The 10 Most Popular Takeout Dishes
Gone are the days when takeout was simply just pizza – you can order virtually any meal and have it delivered to you now. We are counting down the top 10 takeout dishes ordered, and our mouths are watering! 10 – Chow Mein Noodles, bean sprouts, meat and veg – what else could you ever want? This dish is one of the most popular Chinese food requests. Chow Mein holds our number 10 spot for best takeout. 9 – Burgers Who can resist a...
Trying Harvester’s Brilliant New Kids Meal Deal (and groaning under chocolate cake)
On Monday we had a spontaneous trip out, courtesy of the lovely folks at Harvester, who thought we might like to try their new Kid’s Menu. I did point out that only one of us would be on the kid’s menu – teen boys tend not to be satisfied with the portion sizes for a 7yr old, I find – but that was all fine, so we duly headed off to Salisbury, to the Old Castle which happens to be very close to Old Sarum, a...
The Smuggler’s Haunt in Dorset – Beefeater Review
Monday was Boy’s 14th birthday – and his traditional birthday requirements are very very simple; cinema trip, to include the largest bucket of salted popcorn available, followed by a family dinner somewhere that has brilliant burgers. We’d been asked by Beefeater to visit and try out their great value new summer menu, and a quick glance showed a fab range of burgers on the menu. Job done – and a table for six...
Inside out with Subway Kids’ Pak ™
Last weekend the three youngest and myself went on a small adventure, courtesy of Subway. We left Dorset and headed off to that there Londinium, because Subway thought we might like to try out their new Inside Out Kids’ Pak ™ before watching the film itself (because Subway have teamed up with Disney Pixar to offer their smallest customers an Inside Out themed Kids’ Pak ™). We rather agreed that we might ;) We’re...
Chiquitos Poole – Mexican food for all the family
When Chiquitos Poole offered us a voucher to review their local restaurant in Tower Park it seemed a perfect choice – the boy LOVES Mexican food! It was No.1 son’s 15th birthday a couple of weeks ago, and we wanted somewhere that was child friendly but not one of our usual haunts to take him out for a quick family celebration. When I rang to book I admit I was amused by the way the telephone was answered… *deep...
Visit Manchester – ever considered Manchester for a family city break? You should.
At the weekend my family and I had the pleasure of visiting Manchester for an overnight stay and two fun-packed days of museum visits, eating at great restaurants and shopping! I hadn’t been to Manchester for about 17 years so it was wonderful to go back and explore the city! Manchester has grown and improved so much from what I can remember of it back when I was 18. Everywhere seemed to be clean and well looked after and there was a...