Showing posts with label cafe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cafe. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Stickybeaks Cafe, Cambridge

There's quite a number of restaurants that I'd been meaning to write about for quite a while but never got the chance. Blog procrastinating, who would have thought... anyway here's one of them.

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Looks like they print a new menu every day!
I'm very much biased in favour of independent restaurants and cafes. So when I saw Stickybeaks Cafe on The Fastest Food Blog, I had to try it out.

Sausage and butterbean casserole with apples and leek (£5)
The casserole was simple but hearty and satisfying, less a casserole and more of a soup almost, and definitely a good thing because I was suffering from a bit of a cold at the time.

SWN went for the chicken wrap which was pretty neat looking, although I didn't steal a bite to check! The salad however was quite unusual, and altogether not bad. The yoghurt sauce was a decent match with the meaty aubergine eggplant chunks, although the pomegranate didn't seem to fit in. Maybe I'm just not the biggest fan of pomegranate in dishes, as I do recall saying the same thing before here. The whole thing was topped with a dash of herbs to make a pleasant side salad.

Bang bang chicken wraps with mango and mangetout (£5) ; Roasted aubergine with pomegranate yoghurt and cherry tomatoes (£2.50)

I'd definitely come back here, mainly because the menu changes, and a changing menu is always exciting! And of course the food seems quite nice also... good for a light lunch type meal.

Stickybeaks Cafe
42 Hobson St, Cambridge CB1 1NL
http://www.stickybeakscafe.co.uk/

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Michaelhouse Cafe, Cambridge


How much would you pay for this quiche of the day (asparagus and pine nut), rosemary roast potatoes and three types of salad?

£6? £8? Maybe even £10?


I'm meeting DW, the pirate and Lady G at Michaelhouse Cafe after a nice swim at the outdoor pool at Jesus Green, and whilst I'm pretty sure the menu at the counter says £7.85, I only get charged £3.95 to my surprise.

"They probably just made an error." is the conclusion we come to.

But no, the receipt reads "CHP LATE HT SPEC". Translating from receipt-world-language, that reads cheap late hot special. Michaelhouse has a "hungry student deal" from 2:30 - 3pm, where all remaining hot food goes for £3.95. Amazing! And delicious too...


Too bad I'm usually working at 2:30 - 3 pm. (don't ask me why I wasn't this day)

Michaelhouse Cafe
Trinity Street
Cambridge CB2 1SU
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 309147
http://www.michaelhousecafe.co.uk/

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