Brazilian food

I watched the Brazil vs Belgium game at the house of a friend. But it wasn’t just the football that made it a memorable evening.

Brazilian food Chichester

It was Gabriel’s piri-piri sauce that brought back memories of days in Beira and the Hut in Long St.

We started the game with crispy onion rings liberally drizzled with the piri-piri sauce. Then onto carne assada (roast beef) and crispy belly of pork accompanied by a fresh salad and once again lashings of peri-peri sauce.

Portuguese piri-piri sauce Chichester

An evening which took me off to both Portsmouth and Brighton in a search for the Brazilian restaurant which will serve as a fitting substitute for that authentic Thai meal, I well know, I will never find.

Karate

 Recommend a Local Service Provider

The Chichester tsuyoi karate club is based at Swanfield Community Centre offering  both a junior and senior class.  They teach traditional japanese karate  which is based on kyokushinkai…full contact karate.  
Students are taught in a disciplined and friendly atmosphere. 

Thai Kitchen

There are three Thai restaurants to choose from but don’t expect authentic, home cooked and independent. There is Niyom on Hayling Island and Thai Time in Arundel. But it’s trip into Portsmouth for anything resembling Thai street food. There are a couple of indepentently owned cafes, although Noodels which we used to frequent closed.

Bumbles

Found a new  cafe and coffee shop at the bottom of South St. They actually opened early in March but then, things got complicated.

Good coffee in Chichester, West Sussex, the South Coas

It’s a family run cafe serving good coffee,

Good cappuccinos in Chichester, West Sussex

an all day breakfast and a light lunch menu.

Homemade food in Chichester, West Sussex

All homemade with that little bit extra. The fish pie was great and I would have liked to try the ginger sponge. But having started with the soup of the day I will wait for the next time.

The best homemade soup in Chichester, the south coast

If I remember it was courgette and something else I will have to ask about when I go back for the pudding.

Wine tasting

More in Hampshire than it is in West Sussex. Yet despite the anomaly of being half in and half out, Emsworth is definitely Chichester Harbour. A quaint South Coast village that has retained its charm and home to one of the few independent wine shops in West Sussex.

Vin Wine Merchants offer wine courses, free in-store tastings, corporate and private events as well as vineyard tours in the UK and throughout Europe

Wine shops in West Sussex and Hampshire

They can be found around the corner and are just hard enough to find to be unusual and interesting.

Housed in a listed building dating back to the seventeen hundreds, they stock a range of wines from all over the world along with our tasting room where we hold all our courses and tasting events. With original wooden floors throughout and old fruit crates for the shelving it’s like stepping back in time to the wine merchants of yesteryear, adding to the whole experience.

Bread and butter pudding

This is what took me back to Winchester over the weekend.

The best bread and butter pudding Chichester

Only to discover that it is no longer on the menu. After a three hour bus ride, it was a bit of a disappointment. Despite which the Black Boy pub is still worth a visit.

Although I doubt it will involve a special outing by bus next time.

Pubs in the South of England

Best English pubs

Old wooden tables and a quirky collection of the oddest artefacts and bric-a-brac. Four squirrels playing pool in a glass case, a couple of squash rackets mounted on the wall and shelves of books. Not quite a library, nor a museum but definitely a pub worth exploring.

Pub bric-a-brac

Pity about the pudding.

Fine dining

Cassons Restaurant is in a league of its very own when it comes to fine dining in Chichester.

Gourmet restaurants in Chichester West Sussex

I suspect nouvelle cuisine but I am way out of my depth when it comes to what is and what is not.

Eating out in Chichester West Sussex

But exceptional food in relaxed surroundings by people who care is not difficult to understand once you drop the formalities.

Best seafood restaurant Chichester

Cassons in Tangmere is a charming country restaurant specialising in exquisite gourmet food and it is one of the best fine dining restaurants in Chichester and West Sussex.

Good restaurants in Chichester

Chef-patronne Viv Casson previously ran a successful restaurant in France, which explains the French influence and the passion for good food.

Gourmet desserts Chichester West Sussex