Mooch Bar

Birmingham

260 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HF

This was another impromptu food venture that kind of happened by accident. After a night out and an early morning it was pretty much inevitable that we would be hungry. We almost walked past but backtracked and ended up taking a trip inside.

Honestly I can't remember the last time I took so long to pick something to eat. It being a monday we were surprised to see that everything, like everything was 50% off. Being the girls that we are we decided not only to eat something in but take something away too (kinda helped when it came to deciding what to eat). 

At first we weren't really sure whether we had to go up and order but in the end went up to the bar and managed to order from there. It's a relaxed bar/restaurant really so its almost like you help yourselves to your seat and food

The bar/restaurant is more know for its nightlife that it is for its food as you can see  but hey we didn't have to time to party all over again.

 

Roasted Cajun Style Salmon - Served with Asian noodles, chilli and lemon sauce and mango salsa

Baby Back Pork Ribs - Half Rack - With Choice of Jamaican Jerk, Hickory BBQ, Sweet Chilli or Oriental Thai Sauce - Served with home style fries, corn on the cob and coleslaw I chose the Jamaican jerk, which wasn't really jerk but was nice anyway

The food was honestly so nice! I decided to have the ribs but ended up taking away another 3 meals haaha. Everything still came up to less than £20 so I can definitely say I exploited the offer. Janine and Sarah got the salmon and it looked and smelt amazing. It was a decent sized salmon and seasoned just right (I would know I had some and ordered it to take home). Even though I ordered a half rack of ribs I still couldn't finish it and had to take yet more food home ah well. I'm yet to try the chicken I ordered but I'm hoping it will be seasoned as well as the fish. the atmosphere wasn't anything special and staff we're a bit blah at times but I came to eat, and eat we did.
The only random thing is the tissue being behind and above in the toilets...the stretch is real.
If you do go there's usually a different offer throughout the week so expect a variation.

And so out of 5;

Food: 4/5 

Portions of life.! seasoned well and presented beautifully.

Service: 3/5 

Proper friendly and joined in with the banter too.

Environment/Layout: 3.5/5 

Festival and really warm layout, lovely decor and comfortable spacious seating.

Location: 4/5 

Relatively central but a bit hard to spot depending on where you are coming from. Taxi may be necessary

Music: 2.5/5 

They played a bashment classic and I was sold. old school tunes etc and just the right volume too

Timing: 3.5/5 

It took a little longer but it was still piping hot on arrival - there was a big group of us to be fair

Toilets: 3.5/5 

Didn't need to use them ha (Kinda forgot)

Giving Mooch Bar a total of ★★★
(3.4 rounded)

The Farmhouse

Coventry

215 Beechwood Avenue, Coventry, West Midlands CV5 6HB

So for work myself and my colleague had to plan the christmas lunch for everyone. You all know I am not picky, Rachel loves food ha, but obviously I had to think of something that would be suitable and enjoyable for everyone. I remember taking a trip to farmhouse previously and thinking that it had a great atmosphere and really nice food! So yeah it was basically a no brainer and my colleague had the same idea so we knew we had a winner.
Obviously with christmas round the corner everyone is feeling the festive spirit. I had booked the table in advance and had no issues when it came to getting there. No waiting and no blabber about double bookings etc. Bless them they contacted my like twice to reconfirm everything before and on the day so that was reassuring too.

I guess I've got a bit of a trend going on because this too was a restaurant that serves Indian and english cuisine so there was a bit of everything for everyone loooovely.
Previously I had some of the english cuisine so this time I tried the Indian cuisine, y'all know I don't always get a chance to have a curry (unless I cook it myself)
All in all it was really nice crackers on the table and everything. The team loved it I loved it so it was all smiles and fun (especially with the cocktails and flirting haaha)

 
Top image: Steak with onion rings, salad and chips. They are really generous with their portions which will always make a person happy. It always appears like it won't fill you up but in all honesty the guys were more than satisfied. I went for my dish which funny enough was really similar to the one sam had in my previous post http://insideherbox.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/five-rivers.html but it was amazing. The second image is the food that initially came I was like erm where's the rest then it arrived I was like awesome! Their naan was so soft I couldn't stop picking at it even when I was full. So good and so filling I had to take some home.
 Obviously enjoying the festivities I had a mojito and cosmopolitan to wash it all down. their mojitos pack a nice punch honestly.

Below: Oreo cheesecake & Above: Brownie surprise

Mmmmmm dessert. Honestly I'm not one that can usually fit a dessert in after a meal. Technically I didn't finish mine so after unbuttoning the trousers and resting for a bit I had some room ha. I stuck with my usual preference of cheesecake; it was really light for something that's chocolatey. Below that is the brownie surprise which I didn't have but hey it looked awesome.

And so out of 5;

Food: 4/5 

Portions of life.! seasoned well and presented beautifully.

Service: 4/5 

Proper friendly and joined in with the banter too.

Environment/Layout: 4/5 

Festival and really warm layout, lovely decor and comfortable spacious seating.

Location: 3.5/5 

Relatively central but a bit hard to spot depending on where you are coming from. Taxi may be necessary

Music: 4.5/5 

They played a bashment classic and I was sold. old school tunes etc and just the right volume too

Timing: 3.5/5 

It took a little longer but it was still piping hot on arrival - there was a big group of us to be fair

Toilets: ?/5 

Didn't need to use them ha (Kinda forgot)

Giving The Farmhouse a total of ★★★★
(3.9 rounded)

Birmingham Days & Fashion Nights

It has literally been ages since I've lasted posted, my apologies guys it's just all been so hectic and my routine wasn't as fool proof as I would have hoped. I've started a new job and have projects outside of uni to complete so I'm sure you can understand why I've been AWOL for a bit. I appreciate anyone and everyone that questioned my whereabouts lool love you guys.

But I'm back and with a baby, not a baby baby but a new camera.! Those who know me understand how happy this makes me like finally! I'm still getting used to the settings but hey I think I've done quite well for a days work.

So anyway forget the chit chat (save that for another post) I thought whilst I haven't put up a style post yet i'll go a little something and let y'all know what I've been up to here and there. I had a chilled day out with my girls (plenty more features coming from them) to Birmingham - first class babes in the first class section - and attended a Runway show in the evening - Partied at night but didn't get any pics.

This was the third annual runway show and because I was trigger happy I decided to photograph the event, felt proper professional ha. It was tiring but worth it.

Look at out for some winter haul posts and more A/W style in the next posts to come. I should be back to my usual routine but bare with me guys if anything I'm trying.

Hope you likey

.xo

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