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Category: restaurants

  • Galleria, Cambridge: 23 Sep 08

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    Is this the best value for money lunch in Cambridge? I was there again today and in terms of value as distinct from simple cost it takes some beating.

  • another birthday, another dinner; Carluccio’s, Cambridge 4 Sep 08

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    As a family, that’s us in the picture, we’ve been pretty good at remembering and celebrating birthdays. Last year was my big 6 so this year was inevitably going to be less of an event. But number 1 daughter came down from Leeds and we all went out last night to Carluccio’s in Cambridge.

  • Crown and Punchbowl: 16 Aug 08

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    I’ve been going to the Crown and Punchbowl in Horningsea for over 10 years. The first time must have been 2006 or 2007 when it was really only a good local pub which served decent food. It then developed over time as one of the region’s gastropubs when it was part of a group of…

  • Old Vicarage Hotel: 6 Aug 08

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    I’m a regular user of the Active Hotels website to get good hotel rooms in the UK at prices that don’t break the bank. I started using it about 4 years ago after attending a lunchtime seminar where its founder and developer told us how he’d built it up in 3 years before selling out for…

  • The George at Babraham: 20 Jul 08

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    I often refer to the advantages of living in a village, Histon having a village green and its own parish council which seem to be two necessary if not sufficient criteria. However given that Histon and its twin village Impington have 3000 houses, north of the A14, between them it doesn’t match most people’s concept what’s…