caribbean flavours, Theatre Royal, Stratford East London

    Caribbean Flavours is a restaurant in the bar of the Theatre Royal,Gerry Raffles Square, London, E15 1BN

 

 

This is simply some of the best value Caribbean food available.  Dishes include Jerk Chicken, Oxtail, curried goat and various different fish such as Salmon or King Fish.  Dishes are served with Plantain salad and plane rice or rice and peas.  These main dishes including the rice cost no more than £7.00 and you get a massive plateful.  There is also a restaurant outside called the Caribbean Scene which also appears in this blog.  There may be les choice at Caribbean Flavour, but I must say that the value for money is better.

 

There is free entertainment in the evenings, so if like me you prefer to chat and eat rather than enjoy a gig while you eat then watch when you go.  Food is served until about 08:30 in the evenings and starts at mid day.    The bar is open until 11 PM in the week and midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.  Drinks are a little expensive but quite reasonable for a theatre bar.  There is no pressure to see a show in the theatre if you just want to go and eat.

I thoroughly recommend this restaurant.  The value for money is great and staff are friendly and helpful.  People have also eaten there with guide dogs and they have been no problems that I am aware of.

 

The Jolly Porter, St. David's Hill, Exeter

This pub has recently had its kitchen taken over by people who cook Thai food.  Staff were helpful about reading the menu and dishes included a range of starters and Thai soups as well as Thai favourites such as green, red or Yellow curry and various stir fries.  You can also have burger and chips as well as other bar snacks.  Expect to pay about £10 for a starter and main from the Thai menu.

 

I have eaten here twice and have had 2 different curries as well as a soup and sweetcorn cakes for starters.

 

sure, this is not the best Thai food I have ever had,but it is competitively priced and compares extremely favourably to other pubs I have been to in the country which sell Thai food.  The Jolly Porter is opposite the Great Western Hotel which has also featured in this blog.  It is a very welcome alternative in the area which helps to broaden choice.

 

 

Donato's, The Royal Beacon Hotel Exmouth Devon EX EX8 2AF

This is an Italian restaurant in the cellar of the hotel. I attended this restaurant last week with 2 friends.  We each had 2 courses and a bottle of house wine between us and 2 of us had a liqueur coffee.  It cost us about £26 each and the portions were massive.  I kicked off with beef with Parmesan Cheese, a dish called Bresaola.  I followed this with Nocchi served with meat sauce.  Nocchi are small potato dumplings.  I asked them to put some chilli in the meat sauce and they certainly obliged with a good spicy dish.  The portions were massive and I had to leave a bit.  I deserved a caning on the spot for that!  My friends had soups.  One had a Pizza for main and the other had a seafood dish with spaghetti and both said the food was excellent.

 

Staff were really friendly and I would highly recommend Donato's if you are in the area and want to celebrate a special occasion or just treat yourself. 

 

 

sue's snacks queens road brighton

I often visit this place if i go to brighton for work. This is a no nonsense snack bar which sells basic sandwiches and breakfast food.
Today i had 2 bacon 2 sausage 1 egg mushrooms a slice of toast and coffee. This cost 5 pounds. The sausages were fat and very meaty 4 sausages from a cafe and the smoky bacon was well cooked. The fried egg came with the yoke hard which is how i like it. The toast was thick white bread. The coffee was average instant coffee though quite passable. For 5 pounds this is great value 4 somewhere so close to the railway station.
The woman who runs it along with her partner joe is really called sue it seems. Her voice sounds like she is about to peg out or burst in to tears and joe somethines breaks out into random song. They are both a little etcentrick perhaps but the food is great quality.

phoenix pub denmark hill

This is a pub next to denmark hill station. I think the entrance is actually on windsor walk.
This pub sells a lot of moroccon food such as lamb tagene With couscous and spicy moroccan chicken stew as well as a salad with humus green beans egg onion olives and mixed leaves. I had this light dish as i had eaten a big breakfast.
The pub also sold more traditional dishes such as steak and chips or sausage and mash.
Beer was nothing special with no real ale but this is a decent food place as near as you can get to denmark hill station.