On Yorkshire Pudding Day, why, we ask, is there still no EU protected status for this simple (if you know how to cook them that is!) dish? Melton Mowbray pork pies, Stornoway black puddings, Cumberland sausage, Jersey royal potatoes and Cornish clotted cream all have this status, which means it must be produced in the […]

Believe it or not, Chinese New Year 2017 is only just underway, but in the SK kitchen we have already started planning for 2018! 2017 is the year of the rooster, which is apt given we have two in the kitchen. No, I don’t mean the feathered version, but our Head Chef John and Senior […]

Put the diet on hold. Yes, you heard us correctly. For most people, January is a time to recover from the excess of Christmas, making sure you eat healthily so you can get back into your jeans/dress and avoid alcohol to let your liver recover. If that’s you, great, but you can count us out!

Ok, hands up, who really likes Christmas pudding? In the last blog, we talked about alternative Christmas dinners, so it’s now time to have a look at alternative Christmas desserts Let’s say you ignore our advice and have a big turkey dinner on the 25th, we’re willing to bet that by the time it comes […]

Whilst we’re all for tradition but who’s up for an alternative Christmas dinner this year? After all, by the time the 25th comes around, the chances are you have already had your fill of turkey dinners, what with office Christmas parties and alike, so why put yourself through it again? By the time you have had […]

It’s Great British Game Week It’s good to see game meat becoming more popular, featuring on restaurant menus, recipe books and on television (on shows like Masterchef and Great British Menu you are more likely to see chefs using rabbit, venison and quail, than chicken, for example). I think people can be put off by […]

Doffing our cap We recently went for a meal in the lovely city of York. After ordering drinks, the bread was brought to our table. Was the bread brought to us on a plate? No. Was the bread brought to us in a bowl? No. Was the brought to us in a basket? No. In […]

Food and drink go together like Bonnie and Clyde, Morecombe and Wise, Ant and Dec and, well, you get our drift. So, in the first in a series of posts we want to take a look at our favourite food and drink pairings, starting with good old fashioned stout. Granted, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea; […]

It’s Halloween but rather than talking about the food people eat on Halloween (there’s only so many recipes using pumpkins!) I am going to share a recent ‘spooky’ food experience I had recently. My wife and I were on holiday in Malaysia when we had decided to have ‘dining in the dark’ meal. We had […]