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Review of Compton Acres Cafe & Tea Rooms – Poole
Review of Compton Acres Cafe & Tea Rooms in Poole Towards the end of the summer, Dorset Foodie Feed were kindly invited to visit Compton Acres in Poole, to sample a few of the delights from their new menu. Although I have lived in the area for well over a decade, I was a newbie […]
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Review of Hotel du Vin Restaurant in Poole
Review of Hotel du Vin Restaurant in Poole. I was kindly invited into Hotel du Vin in Poole to sample their new menus. I’ve eaten here a handful of times before, but always with friends (and without kids) so I was delighted to be able to take my kids this time too and see how […]
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Review of the vegan menus at The Real Greek in Bournemouth
Review of the Vegan menus at The Real Greek in Bournemouth I love all things Mediterranean – the sun, the sea but most importantly, the hummus. Frankly, how would vegans survive without hummus? Because of this aforementioned love, my partner and I were super excited to try out The Real Greek that opened in the […]
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Recipe for Sea Bass and Chorizo
Recipe for Sea Bass and Chorizo When there is surf rolling onto Chesil Beach there is a good chance that bass will be in feeding amongst the crashing waves. This last week high tide was at dawn, combined with a good surf, made for perfect conditions (please remember this is a dangerous place and don’t […]
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Recipe for Cod with a Tarragon Sauce
Recipe for Cod with a Tarragon Sauce This sensational sauce goes with any white fish cod, hake, haddock etc. and it is delicate enough to go with lemon sole and plaice. I do prefer this with fresh bass, but these are hard to come by in mid winter, so a couple of cod fillets will […]
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Review of Dorsetshire Sauce
Review of Dorsetshire Sauce My parents originated from Worcestershire and moved to Weymouth shortly after their marriage. We always had the obligatory bottle of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce (or Worcester Sauce as we called it) in the pantry. It was used as a cooking ingredient, but best of all when splashed over sausages, baked […]
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Recipe for Sea Bass with Watercress Sauce
Recipe for Sea Bass with Watercress Sauce This watercress & greek yoghurt sauce is a fresh flavoured sauce that goes well on summer bass and is equally at home just on salads, especially Worcestershire asparagus. For more delicious recipes, do check out our Dorset recipes page. [lt_recipe name=”Sea Bass and Watercress Sauce” servings=”2″ prep_time=”10M” cook_time=”15M” […]
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Recipe for Clams with Linguine
Recipe for Clams with Linguine Foraging in & around the sea is a great pastime and spearfishing is amongst the best, if not the very best sustainable way to catch fish. There is no by-product, because we only take what we can eat and only spear fish that are edible & legal size. But this […]
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Recipe for Smoked Mackerel Pate
Recipe for Smoked Mackerel Pate August & September each year there is a huge abundance of mackerel off Chesil Beach, They are easy to catch and they taste great just fried in butter, but if you have a simple hot smoker they make the best pate, which also freezes well for a few months. First […]
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Recipe for Lobster and Linguine Pasta
Recipe for Lobster and Linguine Pasta Lobster is one of those luxury food items that although is very good to eat, it still comes second in my opinion to a good crab! But its the the whole package that makes lobster look so opulent, when fresh they are as blue as the sea, but once […]
