There were two main reasons why I was excited to be invited to celebrate the birthday of Umami Indian Kitchen recently. Firstly because I have heard great things about Umami Indian Kitchen, and secondly because I love Indian food. Like, I really do love it. So when I arrived at the Harborne restaurant one sunny…
Marmalade The Rep I like The REP for its on sight restaurant/bar, Marmalade The Rep which I’ve use for client meetings and also visited several times with friends for pre-theatre cocktails, so I was delighted to be invited to try the new menu. Meeting on a Monday evening in June, the blogger event was designed…
As those of you who live or work in Birmingham all know, on Friday the weather was absolutely beautiful. From the moment I woke up at 7am the sun was shining and Birmingham, once again, managed to look like one of the most beautiful cities in the UK. I decided to get outside and enjoy…
Happy Birthday Pirlos Dessert Lounge This week saw pudding master Pirlos Dessert Lounge celebrate its first birthday, and I was lucky enough to be invited by the kind folk at Delicious PR to the blogger birthday bash at the popular Digbeth restaurant. This unique establishment is designed to seriously indulge sugar fiends and has an…
Discovering Bourne and Co I’m sure there many women out there that don’t like fancy cocktails, but I sure as hell haven’t met any of them in my 32 years so I wanted to try Bourne and Co out ASAP. Whatever your tipple of choice, there’s something quite special about the art of mixology, and…
Gaucho Birmingham is lovely, I can tell you. There are very few things in life I love more than steak and red wine (sorry Ian) so I was beyond excited to be invited to attend the Beef and Malbec Masterclass at Gaucho Birmingham this week. An exclusive event for press and foodie bloggers, the intimate…
As you may know if you have read my blog before I am a rather large fan of sushi, so I was delighted to be invited to the launch of OKO: the new restaurant and cocktail bar as part of NUVO. The Brindleyplace favourite has been a popular part of the upmarket drinking and eating…
Spring is my favourite time of the year. Don’t get me wrong, I love the warm summer months but being so pale I tend to enjoy the spring time with a bit more enthusiasm – not to mention less factor 50. Now the (quite bonkers) weather we suffered during April seems to have finally retreated,…
Gusto Birmingham Having been invited to attend the intimate blogger evening to try out the latest seasonal additions to the menu, I was excited to return to Gusto Birmingham; a restaurant I’d enjoyed several times when it first opened back in September 2016. Found on Colmore Row – where new bars and restaurants currently seem…