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Rockfish Exeter: A video update We are both massive fans of Mitch Tonks and the Rockfish restaurants.  We were invited to the opening of the…

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Recently I was lucky enough to be invited to join Princesshay at their launch of EATS! – an event showcasing the shopping centres restaurants in the run up to some August tasting events for the public.

To start with, we were taken through a secret doorway and rode the lift up to the rooftops of the shopping centre to see the city’s bees. A lovely and sunny rooftop terrace, with a variety of plants specifically chosen to ensure the plants flower throughout the year providing continuous pollination for the bees.

Jason Wallis, head beekeeper, showed us a calmer hive with the queen bee identified by a spot they have placed on her back.  He explained how a queen is born due to how the bees lay a hanging egg as opposed to a horizontal egg! He then showed us, from a safe distance, the main hives.

Harvest takes place mid August to first week September, any later and the honey would be bitter due to the flowers they would be pollinating at the time. Approximately 200 jars worth will be harvested and sold in Chandos deli early September – if you want some you’ll have to act fast! We were all given a little pot to take home (which I have since indulged in) and it is really delicious.

On returning to ground level, we were then treated to drinks from Giraffe and off we went to be seated in the square in front of Jamie’s Italian and Coal. The restaurants put on an array of delights, in turn, to showcase their menus. One of my favourites is Wagamama with their squid and also duck gyozas; I love squid and they do it very well.

They also provided us with some goody bags with a few bits and pieces in; the one that went down very well almost immediately were the funky sunglasses from Tiger…who says the fun has to stop when you grow up?!

Thank you to Princesshay for an enjoyable time and don’t forget to EATS! your way around Princesshay this Summer.

For further info on EATS! and the events throughout August in Princesshay check out the post here

For further info on the bees project, visit our post here

I’ll leave you with a great collage from the talented Steve Haywood who was capturing the event and whose photos are in the above 2 posts as well:

A buzzing event at 'EATS! Princesshay' Launch Party @princesshay @onevoiceteam @devonfoodhour Recently I was lucky enough to be invited to join Princesshay at their launch of EATS! - an event showcasing the shopping centres restaurants in the run up to some August tasting events for the public.

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Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’) confirmed today (Thursday 21 April 2016) that Lebanese restaurant Comptoir Libanais, will be the seventh restaurant to join Exeter’s exciting new Queen St dining quarter. In signing up Comptoir Libanais, this announcement from Aviva Investors is being heralded as another major coup for Queen St dining, Exeter and the South West.

The hugely popular Comptoir Libanais, has twelve restaurants in the UK, eight of which are in central London, will be located on the corner of the newly re-modelled Market Square and St Pancras Square and will cover just under 3,300 sq. ft of Queen St dining including outside seating space. Comptoir Libanais specialises in fresh, healthy and affordable Lebanese dishes, from lamb kofta and shish taouk cooked on a charcoal grill to wholesome and hearty slow-cooked tagines.

Open all day for breakfast, lunch and dinner to eat in or take out, the beautiful souk-like interiors of their canteen and delicatessens have a buzzy, Middle Eastern café feel. Decorative ceramic tiles are a feature of Comptoir Libanais restaurants and all feature the face of the Arabic actress, Sirine Jamal al Dine on the walls, menus and takeaway packaging. Chaker Hanna, CEO of Comptoir Libanais said: “We are delighted to be opening our first restaurant in The West Country. Queen St is such an amazing development in a thriving city.

We are working closely with Aviva Investors to create a restaurant to showcase the best of Lebanese cuisine to the local community, businesses and families as well as the millions of visitors to Exeter from the UK and afar at very affordable prices.” Tony Kitous, Founder & Creative Director of Comptoir Libanais added: “We cannot wait to open in Exeter – it’s so exciting to be spreading the food, culture and hospitality of Lebanon to such an amazing and invigorating city. Our cuisine is healthy, fresh and colourful and has been created for everyone including families and vegetarians. We look forward to opening our doors to lots of mezze-lovers!” Aviva has attracted a wide variety of top quality food and drink operators to Queen St dining, to create ‘the place’ to eat, drink and socialise in Exeter day or night.

Anticipation among city residents and visitors continues to grow as regeneration of the buildings and public spaces begin to reveal themselves to the public. Simon Green, Director of Aviva Investors said: “Aviva Investors is thrilled to be able to bring Comptoir Libanais to join us at Queen St dining. Adding Lebanese cuisine to the mix brings something totally unique to the Dining Quarter and their prominent position overlooking two of our new public spaces provides the perfect location for this incredibly popular and exciting restaurant.

Comptoir Libanais welcome everybody through their doors and it won’t be long now before city diners get the chance to enjoy the flavours of the Middle East at Queen St Dining.” The new open air spaces designed especially for food events, markets and entertainment along with all eight restaurants which make up Queen St Dining will be fully open by the end of August. Comptoir Libanais join Turtle Bay, The Stable, Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), The Terrace, Grillstock and KuPP the final remaining restaurant to be revealed by Aviva imminently.

The Queen St project is seeing the Guildhall Shopping Centre’s neo-classical façade on Queen Street transformed, a new entrance from the high street is underway and the three public spaces within the centre itself are being reinvented: Market Square, bordered by amphitheatre-style seating areas, St Pancras Square overlooking the beautiful 13th-Century St Pancras Church and Goldsmith Square, making them all more welcoming and attractive to shoppers and diners alike.

For further information about Comptoir Libanais visit www.comptoirlibanais.com / for more information about the Queen St redevelopment, please visit: www.queenst-exeter.com

Comptoir Libanais to open in the new Queen St Dining Quarter @exeterqueenst @bleepcomms Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’) confirmed today (Thursday 21 April 2016) that Lebanese restaurant Comptoir Libanais, will be the seventh restaurant to join Exeter's exciting new Queen St dining quarter.

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2 Bakers Way, Exeter EX4 8GA – 01392 690655 – www.pinhoehoardpubexeter.co.uk – Twitter

Sitting opposite the Pinhoe branch of Aldi, and next door the Sainsbury’s supermarket, The Pinhoe Hoard is Exeter’s newest mega-gastro-chain pub that is catering to the widest spectrum of punters with its large dining area, kids play facilities ample car parking and convenient placement.

You don’t have to travel narrow lanes, to reach this pub as it is all handily plonked on the side of one of the main arterial routes in to Exeter.  According to their website, just a short drive to Dartmoor too; I would challenge their definition of short given that it is nearly half an hour away.

The Pinhoe Hoard was named after, the ‘Pinhoe Hoard’ which was a small collection of bronze age axes or palstaves discovered by metal detectorists on the present site of the pub.

They serve what I call functional food.  There are many things that it is not, but it fills a hole and definitely has its place in the diverse array of places to eat out in Exeter.

My recent experiences of Marston Inns has been getting steadily better recently.  My low-point was The Waterloo Cross in Uffculme with our disastrous wedding anniversary meal a few years ago.  Then The Red Deer in Crediton; apathetic at first but each time we’ve been its been getting better, and finally culminating in a generally pleasant experience at The Pinhoe Hoard after a mad day out.  Despite the mixed bag of reviews on Tripadvisor, there is a trend towards the Excellent’s and Very Good’s but not without the Terrible reviews which is filled with the usual whining and moaning that seems to grace every restaurant’s page.

Given it was a busy Friday night, we had to wait a few minutes for our table.  So we sat at the bar area and waited for our buzzing/vibrating/beeping thing to go off in around 10 minutes.  It did in about 8 minutes, to indicate that our table was ready.  The gentleman on the podium/till/touchscreen-of-power was friendly and took us to our readied table.  We already had our drinks that we had been able to add to our tab easily with the buzzing/vibrating/beeping thing.  I went for a European pilsner which was pleasant enough.

The Pinhoe Hoard is a Rotisserie Pub.  This means it has a Rotisserie and a slightly different menu from other Marston’s.  For a full ‘spotters guide’ of Marston Inn pubs head to their website.

It was quite a large menu (PDF), there was a lot of text and with these sorts of  gastropubs it takes a while to fully  browse everything.  To give the serving staff their credit we weren’t hurried in to a decision; we often end up playing Menu Battles with over eager staff but either we were feeling particularly decisive or we were given enough time to fully take in the vast amount of options, there was little pressure to ORDER FOOD NOW.

I went for a Buttermilk Chicken Burger served with fries and coleslaw for £10.95.  Tori went for 10oz Gammon with Skin-On Fries and Peas.

One of my biggest bug-bears with Marston Inns is their apathy when it comes with coleslaw.  Compared to the lovely large portions that you can enjoy at other restaurants, the coleslaw comes in a teeny pot which is just enough to feed a voracious shrew, not an overweight 34 year old with an appetite.  However ‘Coleslaw Apathy’ is something endemic to large chain gastropubs, Wetherspoon’s being the worst offender.

This is my only negative, the chips and the burger were well cooked and was definitely a burger I would have again.  Tori’s Gammon was evenly cooked and tasted nice.  Though the portions were a little on the small side, I would come again and maybe have one of their speciality Rotisserie meals which seem to have a larger portion size.

For functional chain-gastro-pub food this was a pleasant experience and I would recommend this place for what it is.  The modern interior is inoffensive; the staff were imeppcably friendly and swift throughout our visit; the toilets were clean; the table was level; the cutlery was clean; the price for the whole meal was reasonable despite it being a very busy evening there was no sense of panic.

I’ll see you again pub…

Read out latest review on the @pinhoe_hoard in Pinhoe. 2 Bakers Way, Exeter EX4 8GA - 01392 690655 - www.pinhoehoardpubexeter.co.uk - Twitter Sitting opposite the Pinhoe branch of Aldi, and next door the Sainsbury’s supermarket, The Pinhoe Hoard is Exeter’s newest…

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Pieminister announces hopes to open Exeter restaurant | Exeter Express and Echo

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Pieminister-announces-hopes-open-Exeter/story-25819998-detail/story.html

This stunningly successful Pie Restaurant is a south West success story. And now they want to come to Exeter. Possibly heading to the Guildhall Dining Quarter?

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