• Cafe Rouge Spring menu review
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    Enjoying the new Spring menu at Cafe Rouge

    May 7, 2017 - By 

    We have a lovely Cafe Rouge on our local hight street. It’s in a beautiful old building – for some reason this always ticks all my boxes when I’m eating out – and I love to eat local. We were invited along to try the new Spring menu at Cafe Rouge so yesterday, after a day of gardening and relaxing at home, we went along to try it out for ourselves. We’ve been to Cafe Rouge quite a few times now. It’s our go-to place when we have family and friends round as we know there’s always something on the…

  • creating a ghoulish pizza
    competition - eating out

    Create a spooky pizza and win a £500 Pizza Express voucher

    October 13, 2016 - By 

    It’s not often I encourage the children to play with their food but today they could. This evening we were invited to our local Pizza Express restaurant to create a ‘ghoulish pizza’ design from the ingredients on the menu. The children couldn’t believe their luck to be shown to a table with aprons and their very own Pizza Express hats. They were given pizza bases and shown how to cover it with tomato sauce. Then they chose some ingredients from the kitchen to create the scariest pizzas they could. A few ingredients may have been eaten along the way…  …

  • Autumn menu at Café Rouge
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    The Edition, Autumn Winter Issue at Café Rouge

    October 4, 2016 - By 

    We’re a family that enjoys eating out. My lovely new kitchen is not quite finished so when we were invited to sample the new menu at our local Café Rouge I jumped at the chance. It’s been a while since we last visited our local Café Rouge. It’s housed in a gorgeous old building on the High Street and we usually go when we want a grown up lunch date. However the invitation was for the whole family so off we went. My children were more than happy with the Children’s Menu which was a fixed price of £6.95 for…

  • Five Guys uxbridge
    days out - eating - food review

    A lunch date at Five Guys

    June 12, 2016 - By 

    My husband introduced us to Five Guys a few years ago and it’s now our go to place for a tasty lunch. My husband has plans for Father’s Day which is next Sunday – we’re trying not to take this personally. So instead we went out for a family lunch today. We’ve been to Five Guys a few times now and all have our favourites. The children both love their hot dogs with fries whilst we always go for the Cheeseburgers. Five Guys is nice and simple. Order and pay at the counter and you’ll receive your receipt and order…

  • days out - eating out - Local Review - London

    Strada Riverside at More London

    October 7, 2015 - By 

    I mentioned we were invited to dine out at Strada Riverside at More London over the weekend. We all love spending a day in London so hopped on the tube, emerging into misty London at London Bridge station. We headed to the Thames and walked along the Thames path until we got to More London, this is a modern development around City Hall which encompasses office buildings, restaurants and public spaces. Strada Riverside at More London As we were a little early we made use of the open space, admiring the amazing panoramic view, whilst the children played in the…

  • eating out - Local Review - London

    Dine with Mr Men and Little Miss at Beefeater

    August 14, 2015 - By 

    This week we were invited along to our local Beefeater restaurant to experience a family meal and see for ourselves the new refreshed Mr Men menus and activity packs for the little ones. I love our local Beefeater, it is really family-friendly and good value. Dine with Mr Men and Little Miss at Beefeater this summer, along with the themed menu the children were given a fun Mr Men and Little Miss activity booklet and pack of crayons. This kept them busy whilst we were waiting for our food. They especially enjoyed the Mr Men Space Game game which was…

  • competition - eating out - Local Review - London

    Win a £50 voucher to spend at ASK Italian

    August 9, 2015 - By 

    My favourite thing about the Summer holidays is spending lots of family time together. We’ve recently enjoyed a week together visiting family, exploring new places and enjoying some delicious meals. Ask my children what they would like for dinner and I know they will shout “pizza” or “pasta”. So lucky for them that they were invited to our local ASK Italian to try out the new children’s menu. You may remember our previous review of ASK Italian in Northwood (wow, doesn’t Little Sis look tiny in those pics!) and I’m pleased to say that our meal was equally delicious. As…

  • ASK Italian - eating - eating out - food review - Local Review - London

    A delicious family meal at ASK Italian

    April 2, 2014 - By 

    On Sunday we headed to our local ASK Italian for a Mother’s Day meal. We ate in the ASK Italian in Northwood which is in a converted Post Office. I’ve often walked past but never gone in so I was excited about finally venturing inside. I booked online in advance as I knew it would be busy so when we arrived we were immediately taken to our table. The building is really light and airy and makes excellent use of the old sorting office for a spectacular environment to eat. Although there was a special 3 course menu we opted to…

  • eating out - holiday

    Our Scandinavian sojourn

    February 1, 2012 - By 

    I’ve written before about how difficult I find leaving the house so it’s probably no surprise that going away for any length of time is quite hard. Before children we had plenty of room in the car for a suitcase. My husband would pack his camera bag and model planes and I would pack a big bag stuffed with sewing supplies. Holidays were relaxing. All that has changed since the arrival of the children. Now our bag is the smallest, Big Brother and Little Sis have their Trunkis and any available space is filled with nappies, a steriliser, formula and…