Gastronomic Guide to Thanet

Tag: Broadstairs

  • Peter’s Fish Factory-Margate

    A lot can happen in the past.  And it had.  The World got sick. The Donald got elected. Twice. And the Queen got dead. Once. All while I was mulling it over. For ten years. Why could I no longer find the words.  Would anyone be interested in my literary Meh-sterpieces even if I did?…

  • Wyatt & Jones-Broadstairs (now 27 Harbour Street)

    I like ceviche. It’s a great dish. So, well done Peru, I salute you. A week in the Amazon, however, had offered me very little to congratulate them on other than their remarkable embracement of blandness. The nadir of this being corn juice (yes it exists) ladled from a grotty bucket by a grinning coffee…

  • Crisp Sea Bacon

    Oh! I do like to eat beside the seaside, and with the summer months now upon us I can do it regularly. How better to start the weekend than with a relaxing morning alongside some calming water? The stresses of the past week just float away. With a brisk walk under my creaking belt it’s…

  • Morelli’s-Broadstairs

    Since the early 70’s I’ve been coming to Thanet for days out, weekends and the occasional half term. I caught my first fish, Eric, in Ramsgate harbour. Smiled as my photo was taken with a smelly monkey on Margate promenade and more often than not sat in the sea wearing nothing but my pants and…

  • Thanet Chip Pageant 2010

    How hard can it be to cook the perfect portion of chips? Quite, it would seem, or there wouldn’t be such a fuss surrounding the crispy little fellas. Heston suggests triple cooking, Delia does them in the oven, and my Mum will only use Maris Pipers. Few foods impassion or bring out the food thief…