Sovrano Caffe!!

By Tirada Suwannaparisut (Kim)

If you are looking for the perfect morning starter, lovely lunch, or relaxing evening hangout, I have one restaurant to recommend you, which is, "Sovrano Caffe". This restaurant provides both delicious pastries and espresso beverages and a variety menu with main courses and appetisers. 

Hawaiian Pizza and Cheesy Garlic Bread

Spaghetti Carbonara

I will recommend you two main courses and one appetizer that my friends and I really love when we went to Sovrano Caffe. "Hawaiian Pizza" is a one kind of pizza which consists of tomatoes and cheese based with toppings of pineapples and ham. Another one is the "Spaghetti Carbonara", the Italian pasta dish that has a white sauce based on cheese, bacon, egg, and black pepper. Last but not least, the simple yet delicious appetiser to highlight your meal is "Cheesy Garlic Bread".

Sovrano Caffe

In my opinion, even though there are many Italian restaurant in West Midlands area,  I personally think that Sovrano Caffe is the best! Not only they offer delicious foods and wonderful atmospheres but as well as lovely staffs and a super good service that makes you feel like home.

For more information:

8 Smithford Way

Coventry, United Kingdom CV1 1FX

Telephone: 024 7655 0249

OPENING HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK

9am - 8pm Mon - Sun

Coming soon late opening 9am - 10.30pm

Url: http://www.sovranocaffe.co.uk

Chi Bar

By Satirajit Paripoonyo (Prang)

A hurry lunch or dinner time, I recommend you to go to Chi Bar! 

Chi Bar or Chinese restaurant is located at 13 High Street Coventry which is opposite the Barclays Bank. It is so easy to find the place and their price is actually affordable too! 

There are variety types of food that is being offered in the menu such as rice, noodle, dessert and dim sum. On a side note, their staffs are kind and warmly welcoming too. 

They provide different ways of services which are either eat-in, take away and delivery.

The foods that I really want to recommend you to order when you visit this restaurant are Deep Fried Tofu and Teriyaki Duck with Egg Fried Rice. I would also like to recommend you to try their delicious Pork or Chicken Katsu BBQ and Mayo. 

Quick question, are you a vegetarian? Because if yes, this restaurant also offers some delicious foods which are suitable for you. For example, they have Vegetable Fried Rice with Deep Fried Tofu, Deep Fried Tofu Curry with Rice, Malay Sponge Cake, Mantou (Chinese plain bun) and Deep Fried Tofu.

I would say that this is such a lovely place with music and free WiFi is also available. 

 Deep Fried Tofu

Dim Sum: Thin Pastry Prawn Dumplings

Wonton Soup

 Dim Sum: Malay Sponge Cake

For more information:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eat.chibar

Website: http://chi-bar.com/food.php

Nando's

By Tirada Suwannaparisut (Kim)

If you are looking for the chicken dishes for lunch or dinner, Nando’s might actually be in everyone’s mind.  Nando’s, a South African casual dining restaurant group, is a famous restaurant where it has many branch around the UK, and with that, it is also located in the West Midlands area.

For this reason, in this article must to mention the famous restaurant and review the course of Nando’s. I have a chance to visit this restaurant in Coventry. While we were walking into Nando’s, a staff pleasantly welcomed us. Moreover, the atmosphere does totally feel free.  Peri-Peri Chicken is the specially signature dish of Nando's. It has been marinated for at least 24 hours in Peri-Peri sauce, and punctiliously flame-grilled before serving to customers’ tables.

Chicken Livers and Portuguese Roll

Additionally, there are five levels of Peri-Peri sauce in the dish’s ingredient which are extra hot, hot, medium, Lemon & Herb or Mango & Lime, and Plain. 

In this point, customers are free to order based on their preferences. Everyone might question what Peri-Peri sauce actually is - We actually have the answer! It is a hot African bird's eye chili which is mixed with spices and fresh herbs. In this reason, if my friends and I have argued for finding a restaurant to have dinner, Nando’s would have been the top choice of our mind. Because of great food! great taste! and great prices as well, we are completely in love with this restaurant.

Peri-Peri Chicken (1/2 Chicken)

If you have never visited Nando’s, please do visit the nearest Nando's restaurant to you!!

For more information, Nando's have many franchises around the UK, however, I would like to provide you their 2 locations in the West Midlands area.

Birmingham

Birmingham Bullring

B5 4BP

Contact: 01216 326 866

Coventry

1-6 Ribbon Factory

Trinity Street

CV1 1FE

Contact: 02476 634 992

Jin Long Noodles @ Coventry

By Marliana Syazwani Dzulkipli

Whoever been to the Coventry city centre should know about this famous Jin Long Noodles

that is located in the center of the town itself. I am pretty sure if anyone were asking for the direction to this stall, it would not be that difficult because of its strategic location and not to mention, for its famous dishes that cause people to queue everyday to get the delicious meal!

The friendly Uncle Andy Saw who originally came from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia owns this stall and has been operating almost for two years. This stall is open everyday from 12 pm to 4 pm.

With less than £4 each, you can enjoy either chicken, beef, duck or prawn that are served either with rice or noodles and it will be served with his famous homemade special sauce, which can also be chosen either Spicy, Barbecue, Peking Duck, Sweet Chilly or Sweet and Sour sauce.  Besides that, he also sells the delicious Vegetarian Spring Roll that only costs for £1 for 4.

Duck with BBQ sauce

Chicken with Spicy sauce

Prawns with Sweet Chilli sauce

Thai Dusit!!

By Tirada Suwannaparisut (Kim)

If you want to try some Thai food in Coventry, there is only one Thai restaurant situated in Coventry which is "Thai Dusit". Furthermore, it is very easy for you to find the restaurant that is located at 39 London Road, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 2JP. Also, customers can contact them for booking by phone "024-7622-7788".

Lemon tea (Cha-Ma-Now) - Left, Iced-red Sala (Nam-Daeng) - Middle, Iced-tea (Cha-Nom-Yen) - Right

Tom-Yum-Kung (Prawn)

Pad-Thai (Prawn)

Thai Dusit provides delicious dishes of more than 80 menu. By the way, I will recommend the special dish for me that is Pad-Thai (Prawn). It is a classic Thai noodles with king prawn, egg and topped with ground peanut. In addition, the most popular and widely eaten Thai menu is Tom-Yum-Kung (Prawn). This dish is a traditional Thai hot and sour soup; for this menu, you can select chicken, prawn, or only mushroom, it is up to you!. 

Moreover, you can enjoy some traditional Thai drink such as Gar-Fair-Yen (coffee), Cha-Nom-Yen (Tea), Cha-Ma-Now (Tea), etc.

As someone that has eaten here more than five times, I would say that the food is fantastic. Also, the service is usually great! However, the cost of food is quiet expensive.

Pepper chef in Birmingham

By Guan Zhiwen

Today, we will introduce a famous Chinese restaurant in Birmingham -- Pepper Chef, which is located in  Unit 1B, Southside, Hurst Street, Birmingham. The postcode is B5 4TD.

When I first walked into this restaurant, I was attracted by its Chinese-style decoration. The menu includes most of the traditional Chinese food such as Chinese noodle, Chinese-style barbecue and China's traditional cakes. 

If you don’t feel like eating the Chinese food, you can taste a variety of seafood here. I think that the price here is reasonable and the best part of this restaurant is that the service was friendly and the foods were served quickly. 

As a tourist or people who wants to try the traditional Chinese food, Pepper chef is definitely a good choice for you.

Fufu

By Ikechukwu Adubasim.

Fufu (Pronounced as foo foo) is an African food made from cassava. It is a very common delicacy amongst residents of West Africans. It is eaten with any kind of African soup. Making fufu involves boiling, pounding and vigorous stirring. The good thing about fufu is that it can be prepared in just under 10 minutes. The soup however, takes time to prepare.

Image credit: capitol-bistro.comon

Fufu has also been known to hold the stomach from hunger for a very long time. Which explains why many African men with jobs that involves vigorous activities tend to eat it before leaving home for work in the morning.

Another fascinating thing about fufu is that it is eaten with bare hands. That means no spoons or forks are really needed. It is eaten by moulding small balls of the fufu with the finger, and then dipping into the soup accompaning it. There are numerous African restaurants that can give you this priceless experience. If you reside in coventry, i would suggest that you visit these restaurants that are mentioned below.

Names of African restaurants in Coventry

1. African Village Coventry · · +44 24 7622 5534
24 Bayley Lane, Coventry.

2. A G G's World · Website · +44 24 7652 5456
58 Far Gosford Street, Coventry.

3. Palms African Restaurant & Grill · +44 24 7652 0522
116 Far Gosford Street, Coventry.

4. Solace Nigerian Restaurant · +44 24 7622 0886
3 Fairfax Street, Coventry.

5. P&T Persian & Tandoori Cuisine · +44 24 7685 0205
72-74 Albany Road, Coventry.

Reference: congocookbook.com

Miss Korea

By Tirada Suwannaparisut (Kim)

Are you looking for the Korean restaurant in West Midlands? I would like to recommend to you the best Korean restaurant in town which is called "Miss Korea" that is located in Bromsgrove street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6AB. The good news is, it is just 5 minutes walk from Bullring Shopping Centre (City Centre)!

A little bit about this restaurant, Miss Korea is a restaurant which serves traditional Korean food with BBQ. The grills recessed into each one table letting customers to cook their own food. The three famous menu in this restaurant are Bulgogi, Kimchi, and Kimchi Jjigae. Firstly, Bulgogi is a Korean main dish which compose of grilled beef with sauce. Secondly, Kimchi is a traditional Korean side dish that everyone must try! It is made with many seasonal vegetables and the flavour usually sour and spicy. Finally, Kimchi Jjigae or kimchi stew.

What is more! Miss Korea provides a variety of fantastic quality food at a very reasonable price. 

However, I do not like the feeling when I walked in this restaurant because it is quite dark and too much smoke in here. Moreover, the waitresses are not quite polite.

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