If you are drinking beer at the “Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem”, the oldest pub in England, then why not consume a plate of Fish and Chips to go with it? There is no good answer as to why not, so I took the safe option and did just that. Although it was quite tasty it was a…
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Desparately Seeking Hot Dog – “preferably of the cheap and nasty variety”
I should have known better, and I did know better, but that did not stop me pretending to believe that I could get a nice hot dog from a random kiosk in the UK. I was strolling along the banks of the River Trent and feeling quite good that I had chosen my lunch…
Jamie’s Italian – Nottingham
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…
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…
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…
The Chicago El Stop Food Hunt Project 