restrictions have eased to allow indoor eating, His Nibs and I felt the time was right

A Post Lockdown Visit To Lotus Indian Kitchen At Mercia Marina

Woo Hoooooo, we're out, out, out! Being out out is fantastic in normal times, but being out out and outside as lockdown 3.0 is being eased is even flipping better!

Takeaway Afternoon Tea from The Orangery at St Elphin's Park, Darley Dale

One of the things I love about the blog is getting to try things out before they really go 'live' out in the big wide world, and on this occasion (Mothers Day

A Weekend Takeaway from Kathmandu Gurkha, Ripley

It's been a busy few weeks for The Man Bird and I, and with the forecast for the weekend being superb, it was going to get even busier. With that in mind, we planned to stuff our

A Fool-Proof Valentines Dinner from Arthur's In Belper

The Man Bird and I have cooked a Steak dinner (or gone out for one) for Valentines Day for as long as I can remember, but thanks to lockdown still going strong there was no chance

Pick 'em' Mix; Sweets delivered to your Door

Everybody likes sweeties don't they; I'm not saying you have to have them every day or anything, but I bet that we can all think of a favourite sweet from our childhoods or adult lives.