I recommend this guy on Instagram (great name). He answers questions about life, the universe and everything from his sofa. “What’s important, Martin ?” Well, obviously for me, it’s living long enough to see Simon complete the GBG, my lads join CAMRA, and me visit all the Chinese takeaways in the UK. OK, I’ll settle… Continue reading ALL THE CHINESE TAKEAWAYS IN CAMBRIDGE No. 1 – LAN HONG HOUSE
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UNLOCKING THE KEY TO WILLENHALL
April 2024. Willenhall. The only downside of my Big Day Out in Wolves was a lack of GBG pubs to tick, newbies in Wombourne and Kingswinford just out of reach due to what we pros call “Ye Hellishness Of Bumpy Buses Betwixt Wolves And Dudley“. But there was one option for a tick a ten… Continue reading UNLOCKING THE KEY TO WILLENHALL
NOTES ON QUALITY IN SHEFFIELD. AND CRISPY BEEF
March 2025. Sheffield. The problem with Sheffield is knowing when to say “that’s enough”, whether it’s Luddite cider or crispy beef. There was never any chance I wasn’t walking from New Barrack to Sang Lung, barely pausing to admire the lamppost art. “Twenty minutes ?” says the new lass in Sang Lung. “That’ll be perfect”… Continue reading NOTES ON QUALITY IN SHEFFIELD. AND CRISPY BEEF
YOU “PHILTHY ANIMAL” ! CHINESE TAKEAWAY IN THE RAIN IN A CHESTERFIELD SUBURB
September 2023. Hasland, Chesterfield. My second “recommended pub” wasn’t in Chesterfield, it was in Hasland. But show me someone who doesn’t think Hasland is a suburb of that noble town and I’ll sell you a crooked spire. Leaving the Spread Eagle I’d already got my pre-emptive tick for the day, and I could relax and… Continue reading YOU “PHILTHY ANIMAL” ! CHINESE TAKEAWAY IN THE RAIN IN A CHESTERFIELD SUBURB
MY FATHER-IN-LAW’S FIRST CHINESE TAKEAWAY SINCE 1980
July 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells. A week ago we were rushing down to Kent where my father-in-law had had a bad night and was getting an emergency referral to Pembury Hospital, birthplace of Mrs RM and other adverts for healthy living. Pembury is only 10 minutes from the in-laws Southborough home but the quickest route… Continue reading MY FATHER-IN-LAW’S FIRST CHINESE TAKEAWAY SINCE 1980
MEETING THE REAL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN BARTON UPON HUMBER
April 2023. Lincolnshire GBG23 complete, we headed for the Humber, and a night renewing acquaintances in Barton upon Humber before crossing the river to tackle East Yorkshire the next morning. Mrs RM demanded, and Mrs RM got, a night in a nice (cheap) hotel rather than the campervan. Apparently, boys have it easier when it… Continue reading MEETING THE REAL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN BARTON UPON HUMBER
RESIST THE BANANA COOKIE-DOUGH CHEESECAKE STOUT, RESIST
April 2023. Attendees at CAMRA’s Sheffield AGM raising some issues with the beer quality at the members bar would have been well advised to take a short walk out towards the town centre, where the University Arms and Bath Hotel offer high quality local cask. Walk another 5 minutes past approx. 372 (excellent) Asian restaurants… Continue reading RESIST THE BANANA COOKIE-DOUGH CHEESECAKE STOUT, RESIST
LEAVING THE TAKEAWAY OUTSIDE THE RODNEY
You left me after two pints, including a Special, in the Blue Anchor, a lovely pub to get tipsy in, even if the ale “tastes like beer used to taste decades ago“. Thanks for that, John. I turned left out of the pub and realised there was (almost) nothing beyond the Grylls Monument. In homage… Continue reading LEAVING THE TAKEAWAY OUTSIDE THE RODNEY
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE
Still on Thursday night, as I finish a long day in training for the Proper Pub Day Out in Bath with the inevitable crispy beef and Singapore Rice just off Whiteladies Road. On the walk down from the Westbury I’d been scrutinising the Google reviews, it helps with bumping into folk, and found the Dragon… Continue reading SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE
Meow’s
Mrs RM and I spent most of this week on an emergency mission to the in-laws in Southborough. The crisis appears to have been diverted, and more importantly a new addition to my Top 10 Chinese takeaways found, in the most unexpected of places. Southborough is essentially one long street along the A26 with Paul… Continue reading Meow’s
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