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It’s a few years since we last visited Illtud’s 216 restaurant in Llantwit Major but we popped along on the spur of the moment for my birthday last week. Even though it’s been 3 years the restaurant hasn’t appeared to change much. Although fairly non-descript on the outside the inside has a medieval feel to [...]

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Last week I was lucky enough to be invited to the opening night of the new Oscars of Cardiff restaurant in Romilly Crescent in Pontcanna in Cardiff.  They’ve taken over the premises previously occupied by Le Gallois. I’ve been to the original Oscars in Cowbridge several times and thoroughly enjoyed it.  The food there is [...]

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Last weekend was the popular Abergavenny Food Festival. Dan of the Whither Wales blog has written an interesting post on the future viability of the festival – it’s become so popular that the big crowds on such a small site are threatening people’s enjoyment of the event. It’ll be interesting to see how the food [...]

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