Pizza Express, Leamington 11/12/13

A restaurant blog post from Leamington this time, mum and I had been Christmas shopping all day and were both so tired! We decided to stop for a light lunch somewhere and have a sit down and relax. The Pizza Express in Leamington is a nightmare to find as its pretty much out of the town centre but eventually we found out and by this point we were both starving. We only wanted something small though as we were having dinner at home later on that evening. 

The Black Swan, Henley in Arden 5/12/13

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Another personal favourite restaurant of mine; The Black Swan in Henley-in-Arden, its only a 5 minute walk away too! What more could I want?! It's a typical pubby pub, very traditional with real wood fires and beams. Lovely inside and the service and food is always brilliant. This particular time it was just my dad and I-we went after he finished work.

Homemade Dinner, Chicken Escalope with a Mediterranean Salsa & Stilton 21/11/13

Yes, she's cooking again! Sorry guys, soon I won't be doing any restaurant reviews, it'll all be my own cooking.. ha! No, somehow I cant see that happening.

This time I invented this dinner, I didn't follow a recipe-I really am getting brave and adventurous!

I made Chicken Escalope with parmentier potatoes and salad.

Amsterdam, 28-30th November

My friends and I went for a trip to Amsterdam for a mini city break for Rachel's birthday. We had such a good time, the city is beautiful and everyone is so laid back and relaxed-probably down to all the weed they smoke ha! But we ate in lots of different places whilst there so perfect opportunity to do a food blog, an abroad food blog!

Ask, Leamington 26/11/13

Another old favourite restaurant-ASK Italian. This time the one in Leamington as I was meeting Jayne after work, they do student discount too, even better! We went on a Tuesday night and the place was dead, it was so quiet- we were practically the only table in the place. Which didn't explain the very bad service-we sat down pretty fast but then it take the waitress a while to take our drinks order and a long time to take our food order-not impressed and especially as it was so quiet with 2 waiting staff on too, no excuse really and the service only got worse as the meal carried on.

We decided to have a starter to share as were all pretty hungry and we were getting 25% off so why not?!

Homemade Dinner, Fiesta Tacos 25/11/13

Another home cooked dinner, I'm getting very used to this cooking for myself and other people malarky! This time a Jamie Oliver recipe:

Homemade Roast Dinner, 24/11/13

Wow, this is a first for me! I decided to cook my first ever roast dinner-big step! I felt nervous about this to be honest as it always looks so complicated but I was going to help with Christmas dinner this year so therefore I needed some practice, can't be ruining Christmas dinner!!

I decided to cook roast beef with roast potatoes, honey roasted carrots and parsnips, peas with bacon and leeks and Yorkshire puddings.

Cosmo's, Coventry 22/11/13

A slightly different blog this time, I very rarely blog about buffets but this one Cosmos in Coventry is worth talking about! It's such good value and brilliant food-its only £6.99 for an adult for lunch time Monday-Saturday. On the evening for dinner its slightly more at £12.99 a head, still very good value for what this particular buffet offers!

Ego Mediterranean, Kenilworth 18/11/13

Another new restaurant, it had been on my list of restaurants I wanted to try and tonight was the night; Ego Mediterranean. Jayne & I went after she finished work as she works in Leamington, it isn't very far from there. It was a Monday night and they offer a very good deal on a Monday-any starter or dessert with any main course and a bottle of wine each for £18.50-bargain!

Chiqutos, Rubery 16/11/13

Another restaurant I haven't been to in a while! Mum, dad and I went to the cinema in Rubery to see Captain Phillips and decided to have some lunch afterwards. Chiqutos is reasonably priced and they offer 25% student discount-even better!