It’s hard not to get excited about a trip to one of Jamie Oliver’s resturants, over the years he has been almost constantly in the spotlight and gets as much good press and he gets bad press. He has probably featured equally on the what’s hot and what’s not lists. I think to me his greatest…
Category: Off Track – UK
An Authentic Amercian Burger in the UK? “Come to Annie’s Burger Shack”
As tip offs goes this was the real deal. I had heard that there was a pub in Nottingham where an American lady was putting out really good authentic American Hamburgers. This I had to see for myself and so I trotted along to the Trent Navigation Pub on Wilford Street by the canal to…
The Silly Sausage Cafe – A not so greasy ‘Greasy Spoon’
I am hoping that people are not getting too bored of my lack of progress along the El Stop Hunt while I am in the UK. I know that I am not, I am spending my time ensuring that I promote a stereotypical or is it a ‘rose tinted’ view of what this country…
10 years on, No rain for a change today, so it has to be a lunch at Deli 8
It really does not seem like it but it is 10 years since Deli 8 opened it’s doors in the bustling Nottingham suburb of West Bridgford in 2002. I could not really believe it myself, I often came here for lunch back then when I lived and worked in Nottingham and so I was curious to…
English Farmers Market – Meat, more meat, bacon and scotch eggs
I love a good farmer’s market, whether in the UK or the USA you can always be assured of getting your hands on some good local produce. In Chicago you are usually getting fruit and vegetables from Illinois and the surrounding States of Michigan and Wisconsin. In Nottingham it was meat and dairy from Nottinghamshire,…
After the pub crawl – Gourmet Burger Nottingham
OK so after several pints of English Ale it was time to find some food to soak it all up. I really fancied a burger of some sort but I was in England and to be honest it is not as easy to find a good one here at 10pm as it would have…
A traditional night out in England – Friday Night Pub Crawl
If beer was food then this blog entry is about consuming a lot post work on a Friday night. It does lead up to a Food Blog entry but that is a seperate post. This Friday I was back in my home town of Nottingham becoming reaquainted with some English Beer and some of my old drinking…
Sausage and Mash – English Comfort Food
It is nearing the end of my first full week over in the UK and it has rained nearly every day. I guess that I did wish for some rain when I came over as I do miss the English rain. But now to be honest I am bored of it and I could do with so…
A rather nice lunch at Browns in Nottingham
Still in the UK and we were out celebrating both my Mother’s 65th Birthday and on the side St George’s Day. The place of choice for lunch was Browns, it is a bit more upmarket from my usual hot dog, burger, grilled cheese type places that I frequent off the elevated railway, but then again I…
Gonalston Farm Shop – A little peek into the English country shop
For the next month I am going to be over in the UK mostly in my home town of Nottingham. So there will be very little hunting along the el line but I shall still share my ‘off track’ food experiences. One of the first ports of call is to the Gonalston Farm Shop which…
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