Cafe Radio's Tapas night

Brace yourselves people, for this is my second post in under a month that doesn’t involve me harking on about the contents of your local Boots!

A few weeks back, my friends and I fancied a girls night involving lots of good food, accompanied by a tipple, so we decided to poke our heads around Café Radio's door in Oswestry and it just so happened it was tapas night!

Café Radio is a fab, little place - by day serving an excellent cup of coffee and good food, however every Friday and Saturday night, the café holds a tapas night from 6.30pm to 10pm, when you can bring your own tipple, which you have to pay a small charge for doing so.

For some time now I’d heard many a good review on their tapas nights but never quite got round to trying it out for myself and I’ve got to say I wish I’d have sampled their tapas sooner!

I believe the tapas menu changes every week – correct me if I’m wrong…

There was a decent selection of tapas on offer, for the mains in particular you are spoilt for choice!

We opted for the Olives and Catalan Toast as our starter. You can’t really go wrong with Olives, so of course they were good. However, the Catalan Toast was the highlight for me. It reminded me of bruschetta. It was delicious, there was just the right amount of tomatoe-y topping, and it was extremely flavoursome.

Olives.

The Catalan Toast - apologies for the poor picture!

For our main, we went for the Bavette Steak, which was beautiful! It wasn’t tough at all. By that point, Clare had had a tipple (or three) and she summed it up just perfectly: “It’s just SO MOIST!” – Clare reminded Jade and I of this several times throughout the meal. 

To accompany our steaks, we had the Patatas al Povre, which is a tasty dish of thinly sliced, fried potatoes with a few chillis. 

Our mains - the Bavette Steaks and the Patatas al Povre.

Despite well and truly filling our boots, noticing that Chocolate Pots with salt and olive oil was a dessert option, we simply could not turn it down.

Chocolate Pots with salt and olive oil.

Don’t get me wrong, dessert was delicious and the salt and olive oil added an excellent kick to it but for me there was simply too much, which meant it bordered on being a quite sickly, so I unfortunately couldn’t finish it. If it was a smaller portion, it would’ve been perfect!

As well as there being plenty of good food to choose from on the menu, I must also add that the overall atmosphere of the place is lovely, and extremely relaxed. The staff are very attentive and friendly. They were happy to chat and answer any of our queries.

Despite us being lucky and getting a table at the last minute, I would suggest booking prior to the night to avoid missing out.

I think overall the tapas (starters, main and dessert) costed around £20 per person, which I think is excellent value for money.

I could not recommend Radio’s tapas nights enough and I intend to return in the very near future.

Thanks for reading! Let me know if you decide to try out Radio’s tapas night for yourself based on my recommendation!

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Eat Up, Shrewsbury

This post may come as a bit of a shock to you all as there isn't a mascara or cleanser in sight! Today's post centres around one of my favourite things to do in my sparetime - dine out!

One example of Eat Up's fun decor - the bike on the wall.

Photographic evidence of how well my outfit suited the decor (haha).

This week I've had some long overdue days off and one of my afternoons was spent window shopping and enjoying a late lunch with my boyfriend at a lovely restaurant in Shrewsbury called Eat Up.

He'd had lunch there not so long ago and really enjoyed it, so based on his high praise, this place had to be good surely? And was it? Why, of course.

The first thing that struck me about the venue was the fun and super cool decor. The restaurant is filled with big tables and benches, as well as other stand out features to add to the fun and relaxed atmosphere - such as a bike on the wall and the 'naughty table', which is packed with calorie-laden goodies.

Speaking of calorie-laden goodies, I shall get onto the important bit... the food.

After we ordered and were served our drinks (I went for the Cloudy Lemonade, Michael went for a Beer, of course), I ordered the 'Most Amazing Steak Sandwich' (that's what it said on the menu), and it was actually the most amazing steak sandwich I've ever had! It was gorgeous! It was served alongside some salad leaves, on toasted bread, with red onions and unlike many steak sandwiches I've devoured in the past, the steak wasn't tough at all. Michael opted for the Sweet Potato Falafel, Halloumi Crostini with Chantaray Carrots, Tzatziki, Houmous and Salad stuffed Pitta, which he'd had before and once again really enjoyed. We also had a side of Wedges to share with sour cream and a sweet chilli dip. The wedges were BEAUTIFUL - I only wish we'd have had a bigger portion but that's just me being greedy!

The 'Most Amazing Steak Sandwich' and the Wedges.

 The Sweet Potato Falafel, Halloumi Crostini with Chantaray Carrots, Tzatziki, Houmous and Salad stuffed Pitta.

Despite both being more than satisfied with our lunch, both having a real sweet tooth, we couldn't resist a visit to the 'naughty table' - it took me quite a bit of 'umm-ing and arr'ing' but in the end I went for a generous slice of Carrot Cake, while Michael opted for a slab of Rocky Road. The Rocky Road was superb!

The desserts, back, the Carrot Cake, front, Rocky Road.

Other points I must comment on are the friendly and welcoming service and the price, all this came to around £30, which I think is reasonable for both our lunches, desserts, drinks and coffee.

Delicious food, served in a fun and friendly atmosphere - what more could you ask for really? I will definitely be returning here!

To check out Eat Up's menu, visit: www.eatupshrewsbury.co.uk

The Cloudy Lemonade looked too pretty not to take a snap of!

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