Tag: Antonio Simone

Interview with Chef Antonio Simone – Poca in Pontcanna

Chef Antonio Simone - poca restaurant

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

Introducing the newest restaurant opening in Barry…welcome to alium

alium Restaurant Barry scotch egg

‘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