Tuesday 15 May 2007

Tagged! How exciting!

Ooh - never been tagged before. I feel special now.

Right. I'll do the "5 places to eat" one first, I think. In Bath, because it's the one of the very few places around here with a wide range of foody choices. So, places I like:

(In no particular order)

1) The Fishworks. It's a fishmonger. WIth a restaurant attached. If you don't like fish, you really won't like it here. It's next to the sausage shop, so a bit of a bonus there. IF you like sausages, of course.

Mr WithaY and I have been there a few times and it's always bloody great. Had the best starter EVER - some hand picked (dived? harvested?) scallops seared and served with lemon oil. Very simple. Amazing. And then a HUUUUUGE bowl of fat prawns cooked in lord knows what. I ended up with bits of prawn shell all over my faace, in my hair, up the walls. Superb.

We went there for lunch for our wedding anniversary a few years ago, not long after after we'd had our beloved dog put to sleep and it made us both feel better than we had done for ages. I can't think of a higher recommendation, really.

2) The Moon and Sixpence. In a courtyard behind the Podium, not obvious from the street. Lovely fairly posh food. I've been there a couple of times (and once I wasn't paying - is there anything better than a free meal?) and it was lovely. Beautiful place, gorgeous presentation, nice staff, and a bar upstairs so it was lively, rather than being a "hushed" eating place.

3) The Firehouse. I think it's part of a very tiny chain, as there's another one in Bristol somewhere. They do a pretty small range of food but the half a chicken and mesquite fries is fab.

4) Mai Thai. Down Manvers Street, not far from the police station. Top notch Thai food, very small restaurant, beautiful Thai ladies bring you glorious food, and you can stagger a few hundred yards to the railway station to get home. Marvellous.

5) Sally Lunn's. Go there for tea and Sally Lunn buns. It's like being in someone's house, but you have to pay for a cup of tea. Mmmmm. Buns.

6 comments:

badgerdaddy said...

I'm a fan of that huge curry place, but I can't remember its name - it's in some kind of enormous ballroom, upstairs. Bloody noisy, good food and great staff.

livesbythewoods said...

The Easter Eye - superb! Chandeliers in a curry house. The perfect look.

Josh said...

You've got me wanting to cook for you now, (as well as having me hungry) since you seem to have a great appreciation for good food!! Still waiting for the us English translation (read us not U.S.) since I'm still having some trouble with words! Not saying any are wrong of course! (How can someone who is decendant of those who INVENTED the language possibly be wrong?) ;-)

livesbythewoods said...

Email me a list of words you're srtuggling with, I'll do you a glossary. Heh.

Nicole said...

OMG OMG OMG..sally lunn bread!! i remembered a friend of mine who was so in love with it and she made it for me..it was so yummy!!! with fresh whipped cream and strawberries...HEAVEN!!!!

Ps thanks for doing the tag. If you know of anyone else doing it please feel free to send me a message and I’ll update them too on the updated list of tag doers

Anonymous said...

The fishworks sounds like a nice place for me. Do they serve calamari as well or just fish?

The name, The Moon and Sixpence sorta attract me. And your description sorta make it to the top of the must go list when I am around Bath.

Thanks for doing the tag and sharing such great places