Milton Keynes has gained an unfortunate reputation of being the chain restaurant capital of the UK. Six years into my career of blogging about the independent food and drink scene, I think that is a highly unfair assumption now. You…
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Our meal at Greek Affaire was complimentary. Not much stays a secret in Stony Stratford; I’d heard rumblings for a month or two that the owners of French Affaire had acquired another building in Stony. I was absolutely thrilled when…
AD – This experience was gifted in return for this review. Happy National Afternoon Tea Week! I promised that after my review of Maaya’s Indian afternoon tea I would have another review swiftly following and I’m very excited to share…
AD – This was a complimentary experience in return for a review. One of my most requested MK Food Guides over the past six months has been afternoon tea and so I’ve been researching and reviewing some of Milton Keynes’…
Dan and I have made a bit of an unspoken pact to tick off two Michelin star spots each year. We have already visited Il Ridotto (one star) in Venice back in March and next on our list was Restaurant…
I always say that food plays a huge part in my travels: from Venice to New York, I spend a lot of time researching the best spots to dine and where I can find the best local eats. And it…
AD – This meal was gifted in return for this review. The Wavendon Arms is a popular bar and country style pub in Wavendon, Milton Keynes. It’s part of Mitchell’s & Butler’s pubs, which is a small group known for…
For those of you who’ve read Sophie etc since the beginning, you may know that for three years, I lived in Birmingham. I went to university there and it’s actually where you can trace right back to my food blogging…
This experience was complimentary. My memories of drinking cider as a teenager are sickly sweet. Literally. Rekorderligs that dissolved your teeth and sharp pints of Bulmer’s or Strongbow. *shudders*. I never found cider a particularly enjoyable drink until I paid…