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Sandbanks Restaurant, The Pavilion, Wear Bay Road - Sat 23rd Aug

I haven't written one of these reviews for a while and, to be honest, I wondered whether I ever would again. There are only so many times you can be bothered to write something about crap food served by people who don't give a damn about good food o...
Rated 7.03/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Sandbanks menu

Been sent the Sandbanks restaurant (fancy new restaurant at the Pavilion) menu, so here you go. Sounds ambitious but is apparently great, review to follow.STARTERS Creamed Sweetcorn Soup with a Poached Hen EggFour Pounds Ninety Pence Carpaccio of ...
Rated 7.03/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Vegan skills at The Hermitage!

New vegan option on the menu at The Hermitage, I will be down to check it out asap:Lunch 3-course menu �14.95 22nd June 2008 - From 12pm until 3pm Starters: Avocado Proven�ale (vegan) Or Garlic Prawns Or Duck liver pat� de maisonMain C...

Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Sotirio's Restaurant, Hythe

Woodo reports:Since my wife and I discovered Sotirios back in 1999 we have been regular patrons of the restaurant, visiting at least three times a year and so far haven't had a duff meal.The menu is quite extensive, providing an excellent choice for ...

Check out Canterbury Whole Foods while you still can

The cafe above Canterbury Whole Foods is going to be under new management in a couple of weeks, so if you want to try the existing vegetarian + vegan cafe as it is now, you'd better hurry.We visited on Saturday for the first time in an age; on our la...
Rated 3.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

A lovely offer from The Hermitage

A contributor to the forum posted about a disappointing anniversary meal they'd had at a local restaurant in January. And The Hermitage have chipped in, this story obviously tugged their heart strings like it did mine, but they've actually put their ...

Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

RE: Sadly disappointed with La Tavernetta

To the couple who had a bad 15th anniversary dinner - we would like to offer you both a free meal at The Hermitage, at your convenience. You can see our menu on:www.thehermitagerestaurant.comJust phone us on 251 251 to arrange a day and time.fchb...

Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Wedding video and new jeans

Had a slightly rum Saturday night out but then a lovely Sunday afternoon to follow. Felt a bit queasy on Saturday so although we went out to Folkestone in the day, and had lunch at The Whole World Cafe (felty queasy before we went there, certainly no...
Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Sunday lunch at the Hermitage

I think this is a new development, I just got an email:Winner of the KM award for good foodThe Hermitage 15 Cheriton Place Folkestone Kent Tel:01303 251 251 Website Menus: www.thehermitagerestaurant.com new! New! ...

Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

good point re the jumping graphics, been meaning to fix that for a while

I am a vegan and am tempted to go there if they can rustle something up for me, but mostly I do just like to keep quiet and order something safe from the menu, sounds like that's not an option here...

Easter events at The Hermitage

The Hermitage has some easter events, including gourmet night on Thursday 20th:�19.95 per person inclusive ( wine is extra)Starters: Salmon Fum� Cocktail (Smoked Salmo...

Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Mothers day update from The George in Rye

Mothers Day is nearly here. If you haven't sorted anything out yet, fear not: we're hosting a Mothering Sunday Lunch at The George in Rye.Your mum will feel like royalty and you can all enjoy a lovely menu from our head chef Rod, full of the promises...

10% discount at Bar Vasa

Monday to WednesdayWe are now offering a 10% discount on all pre ordered meals every week between Monday and Wednesday until 31st March. All you have to do is select a meal from our menu and call us now on 01303 243956 to book a table.Check out their...

Botolph's Bridge Inn.

A mile or two back from the coast at Dymchurch in West Hythe, this is a great little find.Ideal for cyclists touring the Marsh, (cycle rack are provided next to a lovely little beer garden overlooking fields full of sheep.) or for those seeking somet...
Rated 8.36/10 on Folkestone Gerald

If a picture paints a thousand words...

Does this video clip of us in Belgium this weekend make anything I have to say on the subject completely redundant?See, Mum, Dad, Clare and me on a humungous big wheel, part of the Plaisers d'Hiver festival type affair that was going in Brussels this...

Short weekend

Where did that go then? I'm sure I was only at work an hour or so ago and now it's time to go back again... Tired today, had quite an action packed weekend that just went too fast. Started off with work drinks in Trashford, a couple in the Phoenix (S...

Fullsome weekender

Fairly action packed weekend for me really, surprise meal for Clare's folks for their ruby wedding on Friday, we went to The Jackdaw. I had exotic mushroom paella, it was a bit dull really but a nice night out anyway. Most other people loved their fo...

Rated 5.29/10 on Folkestone Gerald

It had to happen sooner or later

Not a great meal from Escondido! Slight repost from the blog, just so it goes on the all new (slightly worse than before) page about Escondido, part of my guide to Sandgate bars and restaurants:Actually it wasn't 100%, Escondido had a bit of an off d...

Rated 7.71/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Back to the weekend

I knew I'd written a few things this morning and forgotten to hit the send button, but didn't realise I'd turned the computer off as I ran out the door. I was about to blame the PC crashing, but it was all human error this time. So what did I have to...

Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday)

Edinburgh is nice. "Our kind of city" the wife wrote on her postcards, and I agree. We got a speedy train there from Carlisle into Edinburgh Haymarket, this was the side of the city we were staying on. We could have been a bit closer to the action bu...

RE: Up to our HIPs (geddit?!?!?)

Surely stopping the wife from scoring a perfect 10 simply out of spite is a sackable offence?Back from Rome now, and knee deep in javacript and xml driven menus. Soul destroying stuff.....bring on the weekend and Taste!www.channel4.com/life/microsite...

Canterbury weekender

Had such a great weekend, it's taken me days to recover, and I've not fully gathered my thoughts. I'm in danger of forgetting everything though, so It's time to blat out a mini review.Friday started how all our Fridays used to start, with a trip to C...

Whole World Cafe: GOOD

Saturday we headed to The Whole World Cafe, and what do you know it was actually open this time? We were a bit previous on our other two visits. It's a nice place, not sure they're quite up to speed yet, but salads and coffee and juice were good, and...

Rated 4.27/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Beer: not bad

My homebrew was not bad at all, not 100% clear, but brown and smelled and tasted of beer, so can't complain. Was a little bit malty for my taste, but I can fis that when I start on a proper recipe and really mess things up.All in all had a very nice ...

Blood on the tracks

Watched "The Roadkill Chef" last night, billed by BBC Three as "Eccentric roadkill connoisseur Fergus Drennan tries to change the eating habits of the people in the town of Sandwich in Kent by throwing the community a roadkill feast". Sandwich is rea...

Skate knobs

Has this menu board been defaced, or are "Skate knobs" a real thing?That's the menu board from The Hermitage... If you were going to go to the bother of messing with their board, surely you'd change that to "Peasant Pate" too?Aha from wikibooks:skate...

Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

One night in Paris*

So we hit Paris at the weekend, and we'd only been there a matter of minutes before Paris hit me. Friday, very early morning Eurostar, but nice, as it was from Ashford, which is just up the road from us. So no need to head into London, or even to get...

Flickr, now with built in geocoding

Organize your flickr pics here, see, now you can map them direct from Organizr. Shame it's Yahoo maps (Yahoo own Flickr, they don't have detailed coverage of the UK.Back to my PHP - I've just rewritten my AJAX popup menu thing so the backend is now s...

Sample Sandgate Hotel menu

As advertisted in The Herald today:Garden pea summer truffle veloutePrawn and ginger spring roll, soya dipSirloin of beef baguette, salad and friesMoules et fritesPlate of oysters, shallots vinegar reductionPlate of charcuterie and cheeseHomemade fis...
Rated 5.35/10 on Folkestone Gerald

RE: The Sandgate Hotel,

Me again. I'll add to that. My girlf took her parents down there this weekend and the menu has changed - no lovely bugers anymore. It's all expensive stuff so they just had a coffee - one cup wasn't full, another was cold. And the staff were still cl...