entries tagged 'food'
MishMash Sheffield - 'Kitchen Café Bar' - Restaurant Review
MishMash on Sheffield's Ecclesall Rd is aptly named for its ecclectic menu and quirky but cool decor. I ate there last Friday night and enjoyed it enough to write a mini review of them here. First of all, it's a not an S&M Cafe-esque 'posh bangers and mash' place as we'd initially thought on hearing the name. MishMash, the name, applies much more to the general feel of the place with chunky wooden furniture, bold ceiling-high prints of the Peaks on the walls, and a bright but informal style. Although placing an emphasis on locally sourced ...
Full entry: http://www.martynj.com/mishmash-sheffield-kitchen-caf-bar
Best Coffee Shops In Central London
Any day out in cental London needs a few coffee stops to punctuate it. I'm a big fan of the fine coffee purveyors of Covent Garden and Soho, and have reviewed a few of my favourite central London coffee shops below. Milk Bar (Bateman St, Soho, London W1D 4AG) Excellent Kiwi coffee house, sister of Flat White (see below), and my favourite establishment at the moment. Uses the same blend of coffee beans as Monmouth Coffee Company's default take-away; that is the stuff with the delicious slightly liquoricey edge to it. Dark and chilled atmosphere, funky art work ...
Full entry: http://www.martynj.com/best-coffee-shops-in-central-london
Recipe for making Sloe Gin with Dried Sloe Berries
It's sloe season, and this year we're hoping to get hold of some fresh sloes to make delicious sloe gin. This jogs my memory that earlier in the year we made a batch of sloe gin with dried sloe berries bought off ebay, and I had difficulty finding a recipe with dried sloes. So for future reference, here's the recipe for sloe gin with dried berries that worked well for us. 75cl bottle of gin ~400g dried sloe berries ~200g granulated sugar ~200ml of warm water The first and only difference between this recipe and using fresh ...
Full entry: http://www.martynj.com/sloe-gin-dried-sloes-recipe
Enjoying the wares of Brew Company Sheffield and Sea Island Coffee London
I enjoyed a visit to The Brew Company microbrewery in Sheffield last week. This is small-scale brewing, perhaps 10,000 pints of ale per week, that's supplied to Sheffield's finer ale pubs like the Fat Cat, Devonshire Cat and Kelham Island Tavern. The Head Brewer, owner, salesman, cleaner etc is Peter, who runs the brewery single-handedly and even finds time to do informal tours to ale enthusiastics on the occasional evening. We sampled his best bitter, a hoppy IPA, and a light ginger-flavoured ale. They were delicious with good punchy flavours -- no Smiths or Tetleys Creamflow here! And ...
Full entry: http://www.martynj.com/brew-company-ales-sea-island-coffee
Festive Orange & Cranberry Muffins recipe
These sweet and tangy muffins made with fresh cranberries are delicious, but I could only find the recipe in US imperial units. So here's my interpretation in metric / British units. Ingredients, in order of use. Makes 12 muffins. 170g / 6oz butter 170g / 6oz sugar 3 medium eggs 170g / 6oz flour 1-2 tsps baking powder Zest of 3 oranges (or clemantines for a Christmassy alternative) 100ml orange juice (include juice of the zested oranges) 170g / 6oz roughly chopped cranberries 2 tsp each of cinamon, all spice, ground ginger 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp vanilla essence Steps 1. Pre-heat the ...
Full entry: http://www.martynj.com/orange-cranberry-muffins-recipe-metric