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*More than just Burger & Lobster

Last time I set foot in Burger & Lobster it wasn’t actually Burger & Lobster at all, it was the top floor of Habitat. I’d go in there on a Saturday and plan all the cool things I was going to buy when I finally got a place of my own. Fast forward around fifteen years […]

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Cheat’s Mille Feuille

When I was kid shopping in Cardiff on a Saturday with my Mum, we’d always – at some point – end up in David Morgan’s (…anyone remember that place?) and specifically in the restaurant on the top floor (the one with all the Monet and Renoir paintings on the green walls?).  Our pit-stop involved a […]

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Banana Nut Muffins

I’m a green banana kind of person.  I’ll only eat bananas when they’ve just turned yellow, and if I see a single black freckle then you can forget it.  Bananas go so quickly as well that they can change from perfect to pass in the space of an hour.  But I never throw the speckled […]

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Bibimbap

Bibimbap-ba duba dop ba duuuu bop, ba duba dop ba duuu bop… *ahem*  This isn’t a post about Hanson (remember them?), this is a post about the spicy Korean dish Bibimbap.  I’d always fancied making it myself (I mean, come on, anything with a fried egg perched on top has got to be good, right?), […]

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French Toast with Chocolate and Walnuts

I like French Toast.  Okay, I love French Toast – but I can never be bothered with the frying part.  1, because it’s an extra pan to wash up.  2, because the first batch are cold by the time you’ve fried all the others up.  3, because I’m damned lazy.  So I baked it instead, […]