There’s a pleasing symmetry to this, for us. The Humble Onion was the first restaurant we worked with when we set up our main site. The Poca menu, Antonio’s answer to brutal pandemic challenges, was instantly memorable. Dish after dish impressed: plates of plump prawns in harissa butter, a crispy egg with celeriac, braised ox [...]read moreInterview with Chef Antonio Simone – Poca in Pontcanna
A Welsh chef who cut his teeth in some of London’s top restaurants is now creating multi-course tasting menus to rival any Michelin star venue – and all from the kitchen of a local Cardiff coffee shop. Chef Tom Waters, 31, who grew up in Newport and went to school in Caerleon, has previously worked under [...]read moreThe Welsh Chef cooking seven-course taster menus from a coffee shop kitchen
A Cardiff chef who trained in Oman, before honing his skills in some of London’s top restaurants, will hold a huge ‘family-style’ Arabic feast in Pontcanna next month. A regular at both Pontcanna and Riverside farmer’s markets, Cardiff locals may recognise Chef Lucas Wooten from his pop-up food business Lahmacun. Often seen roasting whole legs of local lamb over an [...]read moreMeet the Cardiff Chef, holding a huge Arabic feast next month
We’re pleased to hear that Milkwood in Pontcanna has launched a new Friday & Saturday night small plates menu, designed to showcase the head chef’s signature style of cooking. Established as one of the most popular brunch spots in Cardiff, Milkwood regularly packing in 140 covers a day and delights with dishes like homemade waffles with fried chicken and maple [...]read moreIntroducing the Milkwood Small Plates Menu by Chef Cornel Uys
So you’ve chosen to visit Cardiff? Llongyfarchiadau! Congratulations!- on a decision well made. And yes, as residents we may be a little biased- but whether you’re planning ahead, or already sat in Wales’ capital, you’re about to discover and explore a fascinating city. A vibrant and cultural capital; it is rapidly becoming one of the [...]read moreThe ‘Loving Welsh Food Tour’- a delicious way to experience Cardiff
As part of a new campaign, Food Cardiff is asking people from all walks of life to ‘make a pledge’ and take action to help Cardiff achieve Gold Sustainable Food Places status by the year 2024. Food Cardiff, is a city-wide partnership of more than 200 individuals and organisations. Through this network, the partnership drives change [...]read moreMake a pledge – help Cardiff become one of the most sustainable food places in the UK
If there is one question that we get asked frequently at Find My Dine, other than ‘where can I eat out on a Monday’- it’s ‘where can I eat out on a Tuesday?’. Therefore, in addition to our Monday post, we are now compiling a list of restaurants that are open on Tuesday. So whether [...]read moreThe restaurants that are open on a Tuesday in Cardiff and throughout Wales
Swansea Street Food Festival is set to return to Museum Park after a two year hiatus… Street Food Warehouse are delighted to announce that this Easter, after a two year hiatus, Swansea Street Food Festival is finally returning to Museum Park (SA1 3NE) 15th – 17th April with an array of outstanding street food traders! [...]read moreSwansea Street Food Festival returns to Museum Park in April 2022
Kumari opens soon in Canton’s Corporation Market. And we are excited about it, because it marks the return to Cardiff’s kitchens of Pramod Nair. Many of you will remember Pramod’s excellent work at Spiceberry, where his Southern Indian food was among the very best in South Wales, with room to spare. Perhaps you ate his [...]read moreKumari to open at Canton’s Corporation Market in Cardiff
Cult Cardiff pop-up Matsudai Ramen has teamed up with 2011 MasterChef Champion Tim Anderson to launch a limited-edition Ramen Kit, with all profits going to charity. The Tim Anderson x Matsudai Ramen Lazy Goat Ragu-men Kit costs £13.99 and is available for delivery on February 25th (February 18th sold out in a few hours). Profits from the [...]read moreMatsudai Ramen join Masterchef Champion Tim Anderson for Charity Ramen Kit
‘I love cooking and just want people to see how nice simple stuff can be.’ As a statement of intent, that’s refreshing. It’s an unguarded comment over lunch, not some carefully PR massaged mission statement, but aren’t those often the times we reveal much about ourselves? They’re the words of Antonio Simone, currently of Dinas [...]read moreIntroducing the newest restaurant opening in Barry…welcome to alium
As you wander from room to room, floor to floor, ducking under barriers and happening across nooks and cubby holes as you go, it’s quite a challenge to picture what this space will soon be. Because starting next week, this labyrinth of rooms stretching above Asador 44 will begin its transformation to parador. Hotel. Proposed [...]read moreBar 44 Group to open new Parador 44 boutique hotel in May 2022