Archive review: Foundation Bakery, Newport
Uncategorised 26th March 2013
This is an archive review. The Foundation Bakery has now closed. The Foundation Bakery is the latest venue to jostle for a place in Newport’s crowded lunchtime market. Just when things seemed to have reached a critical mass with the arrival of national coffee outlet Costa Coffee, and rumours... Read more
Priory Bay Hotel, Seaview
Uncategorised 21st January 2013 6
M&C visited the Priory Bay Hotel for the first time in September 2011. Unexpectedly, their conclusion back then was a less than ringing endorsement. They said “The meal satisfied the tongue, but didn’t stimulate the imagination. And when dining at this level – and at this cost – one... Read more
Isle of Wight Pearl
Uncategorised 5th January 2013 2
Matt and Cat love the Isle of Wight. They love its history, geology, landscape and wildlife. And of course the food. All of these things make it a great place to live and to visit. Almost everywhere you go you’ll see something that adds to its fabulousness. Take the... Read more
Archive review: Café 44, Carisbrooke
ReviewsUncategorised 14th November 2012
This is an archive review. Cafe 44 no longer exists. If you are a contestant on one of the ceaseless merry-go-round of televised cookery shows, you must practise, practise, practise your recipe. It’s no good window-shopping the sexed-up photographs in a celebrity chef’s recipe book the night before and... Read more
Isobel Centre Café, Pan
ReviewsUncategorised 20th August 2012 6
Matt and Cat’s lunch breaks are usually taken within a set radius from their Newport workplaces. Their invisible umbilicus allows them to range to Olivo, French Franks and the Blue Door. Tugging a bit tighter on the string, they can make it to the Noodle Pot and even Original... Read more
Ventnor Botanic Garden Café
ReviewsUncategorised 2nd August 2012 5
How many Islanders does it take to change a light bulb? “CHANGE? We don’t like change!”. Everyone must have heard that joke by now and presumably there are regional versions of it being laughed at around the world. And change? Well, Islanders embrace it, don’t they? Now, Matt and... Read more
Justin Brown at Farringford
ReviewsUncategorised 16th April 2012 7
Some of the Island’s iconic buildings are intrinsically associated with their previous celebrated occupiers. What would Dimbola be without pioneering photographer Julia-Margaret Cameron? Can you image Osborne minus the pervasive presence of Queen Victoria? And surely Farringford can only be known as the home of poet laureate Alfred, Lord... Read more
Archive review: Marchesa Bar, Ryde
ReviewsUncategorised 5th April 2012
This is an archive review. Marchesa Bar has now closed (and reopened as House of Zabre Cafe Bar) Have you noticed how Ryde’s Union Street is a street of two halves? Slice it lengthwise and you will find that on the western side the eateries are mostly chain-style fast food... Read more
The Fishbourne
ReviewsUncategorised 18th March 2012 4
How many times has Lady Gaga reinvented herself? First it’s an encrusted lobster on her head, then she’s teetering about in a meat dress with matching flesh heels – easy when you’ve got a reputation for outrageousness and clearly no shame. These grotesque makeovers may keep Lady G’s downloads... Read more
This is an archive review. Dan’s Kitchen closed in 2019. Back in the day it was pro-celebrity golf and Superstars that satiated our desire to see famous people undertaking feats of endurance. These days the TV spews out task-based fodder such as I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of... Read more
