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Twelve Course Vegan Tasting Menu at Quay Arts Hot

Articles 13th November 2018
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Cat’s a bit of a vegan-dabbler, although it will take a lot to turn Matt’s head away from sausages. Talking of which, we were delighted to have it further confirmed that vegan food needn’t be sawdusty fauxages. When in the supremely talented hands of Quay Arts chef Dave Holley,... Read more

Cruising on a Ventura Adventure

Reviews 20th September 2018
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Living as we do on the edge of the Solent, we often gawp at the vast liners as they head east through the Solent on their way to exotic climes. And, last week, we were among the passengers aboard the P & O Ventura, on its way to Normandy... Read more

High tea at the Spinnaker Tower

Uncategorised 20th September 2018
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As residents of Ryde, the Spinnaker Tower is a familiar landmark on the other side of the Solent. If we can see it from the Isle of Wight, imagine the view of the Island from the tower’s top! We popped over to Pompey, courtesy of Wightlink, and took a... Read more

Ship Shape and Bristol Fashion

Reviews 28th August 2018
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Pompey girl Cat has always had a place in her heart for Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. This relentless innovator, with his over-compensating stovepipe hat and ginormous cigars, cut a formidable dash in that famous pin-up photo of him in front of the chains of the SS Great Western.... Read more

Top five places for vegetarian and vegan dining on the Isle of Wight Hot

Reviews 8th August 2018
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These days denying yourself is the new hedonism. Where we used to brag about how much our houses were worth and chunter on about our exotic foreign holidays, now it’s all about staycationing and the hair-shirtism of Dry January. Around the world people are woke to the nightmare of... Read more

Plant-based Dining at Ventnor Botanic Garden

Uncategorised 23rd July 2018
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Veganism is the new black. Or something. Certainly there has been an upswell of interest in cutting meat out of one’s diet – but dairy too? Is that a step too far? Although fish is usually on the menu at the Edulis restaurant in VBG, Chef Brad Roe used... Read more

Farmers Market, Ryde

Uncategorised 19th March 2018
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We’re a couple of idlers. While you are taking your children to swimming lessons and tending to your horses on a Saturday morning, we’re nearly always lazing about. However, due to a quirk of fate, we were up early today and you know what that means – a visit... Read more

Matt and Cat’s Review of 2017

Reviews 9th January 2018
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As 2017 drew to a close, we were, as usual, regularly asked if we have visited every eatery on the Isle of Wight. The answer is, not yet. Nor are we really fat; although Matt’s working on that. Read more

Can we do it? Yes, vegan!

Uncategorised 25th December 2017
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The last time Cat lost this much weight in a week she was suffering from a particularly nasty bout of food poisoning. Take it from us, an attack of campylobacter can seriously deplete the body’s reserves and cause discomfort for days. However, this week Cat shed four pounds not... Read more

Matt and Cat on Tour: Bristol

Reviews 27th November 2017
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We’re big fans of taking short breaks in England; after all, if we expect people to come to the Isle of Wight it’s only fair that we spend our holiday money on the mainland every once in a while. Being relative ruralites, we’ll generally opt for a city break:... Read more