Hello and welcome to CEDRIC SUGGESTS, specially designed for those of us who are partial to a slice or three of The Culinary Arts…
But Nota Bene Dear Reader: this blog is NOT limited to my recipe and restaurant ramblings alone! I shall also take it upon myself to decribe my various other encounters and experiences in this wonderful world we all share. Expect recommendations of excellent service received, for example, and lively discussions on a variety of exhilerating sublects like as Fashion, Art, Education, Religion and Fitness my word. Not forgetting my regular Favourite Albums of the Month / Year feature. Are you ready? Then enter Freunde, Étranger, Stranger…
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Brain Jar – Living Well in Hull on Earth
Dear loyal readers, I return, but this time exiled to Hull, and surprisingly enjoying it. I suppose it will now become my task to persuade the world that there is more than just the letter e that separates Hull from Hell. But believe me, it is not all Stygian gloom up...
Framed, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – AOTM August 2019
When my father suggests I listen to an album, I make a note of it and put it aside in my parental notes box. This box also includes such chestnuts of advice as "you must be careful with money" and "don't get hit by cars on the Hagley Road". Much like these nuggets of...
Boxcar Butcher & Grill, Marylebone – Exquisitely Pompous Breakfast
Having been in London some 12 hours, it was time we eat solid food. I headed to Maylebone to meet Nick and Emily. I had read about this place in the Evening Standard. I imagine I am not the only one who did so. The cheap bacon butty was surreptitiously taken off the...
Lychee Garden – Terrific Chinese Takeaway, Edgbaston Birmingham
Before you ask, if you haven't already, our order from Lychee Garden was delivered to my house, therefore I could not get a photograph of the shop front, as is customary on Cedric Suggests. Hence, the featured image on this post is of a marvellous Spaniel called...
Da Michele – The Best of Naples, in Marylebone London
Well well well... who knew Da Michele had an outlet in London? Most of London I suppose. Once I caught wind that there was a place in London, Baker Street no less, where I could sample genuine Neapolitan pizza, I could not but make the long and arduous journey to...
El Borracho de Oro – Golden Lunch, Five Ways, Birmingham
For the few of you who didn't hear me shouting about my new job, I got a new job! I find myself in the environs of central Birmingham on a daily basis now. Occasionally, I fall prey to hunger and must sate this urge by dining in fine cost effective establishments. Not...