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Athough it was not your regular Welsh rarebit.

It was good enough to get me to try their potatoe hash.

But I did not dare to ask for salt.

It wasn’t needed and I was intimidated.

The Jam Cafe in South St is different. Frequented by creative types doing stuff, all sorts of stuff that is different.

Offering the most interesting menu I have found in Chichester. Challenging one explore. To try the diffent options at prices that will appeal to students.

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

It’s a family run cafe serving good coffee,

an all day breakfast and a light lunch menu.

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.

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

Despite being famished, before stopping at The Pass for a burger, I wandered up to Charlie Harpers to see what they were offering on their specials board.

[Edit] 11/05/2020 There has been a change of Chef at Charlie Harpers and with it the menu. Lunch is more quiche, pasta and chicken with cream teas, a little later in the day. Still good but different. 

Crispy belly of pork served with black pudding mash, apple cider and thyme jus, green beans and bacon.

More than enough to get me to a table and take out the newspaper.

Charlie Harpers is one of the best casual day restaurants in Chichester. Their specials board always offers something of interest at very affordable prices.

But it’s the Mexican burger at the Pass Street Food Cafe that I do more often than not. It is a rare pleasure to be served something bursting with flavour that needs no seasoning.

Again value for money.

The only restaurant where I order a burger. They also do a monthly special which is always ‘different’.

These two along with and De Levante in St Pancras are worth trying as is Crispins, St Martins Coffee and Common Grounds.

 

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When feeling peckish, ones options in town are limited. If not deadly dull.

Even if it is just a toasted cheese you are after, at three thirty on a wet Monday afternoon.

I tried three different restaurants in South St and each time it was the same. “Terribly sorry but the kitchen is closed.”

Eventually I wound my down to The Fat Fig. Kacper Osmola was adamant that they do the best breakfast in Chichester so it was worth a try.

Whilst there are sandwiches on the menu, there was no mention of toasties. Instead I decided to splash out. Their kitchen was open. So why not try the sirloin steak?

It was good.

Worth going back to have another look in the evening.  When they offe a varied interesting menu, as well as a 300g steak.

Bigger and just as good. I would have preferred garlic butter and sauted potatoes. But one does have a choice of peppercorn or mushroom sauce and it is served with traditional French fries.

To start we ordered calamari rings . A pleasant meal and good excuse to try the rack of lamb and kleftiko next time.

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With a few exceptions most of the stalls at the local markets I have found have been dull and uninteresting.

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Which was why I stopped to talk to Jib Hagan. No ways he is going to earn any awards for the design and presentation of his stall.

But what he lacked in the way of shelter from the elements he made up for with enthusiasm and passion.

It’s a little ironical when you stop to think how recycled plastic waste ends up back on the street, in a stall being sold into the market and the journey taken to get here.

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