Batting For Lunch

25/05/2014

We couldn't agree more. Tuck in

13/05/2014

After an academia induced leave of absence, we returned to the crease to sample Boulangerie, with the help of our short third men Nick Goodall and Toby Barnes-Yallowley:

After the utter mess that was the “Winter of Discontent” for English cricket, spring is now well and truly upon us; the county championship has opened with a bang and optimism is rife among the cri...

02/04/2014

Couldn't Buy a Run in Front of Square:
Discover BFL's verdict on the much hyped Bill's:

Bill – William to his friends - clearly prides himself on creating an industrial dining experience. His Queen St. restaurant exhibits an exposed ventilation system that looms above you in a space m...

30/03/2014

A View From The Boundary.
Read our first 12th Man feature concerning that necessary evil we all know a little too well:

This feeding ground may be best described as a lovechild of necessity and sloth. You’ve been in the library since 8am, your blood sugar levels are low and your mind is frazzled. Despite the veritab...

27/03/2014

The Corridor of Uncertainty:
Find out what your shrewd diners made of the much loved Chickpea:

After our run-out from the previously (and, indeed, authoritatively) reviewed Yume Kitchen - 夢, the follow on was enforced as Cookie and I trudged up the road to Chickpea for our 2nd innings of the...

25/03/2014

A Run Out at the Bowlers End:
Poor running from BFL results in a dismal display. To find out what we made of Yume Kitchen read on.

Yume Kitchen, or 夢 to those with a casual understanding of Japanese, isn’t a lunch spot for the faint hearted. We here at Batting For Lunch pride ourselves on the fact that we traipse up and down B...

13/03/2014

A Shocka at Mocha.
Find out what we made of the least male friendly cafe this side of the Avon Gorge:

Mocha Mocha has accrued something of a cult status among the women of Bristol during my time in the city. With hordes of girls exchanging gossip at a volume worthy of a Boxing Day crowd at the MCG,...

13/03/2014

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11/03/2014

Apparently named after two of the finest & traditional British breeds of cow, the Ruby Red Devon and the British White, this butcher is a sure footed way of pouring away that loan well within i...

10/03/2014

Welcome to Batting For Lunch, the inaugural lunch-come-dinner-come-cricket blog for Bristol. We'd like to take this opportunity to laud you for your best hyperlink click of the day. Each week we'll...

10/03/2014

Discretely tucked in next to the consistently disappointing Café Gusto and the frankly intimidating Q.E.D., Fresh is certainly the Tim Bresnan of this 3 seamer bowling attack on St. Michael’s Hill....

10/03/2014

In accordance with Batting for Lunch’s mixed loyalties to food and cricket, we have devised an innovative and, in our view, far more logical ratings method than the conventional “5 stars” or “1 to ...