Embrace the underdog: MALAI THAI is Cardiff’s most underrated Thai restaurant
Thanks to the likes of Malai Thai, how long will it be before Chippy Alley is rechristened Bangkok Boulevard?
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ULTRACOMIDA: the award-winning couple bringing a taste of Spain to Wales
Since opening Ultracomida in 2001 as a small Aberystwyth deli, importing directly from producers, Paul Grimwood and Shumana Palit have built an impressive business.
“I’m surrounded by strong women”: BULLY’S head chef SIMMIE VEDI has made the position her own
Bringing her internal “library of Indian flavours” to one of Wales’ most revered seats of traditional French-style cooking, Simmie Vedi has revamped the menu at Bully’s in Cardiff.
Anime-inspired motorcycle shooter RUNNER brings retro arcade energy to VR
, the new vintage arcade-style motorcycle shooter game from Truant Pixel, has just launched for Quest 2.
Porthgain’s The Sloop Inn: a cosy hideaway for weary travellers
The sea may be still and the light beautiful, but step inside the Sloop Inn even on a glorious late summer’s evening and you’ll soon be imagining yourself cosily holed …
MÔR: global flavours make this restaurant a jewel in the Mumbles
A meal of quiet, polished pleasures, Môr is a welcome addition to the Swansea food and drink scene
Over two decades in, the ABERGAVENNY FOOD FESTIVAL is as bustling and thought-provoking as ever
ABERGAVENNY FOOD FESTIVAL is still bustling after 2 decades with more on offer and more to do, it's going from strength to strength.
Llandovery’s THE BEAR INN is a veggie & vegan delight
The Bear Inn's menu not only boasts a number of appealing Asian dishes but is also entirely vegetarian/vegan.
CAER Heritage Trelai Park dig: unearthing treasures thousands of years old on Cardiff’s hidden outskirts
Ben Woolhead visits a hillfort on the outskirts of Cardiff, where an ongoing excavation has unveiled many items historically significant to our knowledge of Wales’ prehistory.
“I try and push traditional boundaries” – seasonal baker MICHELLE EVANS-FECCI heads up this year’s Abergavenny Food Festival
British Bake-Off 2019 contestant Michelle Evans-Fecci is a freshly baked author of culinary book The Seasonal Baker, and guest of honour at Abergavenny’s annual foodie celebration this weekend.
Gower in all its glory: Wales’ underrated staycation spots
Gower is arguably one of the most underrated holiday places in not only Wales but the whole of the UK, reckons Eve Davies.
Deri Reed: self-styled Ethical Chef walks the walk with Camarthen community kitchen
Deri Reed is an established figure on the Welsh food scene, and with his latest venture Cegin Hedyn, he's putting the local community first.
MATSUDAI RAMEN – an enviable opening for Cardiff’s new Japanese food hotspot
A first permanent venue on Clare Road in Cardiff’s Grangetown. Matsudai Ramen has to be the city’s most keenly anticipated opening this year.
Leah Thomas calls upon next-gen activists in THE INTERSECTIONAL ENVIRONMENTALIST
The Intersectional Environmentalist is written by eco-communicator Leah Thomas, the founder of the climate justice group of the same name.
Lord Of The Valleys: a Tolkien fan’s Welsh travel guide
Yep, this really is our Lord Of The Rings month, and lucky you because you get to read about/look at these stunning crannies of Wales.
From Snowdon At Night to Gower Walking Festival: 5 Wales walking tours for autumnal explorers
Emma Way picks out five of the best walking tours of Wales on the horizon for those who wish to do it by foot in late ’22…
EDGING THE CITY offers captivating insights into Cardiff’s underexplored border
Under strict lockdown constraints in 2020, Peter Finch took the opportunity to exploit the border restrictions in place and walk the boundary of Cardiff.
AMSTRADS AND ATARIS is more than just 80s home computer nostalgia
Far more than just a lazy slab of nostalgia, Amstrads And Ataris is a precise record of a billion-pound industry’s humble and somewhat innocent beginnings.
There’s something rather lovely about the CARDIFF WINE PASSPORT
Cardiff Wine Passport is a great idea, stylishly realised, and great fun too: our foodie writer Jonathan Swain is already raising a glass to 2023’s version.
“I tell these stories so women can think, ‘I can achieve them!'” – Maggie Ogunbanwo’s unlikely success as world-class cookbook author
The author of The Melting Pot recipe book Maggie Ogunbanwo talks with Ewa Pałka about being crowned Best In The World in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, and her passion for food and Wales.
No time for wellbeing? Revive & unwind with a micro-break weekender
Antonia LeVay leaves the stresses of, well, everything behind to spend a weekend away at a female-focused getaway, Revive Wellbeing Retreat.
We’ve been watching: TRAINWRECK – who’s to blame for festival disaster WOODSTOCK ’99?
Today, we equate modern festival disasters with the ill-fated Fyre Festival and Astroworld. But years before them, the first name on everyone’s mind for all the wrong reasons was Woodstock '99.
BAR 44 branches into boutique hotels with luxurious Cardiff pad, PARADOR 44
Cardiff isn’t Cordoba or Cadiz, and so it’s a bold move to open a Parador in the Welsh capital – but that’s what the Bar 44 group has just done.
CEYLON SPICY POT brings crowd-pleasing Sri Lankan food faves to Cardiff
Sri Lankan food is having a ‘moment’ in Cardiff right now. A sudden proliferation of pop-ups and brick-and-mortar openings means you have options, with Broadway’s Ceylon Spicy Pot the newest.