UK-FOOD [CAFE] Workhouse Cafe

Workhouse Cafe

Address: Perry Rd, Bristol, Avon BS1 5BG

Phone:0117 329 0889

http://www.workhousecafe.co.uk/Workhouse_Cafe.html

  Cafe area
  Menu (the last page also explain where their ingredients come from)

   My steak salad. The main dishes will be on the blackboard everyday. Today they have another jerk chicken salad also sounds really good. My salad is with green leaves and grilled aubergine.

   H had vegetarian quiche and salad as side dish. I like their side salad as well. The amount is enough for a light meal!! So many different kind of salad!

When we had friends visiting, we also took them here for English breakfast. Their full English breakfast is also great. Especially the tomato sauce of the baked beans, it's home made. Really, really tasty. The breakfast also comes with a free coffee or tea.

UK-FOOD [MARKET] Matina (St. Nicholas Mkt)

Matina

This is the best food stand at St. Nicholas market. The staff (owner?) is really kind, always says "hello! My friend! What would you like to have my friend?" We had a little chat with him, he comes to the shop around 8-9 in the morning and makes all the food before opening. Fresh, homemade food with local ingredient. I don't see any reason not to have our lunch there. ;)

   St. Nicholas Market                                     Matina. With some seats to eat in.

   Around 11:30 in the morning. If you come here between 12-2, you have to stay in a long queue.

   The kitchen.

   Vegetarian set. Looks fantastic!!

   My lamb wrap.

Their wrap is the best I've eaten in my life! Probably because of the bread they use is freshly made. Not like most wrap, the bread is thicker and has much nicer taste with all the fillings. Yumyum~~

This is definitely our first choice every time we come to St. Nicholas Market!!

UK-FOOD [PUB] Asian Pop

Asian Pop
https://www.facebook.com/asiapopfood

They only have 2 main dishes, Okonomiyaki and Wonton. Both of us had Okonomiyaki this time. This type of Japanese pancake has always been my favorite dish. We have it in most night markets in Taiwan and I just can't not buying it when I go to the night market in Zhongli, my home town.

As a pop-up restaurent, you never know where they are going to be next time. When we saw that they are at Crofters Rights, we decided to go right away. Street food with a brilliant craft ale, nothing can be better than this! The display of the Okonomiyaki is nice. But, honestly, as a person who eats Okonomiyaki all the time (even in Japan), their Okonimiyaki is a bit different than the original one. It tastes good, just different. I rekon it's because of the cabbage. I haven't see the same cabbage as the one we use in Taiwan and Japan here in the UK. Neither in Australia. With the British cabbage it's difficult to make exactly same Okonomiyaki as the original one. I totally understand that.

Maybe next time I should choose wonton and see how it goes ha!

UK-FOOD [CAFE] Spicer+Cole

Spicer+Cole
1 Queen Square Ave, Bristol BS1 4JA

0117 922 0513

http://spicerandcole.co.uk/

  

This cafe has 2 shops in Bristol. One in the city centre at Queen Square one in Clifton. H went to the one at Queen Square first, when we were in Clifton one day we decided to come here for a quick lunch.

Everyday they have lots of fresh and lovely sandwich options. Green salad and quiche.

Another day when we went to Clifton, I went to this cafe again and had afternoon tea there. Their carrot cake is good. The icing is not too sweet. The tea pot is the same one as Tate Modern. You can buy it from the museum shop. I love it so much!!

 

No matter quick lunch or afternoon tea, I think this cafe is definitely a top choice. :))

UK-FOOD [RESTAURANT] Baba's Kitchen

Baba's Kitchen

34 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QD, England

On Stokes Croft there's so many nice, local, independent and affordable restaurants. Today we choose Baba's Kitchen as our first visit.

   Look from outside.

 

    Menu.

 

   Harira (Moroccan Soup) 2.90

 

   Mint tea 

 

   Vegetarian Tagine (We chose couscous with our main dish.) 4.99 

   Chicken Tagine (With loads of chicken, very tasty).

 

 

We have walked pass this restaurant many times, finally we made up our mind to give it a try. Moroccan food never let us down. Our favorate food stand in St. Nicholas Market is Moroccan food. This one is also a really nice restaurant. With affordable price and proper seats. We definitely will come back in the future. :))

NL Holiday weekend-June 5-7

昨天傍晚回到Leeuwarden，外面下著雨還好有搭上公車的時間，到家後雨開始狂下！爸爸回來整個溼的很誇張哈！

晚餐爸爸煮spaghetti，超美味的整個飽到爆炸。因為雨實在太討厭所以carrot cake的材料決定明天早上再買。

早上吃過早餐就急著去買材料，設定好烤箱時間又和老公跑去逛街...手滑了買了一雙鞋，囧。一點左右老公開車帶著大家前往度假小屋啦！

八人的木屋真舒適呢！幾乎每餐都在後院吃哈哈！好有度假的fu。

我們還租了腳踏車，每天吃過早餐就騎車去臨近的小鎮（來回大約4小時），在路上解決午餐，回到小木屋就開始準備晚餐。

   路上騎腳踏車經過的莊園城堡。

星期六是外婆生日趴幾乎一整天都在Almelo的森林餐廳，爸媽出了一道題目，星期日三兄弟要準備three courses的晚餐，W負責前菜，L負責主菜，我們則負責甜點。臨時把瑞秋給的Cheese cake receipt端出來還好沒太失敗@@ 真的是嚇屎我了 ><

   Starter: pumpkin soup by W.

  Main: Melanzane alla Parmigiana and pasta

   Dessert: Cheese cake.

哈哈爸媽一直說這要變成傳統以後每年都要這樣搞@@

NL holiday weekend

為了外婆的生日會加上順便申請family permit，我們星期二（6/3）早上飛回荷蘭，一下飛機馬不停蹄的奔去簽證辦事處（感謝H的朋友載我們）。到了很傻眼的是：什麼辦公室根本是租一間會議室擺張桌子收資料啊！太瞎了！還要收辦公室使用費是哪招？根本吸血蟲！

我們的預約是12:50可是一直到一點半左右才輪我們繳資料@@ 超級沒效率的！全部弄好拖著行李去找L拿鑰匙，順便參觀了一下他高級的辦公室（律師事務所耶！）搭計程車去他家（因為某人不想拖行李），結果3道鎖其中一個怎樣都打不開@@ H偏偏這時有一個重要的電話要打，就在樓梯間用L的wifi電話會議，我順便上網找飯店（太需要洗個澡等等要去CSS DAY 的Speaker dinner咧），還好附近有一間不貴的apartment就趕快check in了 ><

晚上的餐廳真是高級！每上一次菜就有不同的酒搭配菜餚！可惜H吃素，難怪他一直說會吃不飽......是說我吃很飽啊哈哈哈......

臨時動議，L邀請我們和W明晚在他家吃飯，所以我明天要再待一晚，後天才和H一起回Leeuwarden. :)

NL FOOD [Restaurant] Suriname roti

隱藏在捷運站的美食。

三年前在荷蘭我最想念的就是Suriname （蘇利南）的roti。因為殖民的關係荷蘭境內到處都看得到Surinamese restaurant（大概就跟英國到處是印度餐廳一樣）。在Amsterdam市中心講到roti我們一定會來這間吃～ 道地不觀光客價格合理～ 去年聖誕節回來沒吃到的我該了半年，今天說什麼也要自己一個人跑來吃阿啊啊～ 看我狼吞虎嚥的！整盤吃光！太佩服自己了！

 在Waterlooplein metro station一下樓梯的旁邊，小小的一間店。

 

  每次都跟腦公來第一次自己來才發現menu都是荷蘭文...囧。用英文點了chicken roti，啊就是我一直想吃的啊！加一杯茶一共8歐元！市中心的價格真是太親民了而且超飽！

每次有人問我在荷蘭要吃什麼？我都一定會跟他們說要吃roti阿啊啊～不過我還真沒看到有誰跑來吃 >< 好像只有在地人才會來哈哈哈.....（裝荷蘭人）。

UK-FOOD [RESTAURANT] Burger Joint

Burger Joint
http://www.theburgerjoint.co.uk/

Price: All burgers £ 7.95

After I posted the burger photo of 'Burger Theory' on Facebook, I got the information that 'Burger Joint' is the best in Bristol. So we went there with Ruby and Annemieke during their visiting.

   The branch we went is on Whiteladies Road, Clifton.

   You can choose your own topping, sauce, main ingredient and a side dish. Amazingly loads of different choices!

   The sweet potato fries is brilliant!

When you are choosing your burger you really need to be careful not to pick too many ingredients. Otherwise you might end up really full. Strongly recommend and definitely will go back later.

UK-FOOD [RESTAURANT] Yume Kitchen

YUME

This Japanese restaurant has two branches. The headquarter is on Cotham Hill which we went on the street food party day. A new branch is on Regent Street.

The lunch meal price is around £4-10. Not a bad price. We ordered Vegetable Maki (sushi), Vegetable Yakisoba and Tempura Udon.

Someone can't wait after my photo. @__@ Their sushi is really, really nice!

Because of the street food party, every restaurant put the tables under the sun. :)

Our main dish was too tasty so I forgot to take the photos. :( 

I strongly recommend my Tempura Udon! With prawns, squids and vegetables, very tasty also very spicy! Their udon is the best I ever had in the UK! Most restaurant's udon I had was a bit sour, I have no idea why. But even the one I cook myself also has weird sour taste...... So nowadays everytime when I cook udon I always put them in the boiling water first then throw away the water...... But their udon doesn't have weird taste. And the seafood in the soup is amazing! Fresh and quite a lot! As the price (£5.90) I definitely recommend!

UK-FOOD [RESTAURANT] Pie Minister

Pieminister

24 Stokes Croft, Bristol

+44 (0) 117 942 3322

Price: Classic Pies all £4.50

The first Pieminister started at Stokes Croft, Bristol. Now they are also in St. Nicholas Market, London, Oxford and even Amsterdam! (Woohoo~ we won't miss pie too much when in NL~)

Classic beef pie with mash potato.

  Fish pie with salad.

When I first saw the fish pie I was worried that it would be too small for me. But it's actually enough for a meal! Traditional British dish. Their fish pie is really lovely~ with a glass of white wine just too good to be true!!

Not only their restaurant but also many pubs in Bristol offer 'pie from Pieminister'. You can find them in some markets, too.

Why not give their award winning pie a try? ;)

UK-FOOD [PUB] Watershed Cafe-Bar

Watershed Cafe Bar

1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, BS1 5TX

+44 (0) 117 927 5100

Price: main meal from £7-13

Watershed is a cinema with it's own cafe and bar. Every Tuesday they offer 'Cinébites' - get a cinema ticket for the Tuesday evening (after 17:00) film of your choice, plus a voucher ticket to use in the Café/Bar for a meal and a drink. Which is a great bargain but last time we wanted to buy it, it was sold out. So better be quick!

    Vegetable stew with fresh bread. Too bad we didn't get the Cinebite. 

A great choice to have a pre-theater meal. You can order drink here and tell them you are going to take it into the cinema then they will give you a plastic cup. Film tickets are always cheaper before 15:00. 

UK-FOOD [PUB] Burger Theory

Burger Theory
Find them at 'The Golden Lion' pub.
244 Gloucester Road, Bristol BS7 8NZ

+44 (0) 117 924 6449

Burger Price: £5.50-£8.75

We saw their stand at 'Redland May Fair' but we didn't try their burger. Fortunately they are at 'The Crofters Rights' this week, so we had a chance to visit them. 

They offer more options on the menu at 'The Golden Lion'. 

   Haba-oh-no burger.

   8oz beef patty infused w/ Habanero chillies, lime, garlic and cumin w/ after-burn cheddar and sweet Habanero relish.  £7 with chips.

My burger is hot, but not mentally hot. If you like habanero chilli then you will like this burger. The bread is nice and fresh. The beef is juicy and had lots of nice flavor. Strongly recommend.

H said his 'Halle-loumi' veg burger is the best veg burger he ever had. One nice thing we love about Bristol is, every restaurant has few vegetarian options for veg people. If you are sick of meat, why not choose some nut roast or veg burger? Always nice. :)

UK-FOOD [PUB] The Stable

The Stable

• Canon’s Road
• Harbourside,
• Bristol
• BS1 5UH
• Food 12-10pm
• Enjoy the Cider 12-11.30pm
• +44 (0) 117 927 9999

Pizza price: From £8.50-£13.50

This bar is just next to the Watershed. They offer pizza, pie and cider tasting. With more than 15 different kinds of cider (often change), they offer 'Cider Tasting Board'. To help you in your search to find your perfect cider we have introduced tasting boards.

£7.50 for five different 1/3 pints

   Cider Tasting.

   Don't want to have pizza? They offer nice pie, too.

The price here is a little bit high for a meal. Although it's a nice restaurant and fresh ingredient. We were lucky when we arrived cuz they were fully booked. We had about 1.5 hours before the reservation people came. Better book a table before you pop in. :)

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UK-FOOD [CAFE] Hooper House

Hooper House

http://hooperhouse.co.uk

113 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3RW

+44 (0) 117 329 0256

This cafe is right next to The Crofters Rights. Run by Carly, who is Mark's flatmate. (I know Mark from Happytat.) Actually after I started to do volunteering at Happytat I found that many shops on Stokes Croft are connected. Happytat to Treasure to Pop-up Bakery. And now Hooper House. :) Which is really amazing.

At Hooper House they do coffee, cakes and light meals. Mostly soup with bread. The daily soup menu will be on the board right in front of the café.

Hooper House.

   Homemade carrot cake (£2.50) and Latté (£2.20).

After a nice morning tea why not walk from here to Gloucester Road? Enjoy a great afternoon out and check all the interesting local shops there. :)))

UK-FOOD [MARKET] St. Nicholas Market

St Nicholas Market

The Exchange, Corn Street, Bristol BS1 1JQ

Google it then you will find a lot of information about it. It's reported as one of the 'Top 10 markets in the UK' by the Guardian. There's Weekly Market, The Glass Arcade and The Corn Exchange. Food stands only open Monday to Saturday. Around 11:00-15:00. If you are there too late then you won't find much food left. This is our favorite market for lunch in Bristol! Italian, Eat a Pitta, Juice Bar, Bristol Sausage Shop, Portuguese Taste, Olive Company, Pie Minister, Caribbean Wrap...... So many different brilliant street food! Every Friday on Corn Street also has Friday food market which means more food stands available!!! If you miss this market don't tell anyone you've come to Bristol......

   Caribbean Wrap. The food was too delicious so I forgot to take photo before eating it.

   Fresh Juice Bar.

The food is around £5 a meal. There's just too many choices. Every time I go there I always want to have different food! You just can't find anything not nice there......

UK-FOOD [RESTAURANT] Rocco's

Rocco's

4a Gloucester Road, Bristol BS7 8AE

+44 (0) 117 942 5829

Price: £4-16

As an Italian restaurant, Rocco's is a popular, affordable and typical Italian restaurant in Bristol. We found it on the internet as my birthday dinner place.

The food will never make you down. Just feel like you are in Italy as the staffs there are most Italian. But they do have few admin problems as our last visit, although we've rang them for reservation, they were shocked when we arrived (apparently they forgot to put our name). So the restaurant ended up fitting sort of tight and crowded. And we ordered some bread but they forgot to serve. Also our starter was later than main dish...... But they did apologize about it....

   The restaurant front photo.

   My main dish was seafood risotto and H had pizza which he said is bloody good.

Although the service was not incredibly good but the waitresses were kind and polite. We don't feel any problem about their mistake anyway. The restaurant was fully booked on a Saturday evening. The environment is cosy and nice. :)

UK-FOOD [PUB] [SUNDAY ROAST] Hillgrove Porter Stores

Hillgrove Porter Stores

53 Hillgrove St N, BS2 8LT

+44 (0)117 924 8234

Price: Sunday roast £8-10

This pub is like some pubs in the UK which only offer Sunday Roast as their food menu. A really cosy and small local pub. They accept reservation after 2pm. When you ring them you have to tell them which roast you want to order. Our experience is, the reservation only reserve 'food' not 'seat'. Better arrive early otherwise you just can't find a seat....

   Sunday roast always have meat and vegetarian option.

They have quite a few nice local craft beer. Always a good choice for a night out with friends.

[Updates]

We visited Hillgrove again for Sunday Roast. We didn't make reservation this time but we went there around 5pm. It was a nice day so we sat at the gardens. I had chicken roast and H had vegetarian as always.

      

  

Hillgrove's roast is famous of the garlic roast as you can see on the photos. It does taste really nice but also very strong. Both times I can only had maximum 3 gloves then I have to stop. Otherwise I wouldn't dare to open my mouth again after food ha!

Hillgrove is also the first pub we eat which offers apple sauce. Someone was really happy about that and almost finish half of the jar.....