Feb 24, 2020 | Restaurants
So what’s the best Japanese restaurant in Nantes? I’m going to have to go with Paku Paku … damn, wait … I’m meant to put this in towards the end of the review. Saturday saw us heading out as a family for my wife’s birthday, her...
Dec 19, 2019 | Restaurants
Today I bring you one of the cheapest Indians I’ve found in Nantes. It’s situated at 1 Rue Mercœur. (Up near the tour Bretagne and more importantly 2 doors away from my office) Having forgotten her house keys the other day Val came in to collect mine and I...
Oct 3, 2019 | Restaurants
I was just taken out for lunch to celebrate … and the question is … where do I want to go? I felt like someplace cosy .. so it was either going to be Beckett’s Canteen or Pinocchio’s Pizzeria I’ll give you two guesses which one I went for...
Mar 20, 2019 | Restaurants
It seems like only last year I was announcing the 2018 edition of Les Tables de Nantes … ( oh yeah ) … well it’s back … 15 new addresses (and I’m not a fan of two of them) , some major love for Muscadet! … 3 new “fast”...
Oct 15, 2018 | Restaurants
It’s not often we get out in the evening. Kids and lack of family close by tend to do that a bit. However it was a special occasion a few weeks ago, namely my birthday. I asked Val if she’d like to try Nandi’s Indian and well I didn’t need to...
Sep 14, 2018 | Restaurants
I’ve been meaning to get across to Totum for a while now but one thing led to another and we just didn’t get across. It’s a 2 minute walk from commerce. Truth be told though for me at times the idea of going out for a nice meal and buying vegetarian...
Jul 20, 2018 | Restaurants
Once upon a time I had never been to France and by proxy had never been to Brittany. Over the next few years every trip to Brittany meant I’d be eating crêpes, drinking Breton cider and putting on the pounds. Since I’ve moved to Nantes however I’ve...
Jul 19, 2018 | Restaurants
A few weeks back we took a trip to Pickles. We had originally planned to drag some Irish friends there for an evening meal but in the end we opted for something a bit more Breton and simple and went with some crepes (another blog post coming soon). If however...
May 11, 2018 | Restaurants
If you like Asian (Vietnamese) food I’m going to introduce you to another of my favourite places to eat in Nantes. It’s called Yum Yum and yes it is Yum Yum!!! Located at 2 Bis Allée Flesselles it’s very central (from Commerce head along the line 1...
Apr 16, 2018 | Restaurants
You might have seen another review on here for Le Nouveau Monde? No I’m not repeating myself I’m guessing around a year ago the restaurant changed hands and it’s now Un Nouveau Monde. You know they’ve got a lot to live up to though right Le...
Mar 27, 2018 | Restaurants
If you like eating out in Nantes you’ll probably know about Les Tables de Nantes. A yearly guide to all the best restaurants in … you guessed it … Nantes. This year’s guide has just been released so check it out 🙂 Also it’s available in...
Mar 17, 2018 | Restaurants
We were going to try Oncle Pho’s yesterday but there was a bit of a wait and in the end we both said Pinocchio’s? Which is just up the street. This is one of my favourite pizza places in Nantes and it’s always on our “we could always go...
Dec 22, 2016 | Restaurants
This article is out of date as the restaurant is under new management. Please see: Un Nouveau Monde It’s actually been a while since I’ve posted any decent content on here. I’ve been busy posting up home cooking recipes on another one of my blogs....
Nov 18, 2016 | Restaurants
It’s Friday and once again that means fish day!!! I previously wrote about Poisson Paré which is a very French fish and chip restaurant, today I’m going to talk about Martin’s Fish and Chips 🙂 A few weeks back the activity center was on strike (What...
Mar 7, 2016 | Restaurants
For the week that’s in it I’ll be recommending a trip to the 2 Potes au Feu (They’ll be on L’addition S’Il Vous Plait this week 7th March 2016) . In advance I should warn that it’s also the closest decent restaurant to where I live....
Feb 26, 2016 | Restaurants
It’s Friday so you know what that means? That’s right it’s FISH DAY!!! (at least if you grew up in 80s Ireland as I did .. and I generally see fish on the kids Canteen menus on Friday .. and it’s one of those things I miss. Decent fish and...
