• Portsmouth
  • Bistro Montparnasse, Southsea

    blueberry cheesecake, Bistro Montparnasse, Southsea, Portsmouth, restaurant, Michelin Guide, petit fours, pork belly, poached pear, dauphinoise potatoes, spume, Buckwell's of southsea, European restaurant

    Bistro Montparnasse has been in Southsea, Portsmouth since 1999 and it’s always been somewhere I’ve meant to go to, but never quite made it. On Friday evening I finally paid them a visit along with my good friend, Catia. Read on to see what we thought of it… The restaurant has been in the Michelin Guide […]

  • Portsmouth
  • Restaurant 69, Southsea

    Restaurant 69, Southsea, Portsmouth, FB Pocket Orchestra, belly pork, ameretti mess

    My husband Geoff and I passed Restaurant 69 in Southsea back in May on a wonderfully hot sunny Sunday and heard music coming from the front of the restaurant. The music’s not normally our kind of thing, sort of 20’s ragtime/jazz perhaps, I’ve no idea what it’s called for sure but it sounded pretty good. The […]

  • West Sussex
  • The Fox Goes Free

    the fox goes free, Charlton, West Sussex, Goodwood

    I’ve been to The Fox Goes Free for a meal before, about 4 years ago and it was very nice back then. Since then I think I’ve only ever had a quick bite at lunch time, but again that was at least a couple of years or so ago. It’s a place I pass by […]