Chichester

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.

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.

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.

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KL Carpentry & Roofing ◊
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Morley & Sons Roofing ◊
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Magic Mikey
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No, it is not homemade. Nor was it cooked the way Mum would have done it.

But it is definitely a rice pudding one wants to go back to, for more of.  It can be found it at the Minerva Bar & Grill served chilled, with fresh raspberries as well as a coulis and polenta tuile.

The restaurant is on the first floor above the Brasserie at the Minerva Theatre which opens for pre-show dining. So it calls for an early start and a reservation is advisable.

I ordered the sirloin steak and a side salad chop with dressed tarragon and white Sussex crab as a starter.

The food was unpretentious, the restaurant relaxed and informal and I thoroughly enjoyed one of the best prepared and tastiest meals I have had in the UK

 

Fuel the Adventure produce a 10,000 mAh power bank designed to look like a minitature of the globally recognised and iconic jerrycan. A robust liquid container made from pressed steel.

Originally designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use as a fuel container, it proved to have many innovative features for convenience of use and robustness. Trusted by all military forces across the world as well as outdoor enthusiasts and many others, the jerrycan is universally loved, inspiring Fuel the Adventure to build a rugged battery charger which is a perfect corporate gift.

It is a high quality, well made and stylish.

10,000 mAh of handheld power; up to 3 full smartphone charges
Easy to view LEDs indicate available power
Rugged design which is splashproof, when the cap is sealed
Supplied with a USB-C charging cable to recharge (5-7 hours to fully recharge)
CE and RoHS certified. UL and UN 38.3 battery certified design

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Sussex Drone Pilot ◊
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Looking for an artisan feta some years ago, I splashed out on a some goats cheese at a local market. But quickly lost interest as it had a distinctly unpleasant taste and have avoided the stuff ever since.

Up until I stopped at the Nut Knowle Farm stall at the Chichesters Farmers Market where I was very pleasantly surprised after sampling the different cheeses on offer. I also discovered that rather than being a goats cheese, feta was originally made from sheeps milk.

They range from a soft and mild roll, through to mature, mould encrusted varieties that pack a punch. As well as a full range of herbed and different flavoured cheeses in between.

The Farmers market operates the first and third Friday of the month and is well worth browsing around.

 

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When the Rolls Royce factory at Goodwood first opened, it was building one car a day and employed a staff complement of  300.

Today there are more than 1800 designers, engineers and skilled craftspeople employed at the plant, working to produce five different models. They are one of the largest employers in the area, making a significant contribution to the welfare of the local community.

Even if I had an ear for it, I would never dare to take them up on their offer.

You can tell just by looking at it that you want to know what you are letting yourself in for.

And its much the same with both the coffee and the certified organic wholefoods you find at St Martins Coffee. A bit intimidating at first.

But there is no need to make a public spectacle of oneself.

There are plenty of secluded spots where one can hideaway, with a newspaper to watch and observe before taking the plunge.

“Since our inception, June 1979, we have never used microwave ovens, aluminium pots, artificial colours, flavours, preservatives or tin openers. No industrial chain shop, factory, mass produced convenience meals will ever be served to you here.”

The property has a 18th Century facade and mediaeval interior that has been sensitively restored and furnished with an eclectic mixture of beams, log fires and enticing hideaways. Giving one every reason to expolre the twists and turns and the journey to the toilets on the third floor is an experience no visitor to Chichester should miss.