Posts in category "Reviews"

Fancie cupcakes label on a cupcake box

Read about my meeting with Amanda, owner of Fancie who make delicious cupcakes, in Out of the Woods.

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Huge prawns from S Myers in Kirkgate Market

I just had to show you these huge tiger prawns I purchased from S Myers in Kirkgate Market! 2 prawns weighed in at 611g even without heads!

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Whoopie pie stack on a plate

I got an amazing gift of Whoopie Pies from Webstaurant store, all the way from the Bird in Hand Bakery in Pennsylvania.

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tea-cup-lay-the-table-competition

Lay the table is celebrating its one year anniversary! I can hardly believe a whole year has flown by since I first began blogging about food.

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wood-pigeon-skewers-the-last-wine-bar-norwich

It is with pleasure that I bring you a selection of the week’s highlights from our Norfolk trip….the best restaurants, kitchenware haunts and all things food.

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Salami curing in de-lish, Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk

Read about the delectable de-lish, a bespoke charcuterie in Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk

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Cheese biscuits with seeded edge

You’ve pretty much got to have your ears and eyes taped shut not to know about underground restaurants and I’ve longed to attend one for a while. Since living in Leeds I haven’t had an awful lot of opportunity to meet people who aren’t my work colleagues or a friend of my boyfriend’s, so this was the perfect opportunity to find people with a similar interest in a relaxing environment.

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Stiffkey Stores two tone Italian buttercream icing flower

Read about local Norfolk shop, Stiffkey Stores and their fabulous cupcakes

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One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about moving to Leeds is learning about new places to eat and buy great kitchen stuff and I wanted to share them with you. So if you’re visiting the nearby area, why not drop in at some of these places.

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If you enjoy my recipes and blog posts on the site then I’d love you to click on the image below and vote for me in the Dorset Cereals Little Blog Awards!

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Sugarcraft spray roses

For the past 6 weeks I’ve been on a cake decorating course, learning the basics such as how to put marzipan and royal icing on, plus learning how to make a simple spray of roses and blossom to top the cake with.

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I’ve been eating Jordan’s cereal for about a year now, I chose it because it seemed the healthier option in the sugar filled world of Kellogg’s Frosties and Coco Pops. Now, I’m not an activist or anything like that, but I was a bit shocked however to discover that palm oil is used in the cereals and wrote to ask about where it was sourced from, particularly as they are touting that they are “nature friendly”. This is the reply I got.

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Grow your own herbs label from Homebase

As some of you know Lay The Table has taken a move up North – Leeds in fact, and that’s meant I haven’t posted for a little while as I haven’t had internet access at home. On the upside, moving has allowed to me the opportunity to finally get a herb window box. We went [...]

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Read about Cashel Blue, which I bought on my trip to Fortnum & Mason.

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Mae Ploy Green Curry Paste

Admittedly, when I get home in the evenings, I don’t always want to lovingly prepare dishes from scratch, sometimes I get by with a little help from my friend, The Supermarket. Here’s three of these secrets I’ll let you in on…

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I’ve been wanting to write this blog post for a while but my favourite gadget list grows on an almost weekly basis. Here I’m bringing you a few of my most favourite (and some even indispensible) kitchen tools which make my life so much easier, and bring a little style to my cooking.

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My review of the newly-opened Restaurant 27

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I’ve been featured on the lovely Domestic Sluttery blog today, why not hop over there and read the article?

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Snowdonia Cheese Company Red Devil

Read about the delectable Snowdonia Cheese I put in my Christmas hampers this year.

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Lay The Table Christmas Hamper

Well it’s been a busy few days of being here at Lay The Table HQ, making all sorts of delicious treats for my Christmas hampers. Well here they are!

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We found this place whilst heading out to a chinese restaurant we had planned to go to but decided to give this place a try. I love Japanese food as I went there last year and loved everything I tried there, even cow’s stomach at a Japanese indoor BBQ!

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It’s the time of year when you really should be poring the Christmas gift selections on websites for other people, but I can’t help but keep adding things to my list! Here’s just a few things I would love to see in my Christmas stocking this year!

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Here’s a couple of my favourite sites to assist your cooking that you may not have heard of.

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Ceylon Blue Sapphire Tea at Betty's Tea Room

A review of Betty’s Tea Room and some of the tasty treats available in York.

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