• Portsmouth
  • The Tenth Hole, Southsea

    Billy's breakfast burger, The Tenth Hole, Southsea, Eastney, hummus, houlumi, chocolate fudge cake, fruit cake, Cockleshell Heroes, The Rose Garden, coffee, roasted vegetables

    UPDATE: see bottom of post. Everyone who lives in Portsmouth knows of The Tenth Hole tearooms in Eastney and has more than likely been there at least once. For years I used to visit at least twice a week in it’s heyday and would have the same thing each time. Tuna & mayonnaise sandwiches on white […]

  • Portsmouth
  • El Nico, Tapas restaurant, Old Portsmouth

    ********************************************************************************************************* UPDATE: Unfortunately El Nico’s closed it’s doors in April 2016. You can still visit their other tapas restaurant, Nicholsons in Albert Road, Southsea, which we haven’t tried yet. ********************************************************************************************************* After having a lovely lunch in Manna in the High Street, Old Portsmouth on Friday we came across a new place just along the road which had […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 14/03/2014

    What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly round-up of some of the many sweet treats we’ve eaten this week. Here’s five of our favourites! Clockwise from top left: 1. A rather lovely lemon polenta cake from a new find – Durleighmarsh Tea Barn, Petersfield which we shall be reviewing in the next couple […]

  • Portsmouth
  • Las Iguanas

    Gunwharf Quays, Las Iguanas, creamy caramel cake

    UPDATE: 25/06/2017 see bottom of post- I love Las Iguanas. It’s a favourite with our family and we’ve been going for several years, the first being the branch at Royal Festival Hall in London, not long after they’d just opened up I imagine. We were really impressed with the whole experience, the food and the […]