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Eating Bangor
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Wednesday 4 April 2012
Tuesday 28 February 2012
1815
This Spanish Influenced little cafe is hidden on the high street. From the outside it looks small and dainty. As you walk in the image in your mind stays and with its welcoming and charming staff mixed with the chilled out ambiance its a great establishment.
Tapas |
A friendly waitress made her way to our table and we made our order, after having to change mine twice I finally ordered. I've never been so relaxed waiting for my food. Jerri ordered a tapas and I ordered a Beef burger. When Everything arrived it looked amazing and fresh. Jerri's Tapas was so colorful with steam fresh Ciabatta bread. My burger was fresh, greatly cooked with nice crispy chips. Has to be the first time I've eaten burger and chips without sauce, and by doing that I realised the great taste this dish had. YUM! As you can see that it was a very well presented dish and a great sized portion. But i couldn't get over how amazing Jerr's Tapas was. Full of colour and fresh fruits and vegetables.
Moving on to deserts I had a Malteaser Cake, which was very nice but the icing was very rich and I couldn't eat it :/ It was more than a helpful serving which I was more than happy to receive. It was warmed up for me to, which I guess, was done with a microwave which was a great contrast to my cold ice cream. Jerri had a carrot cake which was a very well presented.
Very nice Food to round up a very good evening. On My suggestion list by far. Very nice establishment with a great set up and staff. Must go if you haven't been before
Service: ****
L&S*: ****
Money: ***
Quality: *****
*Location & Surrounding;
Moving on to deserts I had a Malteaser Cake, which was very nice but the icing was very rich and I couldn't eat it :/ It was more than a helpful serving which I was more than happy to receive. It was warmed up for me to, which I guess, was done with a microwave which was a great contrast to my cold ice cream. Jerri had a carrot cake which was a very well presented.
Very nice Food to round up a very good evening. On My suggestion list by far. Very nice establishment with a great set up and staff. Must go if you haven't been before
Service: ****
L&S*: ****
Money: ***
Quality: *****
*Location & Surrounding;
Slaughter House Cruelty MUST STOP!
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Yr Hen Glan (yellow)
So its the usual scenario. I'm Hungry and so is Jerri so we decided to pop into "Yellow" (Yr Hen Glan) for a drink and food. To our inconvenience the cook was on his break and we had to wait a while for food until the cook had his break, fair enough we had a game of pool to waste time, after a long wait we ordered food and waited for it to be served. Warning you now, it wasn't a pleasant visit :(
For a starter, there was something in Jerri's Ice in her coke, Not saying its the pub's fault because I dont know how if they're ice is produced there or bought in but it set the tone for our time there this evening. After waiting a while fo our food (think it seemed longer because of the cooks break) my Hunter Chicken came over with no peas :/ which clearly stated in the menu I would receive on the plate, but far from bothered because I was hungry I scoffed it down and was very enjoyable... well the chicken was. Jerri's Chips were cold and mine i found we're warm...ish... but far from fresh :/
The trend of disappointment followed into the dessert we bought when the waitress couldn't find spoons, so we were given a fork to eat, now I had their iScream Sunde, ice cream and a fork.... I suposed I managed. then the next issue arise when Jerri had a dirty mark on her plate, which was sent back and another one was brought back for her :)
Jerri aslo wanted to me to state she didn't have enough Ice Cream with her desert, now I think she was just being greedy, so ill change this to a shout out to her :)
So all in all, The Yellow was a bad experience this time round, but I must asure you I have enjoyed the pub far to many times to count on both hands, for Cheap drinks on a tuesday to food with friends but on this day they we're just not up to scratch but im sure they'll sort that out :D
This is me Jason, Logging out
Service: **
L&S*: ****
Money: ***
Quality: **
*Location & Surrounding;
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Location:
5 Sackville Rd, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57, UK
Friday 10 February 2012
Sweet and Sour Chicken Stir Fry with Noodles
How Can I Turn All Of This... |
Easy :) like this :)
Step one; Chop the Onions, white and red, and add them to the stir fry packet. and leave
Step two; Right whack a pan on the hob, teaspoon of oil and boom throw the chopped up chicken in. Fry gently until nice and golden (make sure its all cooked through). Add in the stir fry and jobs a good one!
Stepp three: In a small saucepan put the sweet and sour sauce in bring to a boil then lower the temperature so it simmers at the right temperature whilst you finishing everything off.
Step four; plate the chicken stir fry on a plate just before you bang on the noodles. Fry them for literally 2 minutes. (think you warming them up) keep them moving all the time and bash on the plate.
Step 5: Pour sauce on top of the stir fry and serve Job Done :)
Only Tip serve the plate straight away or the noodles wont be nice! :/ otherwise save the noodles until ready to plate :)
TADA! :D |
Yum!!
Enjoy!
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Student Cooking Food
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Parc Britannia, Bangor (Table Table)
I made my way to Parc Britannia in Parc Menai. This establishment has changed hands and owners so many times and yet still been a very well ran Restaurant/Pub and became a favorite dinning place of mine and Jerri's. On that note me and Jerri made our way to Parc Britannia For a wham bam three course meal :D TASTY!
On out arrival we ordered a cocktail to drink whilst waiting for our food and this is how my meal went. We made our way to select and available table, where we made our decision on our meal, where I made my way to the bar to where I was greeted with great service and welcoming hospitality.
My cocktail choice was a Pimm's cocktail. This drink is wired. Who puts strawberries, lime, lemon and cucumber in a drink, ill tell you who, Pimm's, with lemonade and I swear to you...Its good. Just Pimm's on it own with lemonade on its own doesn't do it for me, but add random fruit and veg into it and boom its nice. I know what your saying, Jason that doesn't make sense and ill agree but ill have another one :)
Pimms and lemonade with orange, lemon and strawberries |
For Starter i braved for Sticky Chicken Goujons, I say braved, Chicken is always a safe bet and boy they were nice; The sauce thats drizzled on the chicken is just so sweet and taste so good, It Physically makes you want more. With a little garnish salad on the side, its a great tasty dish to get you in the mood for a proper meal, On to the next one...
Battered chicken strips coated in a spiced caramel glaze. Served with a lightly dressed salad garnish |
Sticky battered chicken goujons and a half rack of smoky maple
BBQ ribs. Served with chunky chips, coleslaw and BBQ sauce
(I had a Full Rack)
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Vanilla and Belgian chocolate truffle ice cream, profiteroles,
chocolate fudge brownie, warm chocolate flavour fudge sauce, chocolate crunch,
flakes and a whip of cream
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All night the staff we're great around us always ready to help and im now sitting here thinking back on my night there with Jerri, the only issue i could think of is that... I had no signal to call a cab :/ but as a great place it is I got to borrow their phone to call one! WINNER. As I've just said im finding it hard to even think of a bad point of the night but now there is one thing and its not only here that does this but if it wasn't because I love them it wouldnt be and issue, Onion Rings.... In a nut shell, they weren't proper onion in batter fried and unless its not it isn't onion rings... of my standard anyway.
I will be going back i hope they'll do something about there onion rings ;)
ciao for now
Service: *****
L&S*: ****
Money: ***
Quality: ****
*Location & Surrounding;
L&S*: ****
Money: ***
Quality: ****
*Location & Surrounding;
Wednesday 1 February 2012
Oscars Lounge Bar & Restaurant
So I ventured to the new Oscars Lounge Bar & Restaurant;
My first Impression; Its modern, sleek, shiny and very classy. You walk in through the bar area and make you way up stairs to the restaurant section. We were seated by a very friendly female host, after taking our drinks order, we were told to help our selfs to the all you can eat Indian which we had come in to try, Game on!
I started off with a plate of onion bhaji, poppadom and mango chutney, along with Chicken Tikka Strips fried with onion. Now it was nice dont get me wrong but sometime i just hate the hassle of 'All you can eat' Now my plan was to have this random selection plate, followed by a small portion of chicken tikka with pilau rice and then Chicken korma with the same side, but we were restricted to one plate, the initial problem occurred when I had Chutney all over my plate, I didn't want chutney with my tikka or korma so I had an issue that i resolved.....with....Naan Bread :)
My own selected 'starter' was very nice and plenty of flavor and very tasty so I moved on to the korma, Now you know how much of a sucker I am for a korma but this one didn't please me for some reason. Dont get me wrong it was very nice but there was this taste which came through, Im not sure what it was but it didn't please me very much, I found it very off putting having this taste I couldn't pin point nor was I used to having it in my korma. On that note I found the korma a disappointment for me :( at this point I moved on to the chicken tikka. At the end of my korma dish, I had way too much sauce so this ment I had to find a cunning plan of getting myself a nice clean plate without them realising it. My super spy lessons payed off and I was heading towards the buffet with a clean plate ready for my tikka. Tikka was nice, nothing WOW about it, just an usual tikka that was nice. I think the mistake I did here was going to indian in such short space of time.
Being a tad disappointed with my korma and the non WOW factor that was available I enjoyed my time in oscars We had dessert again where we found myself having the same dessert as I did in Spicy Vujon , Completely the same and i was just as disappointed as I was last time. One dessert that the group had was literally a screw ball ice cream turned on its head and the chewing gum gone, This is all it was, she paid £3(ish) for a screwball. I was very disappointed. Jerri ordered a banana split, which was more like banana in cream.... :/ AWKWARD
My first Impression; Its modern, sleek, shiny and very classy. You walk in through the bar area and make you way up stairs to the restaurant section. We were seated by a very friendly female host, after taking our drinks order, we were told to help our selfs to the all you can eat Indian which we had come in to try, Game on!
I started off with a plate of onion bhaji, poppadom and mango chutney, along with Chicken Tikka Strips fried with onion. Now it was nice dont get me wrong but sometime i just hate the hassle of 'All you can eat' Now my plan was to have this random selection plate, followed by a small portion of chicken tikka with pilau rice and then Chicken korma with the same side, but we were restricted to one plate, the initial problem occurred when I had Chutney all over my plate, I didn't want chutney with my tikka or korma so I had an issue that i resolved.....with....Naan Bread :)
My own selected 'starter' was very nice and plenty of flavor and very tasty so I moved on to the korma, Now you know how much of a sucker I am for a korma but this one didn't please me for some reason. Dont get me wrong it was very nice but there was this taste which came through, Im not sure what it was but it didn't please me very much, I found it very off putting having this taste I couldn't pin point nor was I used to having it in my korma. On that note I found the korma a disappointment for me :( at this point I moved on to the chicken tikka. At the end of my korma dish, I had way too much sauce so this ment I had to find a cunning plan of getting myself a nice clean plate without them realising it. My super spy lessons payed off and I was heading towards the buffet with a clean plate ready for my tikka. Tikka was nice, nothing WOW about it, just an usual tikka that was nice. I think the mistake I did here was going to indian in such short space of time.
Being a tad disappointed with my korma and the non WOW factor that was available I enjoyed my time in oscars We had dessert again where we found myself having the same dessert as I did in Spicy Vujon , Completely the same and i was just as disappointed as I was last time. One dessert that the group had was literally a screw ball ice cream turned on its head and the chewing gum gone, This is all it was, she paid £3(ish) for a screwball. I was very disappointed. Jerri ordered a banana split, which was more like banana in cream.... :/ AWKWARD
So all in all i liked the Oscars as place, great set up, food was great despite the disappointing korma. I hope dessert standard isn't a trend all Indian Restaurant do have because it just brings down my night. SORT IT OUT. But all in all avoid the dessert to maintain good moral and its a great place to visit with all you can eat at £8, its not 2 shabby :)
This is Jason reporting form oscars TTFN
Keep reading :)
Service: ***
L&S*: ***
Money: ***
Quality: **
*Location & Surrounding;
Keep reading :)
Service: ***
L&S*: ***
Money: ***
Quality: **
*Location & Surrounding;
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Tuesday 31 January 2012
January Pace To Go Award
Hey Guys,
Now i was thinking as im going around munching on different food i might aswel state which one was my best, Dont you think? so from now on ill inform everyone which restaurant/cafe i enjoyed the most that month
So the Winner For January 2012 is....
THE ANTELOPE
With their fine food and great service the tip my place for this Month. With great views of the surrounding area this is a no brainer, Students, save your money and treat yourself! Its a place you'd want to dine!
Perfectly situated on the straights |
Proud Antelope stands firm as logo of the Pub |
Great View from the Pub |
Good Food good Deals, Bargain |
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Monday 30 January 2012
Student Cooking
Chicken and bacon Carbonara with fried Garlic Ciabatta
Fast, simple and cost effective, this dish will serve two, or three on a push, and for student it will be cheap as chips! So lets get started; These will be all the ingredients you wil need, I've got the prices from asda as they're the cheapest of the major supermarkets at the moment all of this costs £11.84 between two, £5.92 each? Now that's not bad. Lets move on to cooking... :)
Read all of this before cooking, I have some tips in there for you :)
Ok then so other additional things you will need are a tea spoon of oil and a table spoon of butter at the ready.
Step 1. Boil the Pasta, You can use any pasta, I choose the wholewheat one only because its healthier and at least we can try and balance out a healthy diet with all the consumption of alcohol we will be doing. Pop the Pasta on the hob and let it boil for about 10/15 minutes (keep an eye on it and constantly stir, don't want burnt pasta). When cooked, drain through the colander and run cold water through the pasta, still in the colander, and leave at the side until ready for use.
Tip 1. When boiling anything pop the kettle on to get boiling water straight away BUT dont put the water in a cold saucepan, stick the pan on the hob for a little while just before the water is reaching boil in the kettle then transfer into the saucepan to maintain heat of the water
Tip 2. Add salt to the water. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius, the boiling point of water will increase 1.5 degree celsius for every 58 grams of salt thats in it! Now I'm not saying go wild with the salt but more salt = higher temperature = Faster cooking rate of the pasta. A teaspoon will do.
Step 2. Right, whilst the pasta is cooking you need to prepare the meat, I prefer the chicken cut into small cubes. Throw them in the pan with the pre-heated oil and fry them, season well. Chop up the bacon into small bits and leave on the side. Making sure the chicken is cooked properly (Chicken is a dangerous meat to eat not cooked properly, it's not beef) then add the bacon into the mix when 100% sure the chicken is cooked through properly. Lightly cook the bacon, when done pull off the heat.
Tip 3. For efficiency and practicality i've bought a pair of 'cooking scissors' to cut up my meat into desired sizes.
Step 3. Pour the carbonara sauce into the pan with the cooked meat and let simmer for a while before adding the pasta. Let simmer at low heat if there isn't much sauce make sure you keep stirring but there should be enough, you need to add in the pasta next.
Tip 4. If there isnt enough suace or 2 much sauce in the bot, indstead of using water, use milk since carbonara is milk based and it keeps the creamy texture of the sauce where as water will thin it down.
Step 4. Add the Pasta like there is no tomorrow. Stir the entire mixture in the pan until the pasta : chicken : bacon ratio is even. Leave on the hob for a bit longer to re-heat the pasta and keep on a low temperature (Keep stirring)
Step 5. Chop the Ciabatta in half working down the thin edge of the bread so that you have two big flat pices of bread, now cut again to more desirable shape or size if need be. Now add the 2 Table spoons of butter into the frying pan, once melted sprinkle lightly the Garlic salt over the melted butter. when done add your Ciabatta into the frying pan and fry gently at maximum power ensuring the butter gets on ever part of the Ciabatta bread. Once done remove and place on a plate.
Step 6. Pour the Carbonara into a bowl and serve hot with a slice of Ciabatta bread and enjoy :)
Again not mine but i will update all of my cooking as i go along, but as you can see you can use any pasta you might want in your Carbonara |
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen01/gen01021.htm
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Location:
kitchen, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 4LP, UK
Friday 27 January 2012
Random 2
Ginsters Meat Feast.....
One Is enough :)
Tasty! :)
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