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Edible Reading Aug 9, 2024

NEW REVIEW! This week, a return to Vegivores, a meditation on eating with strangers and a reflection on what makes Reading magical. I hope you like it: https://ediblereading.com/2024/08/09/restaurant-review-vegivores/ #rdguk

Restaurant review: Vegivores

Do you remember back when supper clubs were a thing? It was around the start of the last decade, and they were huge in places like London and Brighton before finally making it to Reading in somethi…

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Edible Reading Aug 2, 2024

NEW REVIEW: This week, the last of the big three new places to open in the centre of Reading, the Rising Sun. A lot of money has been spent on this site, but does it mean you should be spending yours? https://ediblereading.com/2024/08/02/pub-review-the-rising-sun/ #rdguk

Pub review: The Rising Sun

“I bet the word most overused in restaurant reviews is nice,” said my old friend Mike. We were sitting in the Rising Sun’s courtyard, the sun blazing down, drinkers and diners pac…

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Edible Reading Jul 26, 2024

NEW REVIEW! This week, a surprising Iberian oasis that has materialised on the Oxford Road, and the best pasteis de nata: https://ediblereading.com/2024/07/26/cafe-review-denata-coffee-co/ #rdguk

Cafe review: DeNata Coffee & Co.

You can have a great network of informants, but sometimes there’s no substitute for getting out and about, keeping your eyes peeled. It’s a fact that our local journalists – what’s left of th…

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Edible Reading Jul 21, 2024

Updated on the blog, my to do list. If there’s somewhere on here you especially want me to review, or somewhere you like that’s not on this list, tell me! https://ediblereading.com/where-next/ #rdguk

Where next?

Edible Reading has always been based on feedback from readers, and the vast majority of places I review are requested or recommended by people who read and follow the blog. If you want to get invol…

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Edible Reading Jul 19, 2024

NEW REVIEW! This week, a really remarkable lunch somewhere a little bit different: https://ediblereading.com/2024/07/19/restaurant-review-lucky-lychee-winchester/

Restaurant review: Lucky Lychee, Winchester

Even though Reading is my patch and always has been, I get asked for recommendations elsewhere fairly often. And my blog is more useful in that respect, I hope, than it used to be, with a number of…

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Edible Reading Jul 12, 2024

NEW REVIEW! This week I check out Bombay Brothers, one of the plethora of restaurants in what used to be called Kings Walk: https://ediblereading.com/2024/07/12/restaurant-review-bombay-brothers/ #rdguk

Restaurant review: Bombay Brothers

I’m grateful for every single one of my readers, but there’s a special place in my affections for people who tip me off about places. Whether it’s my West Reading mole who keeps m…

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Edible Reading Jul 5, 2024

NEW REVIEW! I saved a good one for the first day of this new government - this week, I check out the quite remarkable Dough Bros: https://ediblereading.com/2024/07/05/restaurant-review-dough-bros/ #rdguk

Restaurant review: Dough Bros

I moved house last week, and suddenly everything changed. My little slice of Reading, my walks, maps, routes and routines were no more. No more waking up in the Village and mooching into town for l…

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Edible Reading Jun 28, 2024

NEW REVIEW! This week, checking out probably the most keenly anticipated new venue of the year, Siren RG1: https://ediblereading.com/2024/06/28/bar-review-siren-rg1/ #rdguk

Bar review: Siren RG1

The closure of Pepe Sale last week – temporarily or permanently, nobody knows for sure – rounds off the most brutal six months I’ve ever experienced in covering Reading’s hospitality sc…

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Edible Reading Jun 21, 2024

NEW REVIEW! This week, I try out the U.K.’s 27th best restaurant (really, it’s a thing). Is it brilliant, or just the hype talking? https://ediblereading.com/2024/06/21/restaurant-review-kolae-borough/

Restaurant review: Kolae, Borough

How many of the U.K.’s 100 best restaurants have you been to? I ask because it’s a thing – the National Restaurant Awards – and it came out last week. Looking through the list, I couldn…

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Edible Reading Jun 14, 2024

NEW REVIEW! This week, valuable life lessons - and where’s good for lunch in Oxford these days? https://ediblereading.com/2024/06/14/restaurant-review-sartorellis-oxford/ #rdguk #oxford

Restaurant review: Sartorelli’s, Oxford

I’m of the firm opinion that everyone has at least one useful life lesson you could learn from them. Someone I used to know, for instance, was convinced that you could never go wrong taking champag…

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