Table Talk – Friday 15th December

Earlier this year I visited Bruges and really got into fruit –flavoured beers, so I was pleased to read that Warwickshire’s Purity Brewing Company has launched a new Belgian style limited edition brew. Maravilla Sour is a ruby coloured raspberry sour, available at the brewery shop and online. In the newly released Hardens Restaurant Guide, …

Ladies who lunch

If visiting a fine dining restaurant is a little daunting, or you want to make sure that you will enjoy the experience before splashing out, then I’d recommend trying the lunch menu first. Nearly all restaurants offer a fixed price lunch menu, with fewer choices than the evening a la carte menu, to get to …

All change at Restaurant 23

I am sad to hear that one of my favourite local chefs is on the move.  After ten years as Chef Proprietor of Restaurant 23, Peter Knibb will be leaving the Leamington Spa restaurant and handing over the kitchen to new Executive Chef Curtis Stewart. Peter has not yet said what he is going to …