Bank Holiday Lunch At The Gate At Tansley

Having indulged in a wonderful Christmas and New Year filled with delicious food thanks mainly to Percy Dawes butchers and Loubys, both based in Alfreton, we have finally left the nest and

Dinner At Carluccios, Derby INTU

This may well be the last review of 2016, and if so then what a great finale to the year it is! Some of you may well have seen Carluccio's Deli and Restaurant in the Derby Intu Centre as it

Dinner At Turtle Bay Caribbean, Derby

These last few weeks have been a mad, but fantastic, whirlwind. Invitations have been coming in left-right-and-centre from venues across the county, and we finally made it into Turtle Bay, the hottest

A Quick Lunch At Louby's, Alfreton

Never let it be said that I'm not a modern, multi-tasking little Birdie. Today, I really needed to go into Alfreton to pay for my Christmas Cheesecake that I have on order from Louby herself

Dinner At The Newly Opened Cock Inn, Mugginton

Having known about this project since last year, and seen its progress, it was lovely to get the official invite from owner Howard to go and experience The Cock Inn at Mugginton. From

Dinner At The Tavern At Tansley

After having spent a lovely couple of hours as a flock in Bakewell, it was soon time for us to head back to the nest. Our tummies grumbled gently to remind us that they needed some sustenance, so we pulled

Dinner At The Rice Bowl, Belper

The Boy Wonder and I had a lovely invite a couple of weeks ago from the new owner of Rice Bowl Oriental restaurant in Belper (formerly New Ming Court). It has been a while since we last visited

Dinner At The Newly Refurbished Castle, Castleton

Having spent a hectic few days at Centerparcs it was lovely to be asked along to sample the menu at the Castle Hotel in Castleton, not least because the cupboards chez

The Taste of The Kedleston Dinner & Wine Tasting

Joe Wood, Kedleston Country Houses new Chef, certainly likes to push things forward and his latest brain child is the wonderfully named "A taste of Kedleston" events, the inaugural

Dinner At The Queens Head In Ockbrook

You may recall dear reader that the Boy Wonder and I went to the Queens Head at Ockbrook a couple of weeks ago for their grand opening after an extensive refurbishment. As we walked through