Eat-the-midlands

The new Arch Hotel and Restaurant London Review

The Arch Hotel, London

I often like to escape the beauty of the countryside and indulge in some city life and its related adrenalin, with all the trappings of convenience, opulence and pampering – what better place than one of the new London Gourmet-Set additions to Gourmet Life, Midlands’ [...]

Arch London Afternoon Tea - Champagne & Strawberry Eclair!

Many visitors from overseas still imagine that we are a nation where at half past three, everything stops for tea!
Sadly these days Afternoon Tea is usually only an occasional luxury for us mere mortals, a Sunday treat in a country house hotel, or a welcome break [...]

During yesterdays successful launch of Shrewsbury based Wrexham and Shropshire Railways’ new rolling stock, at Marylebone station London, local hotelier, Howard Astbury of the Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop (pictured with Michael Palin), was praised for his support in helping promote the service from Shrewsbury to London.
Howard explained the historic links of the hotel with the [...]

I love trains. Not in the notepad, rucksack, end-of-platformclicking-camera sort of way, but the concept of the golden age of trains – Brief Encounter style, with well-maintained stations and attentive, smart, uniformed, platform staff helping with luggage and directing confused travellers towards trains which arrive, and leave, on time.
Some of my most memorable travels have [...]

Aktar Islam of Lasan Congratulated by James Day of ETM

Lasan Winners of Best Local Restaurant as Voted their customers, and judged by Gordon Ramsey’s ‘F’ Word (and yours truly) on Channel Fours ‘F’ Word Finals.
Congratulations Lasan & Team!

We were granted the exclusive final lunch interview with Executive Chef Aktar before his busy afternoon of preparing [...]

Lasan Birmingham ~ Winners of  The ‘F’ Word Final with Gordon Ramsey?
See if the team at top Midlands Asian restaurant ‘Lasan’ win this Thursday night on Channel 4 The F Word with Gordon Ramsey in his search for Britain’s Best Local Restaurant, as voted for my James Day editor of Eat-the-midlands.co.uk when he was invited [...]

I love trains. Not in the notepad, rucksack, end-of-platformclicking-camera sort of way, but the concept of the golden age of trains – Brief Encounter style, with well-maintained stations and attentive, smart, uniformed, platform staff helping with luggage and directing confused travellers towards trains which arrive, and leave, on time.
Some of my most memorable travels have [...]

The renowned ‘Harden’s Brother’s’ who edit the annual ‘Gastro-Emmies’ have this week announced that the regions restaurants fair well, but not as well as they could!
Top Gourmands are ‘home-grown’ Chris and Judy Bradley, proprietors of the much loved Mr Underhills of Ludlow. This unassuming team, have presided over the river-side restaurant the last 30 years. [...]

Jean Christophe Novelli, Louis Barnett of Chokolit, and James Day of Gourmet-life Dining Club

Celebrity Chef Praises Local ProducersLast night Celebrity Chef Jean Christophe Novelli praised the regions producers, and thanked them for his generous gift presented to him by fellow foodie James Day of Midlands Dining Club Gourmet Life, and producer Louis Barnett of Chokolit. [...]

The regions producers rallied round at this weekend’s food shows to donate their finest products towards a hamper created as a gift for Celebrity chef Jean Christophe Novelli, to be presented to him later today.
The ‘Taste of Shropshire and the Marches’ hamper will be presented later today by Midlands foodie James Day of Gourmet Life [...]