Tŷ Melin
Cardiff - Bakery
A bakery born from a shared passion between husband-and-wife team Lance Gardner and Angharad Conway-Gardner
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Fully booked: what makes a restaurant so difficult to get into?
PUBLISHED ON 26 Jun, 2025
The rise of booking platforms like OpenTable and SevenRooms may have made securing a restaurant table seem easy, yet there are still a handful of places that require a convoluted game of careful planning, alarms set for midnight, and fastest ...
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'Pungent, lively, elegant': an early review of Singburi 2.0
PUBLISHED ON 25 Jun, 2025
'Did you go to the old Singburi?' the waiter asks as we tap our credit card on the reader at the end of lunch. 'No, ' we admit, somewhat shamefacedly (should we pretend that we did?). 'I didn’t either, ' ...
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New Restaurant Openings in 2025
PUBLISHED ON 24 Jun, 2025
Keeping your finger on the pulse? If you've visited any of the new openings below, let us know what you think by sending us your review. Restaurants opening this month | Restaurant openings this year | Restaurants opening next yearRestaurants opened in ...
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23 top spots for an ice cold martini
PUBLISHED ON 24 Jun, 2025
Like negronis before them and gin and tonics before that, there’s no denying the martini is having its moment. From Rules’ stone cold classic to Osip’s preserved tomato take, here are some of our favourites to raise a glass to ...
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Wined and dined: 19 of Britain's best wine bars and bottle shops with great food
PUBLISHED ON 24 Jun, 2025
From a pint sized charmer in St Ives to a flavour forward Manchester favourite, in celebration of English Wine Week here are the best wine bars and bottle shops across Britain that will feed you well.
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A first look at Ragù, Bristol
PUBLISHED ON 22 Jun, 2025
And so to Ragù, open since April in a bijou corner of Cargo 2 that seems both blessed and cursed. Previous occupant Tare Bistro was, during its short life, one of the most delicious and enjoyable dinner spots in ...
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A first look at Shwen Shwen, Sevenoaks: sophistication and comfort defines Maria Bradford’s debut restaurant
PUBLISHED ON 20 Jun, 2025
After flying the flag for Sierra Leonean culinary tradition and contemporary West African fusion with her cookbook Sweet Salone, Maria Bradford’s debut restaurant, Shwen Shwen, brings the flavours of Freetown and beyond to Sevenoaks. Toyo Odetunde takes a first look. ...
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