Blog

The Advice, Reviews & Ramblings of A Food Obsessed Chef!

Where I’ve Been Eating

Featured

Mighty M’s - Bacon Baps & Jerk Chicken On The A49

Mighty M’s is situated in a lay-by on the A49 between Shrewsbury & Ludlow, they serve English and Jamaican food. Proper hospitality, proper flavours from real people cooking with love. It’s a flavour packed experience, redefining lay-by food. This is how I got on!

The Tally Ho, Bouldon - The Lesser Spotted ‘Proper’ Pub Lunch

I fear the proper pub lunch is fading away. Lost and on it’s way to becoming folklore. There is a shining light though. The Tally Ho In Bouldon! Proper Pub Lunch! Wizards vs Dark Forces vs Sally Gunnell…..this is what I found when I went for lunch!

Bobby’s Tacos - It’s About The Taconomics

I’ve been guilty of some taco bashing in the past. Can Shrewsbury’s coolest new food spot, Bobby’s change my mind?

Love Letters

Featured

My Mum’s 1970’s ‘British’ Sweet Curry

This is comfort, this is happiness. A nostalgic flavour of my childhood that means the world to me. It would be on the shortlist for my death row meal. My love for this dish is eternal. It’s my Mum’s British 70s style Curry!

My Great Shrewsbury Chinese Restaurant Adventure

Featured

Bamboo House, New Park Road

Bamboo House’s turn on this merry-go-round of mediocre Chinese food in Shrewsbury!

Wok King, Sundorne Ave

Long Live The Wok King? Or Is It Time For A Sundorne Bastille Day?

Lee Sing, Monkmoor Road

How Does Lee Sing or the New Lee Sing Hold Up Compared To The Rest……..

Seasonal & Surplus

Featured

Seasonal & Surplus - 5 Exciting Ways To Use Swede!

This months Seasonal & Surplus is Swede!

Kitchen Hacks

Featured

Seasonal & Surplus - 5 Exciting Ways To Use Swede!

This months Seasonal & Surplus is Swede!

Christmas Dinner - Top Tips & Prep Lists - Chef Style

Christmas Dinner can be a really daunting task - here is my faultless prep list, chef style, to get you in front and organised for the big day!

Green Tomatoes - 5 Exciting Ways To Use Them

5 ideas on how to use up those delicious Green Tomatoes!

Kitchen Insights

Featured

The Hotel Continental Breakfast! How Circumstance Beats Flavour!

How circumstance is the greatest ingredient of all! Explained through the means of a Continental Breakfast!

Stephen Guy 22/04/2025 Stephen Guy 22/04/2025

Mighty M’s - Bacon Baps & Jerk Chicken On The A49

Mighty M’s is situated in a lay-by on the A49 between Shrewsbury & Ludlow, they serve English and Jamaican food. Proper hospitality, proper flavours from real people cooking with love. It’s a flavour packed experience, redefining lay-by food. This is how I got on!

The Beech Tree, Oswestry

The Beech Tree, Oswestry is a great example of getting generosity right! Highly recommended!

Floro Lounge, Pride Hill, Shrewsbury

Hot off the heels of a visit to Novello Lounge in Telford (2 months ago) we headed to one of it’s cousins, Floro Lounge in Shrewsbury for some breakfast……..