Weekly Curry Special
To add a bit of spice to our seasonal specials we’ve decided to introduce a weekly curry special to our menu. We’re now entering the “hungry gap”, when British produce is in its shortest supply, so...
View ArticleFoodival Ends
Well, thats the Milgi Foodival over for another year. It started last Wednesday picking gorse flowers in the driving snow to garnish the Valentines day salad (beats flowers from the garage) and has...
View ArticleIf you go down to the woods today….
It might not feel like spring out there, but the wild garlic doesn’t seem to care about the cold. Up in the beautiful beech woods in Morganstown there’s virtually a carpet of the stuff. The leaves are...
View ArticleMexican Easter
Tired of the same old Milgi Nut Roast? Well, hopefully not but we’ve decided to make a few changes for Easter Weekend anyway. A friend of mine recently brought me some lovely cans, bottles and packets...
View ArticleRoots and Shoots
The times they are a changin’ and spring is in the air. At home we’re digging up the last of the starchy winter root veg whilst at the same time enjoying the equisite essence of spring that is purple...
View ArticleAsparagus Special – Feel The Lovage
Tonight we’ve got the first of our extra special specials for National Vegetarian Week and its two courses for the price of one. First up is a shot of chilled cucumber and lovage soup with homemade...
View ArticleFor those of you with a sweet tooth
When Milgi had a pop-up stall at Riverside and Roath Markets we were fuelled by the wonderful espressos of the Caffeine Kid, purveyor of the finest coffee known to man. He also slipped me a kilo of...
View ArticleDandlelion Tempura
Something special for tonight at Milgi… Dandelion tempura with wasabl mayonaise and carrot & miso puree. Dandelions picked outside my house this morning – fresh and local and it’ll definitely...
View ArticleSunny Sunday Roast
To round off National Vegetarian Week we’re giving the Sunday roast an Indian makeover. Nut Roast Bombay roast potatoes Sweet potato & cardomom mash Chard with chilli and lime Calcutta pudding...
View ArticleFish and Chips! Battered Brains!
Its Friday night: time for Fish & Chips! ….oh hang on, we’re a vegetarian restaurant. Ok, time for battered Brains Haloumi & Chips….no, that’s no good – Brains Beer isn’t vegetarian. Ok, it’s...
View Articlesamphire season
We’ve just had a delivery of samphire fresh from the Dyfi estuary. There’s two kinds: marsh and rock samphire, and we’re going to be cooking them up with new potatoes to be served along side beer...
View Articlepicking bilberries
Preparations are in full swing for this weekend’s pop-up Supper Club at the Dairy in Pontcanna. We’re trying to keep things as fresh, local and seasonal as possible so I was pleased to spot that the...
View ArticleTest Cooking For The New Menu
Here's the first glimpse of our new Chickpea & Sesame Burger, due to make it's full public debut next week. It's always a strange time saying goodbye to the old classics that we've been cooking day...
View ArticlePurple Treasure
It’s like a bleedin’ harvest festival round here. We’ve got mountains of colourful squash from Riverside Market garden (currently featuring in our curry special), a crate of field mushrooms picked in...
View ArticleWalnut Sourdough
Fresh from the Milgi oven. We’ve been supplied with wonderful bread from Riverside Sourdough (formerly Hungry Planet) for a few years now, and we’ll still keep on using them for our main supplies of...
View ArticleFree-bees
Bee-cause you’re worth it…. This weekend we’ve got a special give-away for our customers: little packets of phacelia seeds that have been gathered in sunny Pontypridd. Sow them in your garden for a...
View ArticleCardamom Rice Pudding
Gabby has just come back from India and is making me jealous with her talk of all the wonderful food she ate there. Jealous, but also inspired – particularly by the sound of a cardamom laced rice...
View ArticleVegan Sunday Lunch
Vegan food seems to be more and more in demand these days and we strive to make our menu as accessible as possible for every one. Our biggest short falling in this respect is our Sunday lunch special –...
View ArticleMaybe the strangest thing I’ve ever made…but delicious
Preparations are in full swing for tomorrow’s one-off special Valentines menu. I love creating menus for one-offs and supper clubs as it gives us a chance to play around with new ideas and get off the...
View ArticleEaster Sunday Lunch
We thought with it being Easter we should do something slightly different for Sunday lunch. We’re still in the so called Hungry Gap when winter reserves are running out and the bulk of the spring and...
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