Category: Llandaf

You can eat breakfast until noon at K2. We like sitting outside with our dog when it’s dry and not too cold. The bacon baguette’s extra good and, if you ask nicely, they can cook it nice and crispy for you. (Hmmm, what time is it now?)

The Summer Palace Chinese Restaurant, Llandaf, Cardiff. With Cantonese & Pekinese Cuisine.

I can vouch for Ellen Looker as a maths tutor because she’s a first-class teacher who can work in both English and Welsh. Mae Ellen yn diwtor mathemateg ardderchog:

Here are some photos taken in Llandaf Fields, Pontcanna Fields and Bute Park showing some of the vivid yellows and reds of autumn starting to bleed through on the leaves of the parks’ trees.

Congrats to Porro on opening their new Roath branch.

They’re taking Christmas bookings in Llandaf now and you can order a takaway pizza or pasta too here:

15 October 2016 is the deadline for nominations and the shortlist will be available for members to vote on from 28 October. Details on this poster, which you can click to enlarge:

There’s a centenary tribute to Dahl at Insole Court 20 October 2016. Tickets cost £5.

I’ve come to Cardiff RumFfest at the Angel Hotel in town today.

I’ve only just arrived and the first rum I tasted was Wood’s Old Navy Rum. That was a dark, woody, rich flavour, which pairs well with Wood’s own brand of chocolate. Rum and chocolate, now there’s a match made in heaven.

The new Angostura 1787 15year old was something I’d been really looking forward to try. Master distiller John Georges has brought his first bottles over from Trinidad & Tobago to Cardiff with UK brand ambassador Sean Duprey. The Angostura 1787 sipping rum celebrates the establishment of the first sugar mill in Trinidad in 1787, at the famous Lapeyrouse sugar plantation. It is made from reserve rums which have been maturing for 15 years in charred oak barrels. The flavour is sweet, rich and sophisticated. The first shipments of Angostura 1787 will arrive in the UK in November and guide retail price is £59.99 for 70cl bottle. www.angosturarum.com . The No1 Rum by Angustora is a real showstopper. Very classy, with a price to match.

Other rums I’ve tried so far include Mezan 2006, Rum-Bar Gold and Rum-Bar’s Rum Cream, which is a bit like Baileys.

The Angel is rocking, I’m going to carry on tasting. I’ll post any updates on the Twitter account if I get a chance.

Acknowledgement: my tickets to attend Rumfest was given by Angostura’s agency.

There’s an invitation to dine at Porro, Llandaf, lunchtime on 18 Oct, to meet the city’s local traders and to help raise funds for the Christmas Lights: