food/drink
THE BIRTH OF
THE COCKTAIL
With nothing else quite like it in Cardiff, Waterloo Gardens
The North Star, formerly The Maindy Pub, is a converted
Welsh Music Award winning club offering some of the best
Teahouse serves award winning teas, stunning coffees, and
boutique Victorian pub on North Road, With a huge open
live music in town. Plus mouthwatering homemade stone
mouth-watering cakes, including Chocolate & Beetroot,
heated courtyard, drinks lounge, live music stage, an italian
baked pizza and pasta and inventive new cocktails, including
Toffee and Apple and Chocolate, Orange and Chilli.
open kitchen serving the best pizzas, pastas and grill dishes.
their Barry Island Ice Tea!
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SPECIAL OFFER Any pizza or pasta £5 before 9pm.
10% off Retail Teas when you mention the Buzz Map during
Buy one meal and get one free Mon-Fri between 12pm and Cocktails 2 for £5.50 before 9pm.
YOU could say that the cocktail has been around
the month of November.
5pm. NUS discount is also available. Free entry to weekend gigs before 11pm.
since antiquity and that it was already old when
WATERLOO GARDENS TEAHOUSE
Scribonius Largus, one of the Emperor Claudius’
THE NORTH STAR TOUCAN
physicians, suggested that a stomach ache could
DINING AT ST DAVID’S
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5 Waterloo Gardens, Penylan, Cardiff.
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131 North Road, Blackweir
be soothed by dissolving black myrtle berries and
029 2045 6073 www.waterlootea.com
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Womanby Street, Cardiff
www.thenorthstarcardiff.com
www.toucancardiff.co.uk
pills made of dates, dill, saffron, nigella seeds,
By the time you read this, Cardiff’s brand new St David’s cafes opens its second branch in Cardiff.
hazelwort and juniper in sweet wine and chugging
Centre will have opened its doors for business. The Pizza Express – Another Pizza Express for Cardiff,
it down.
centre already features a number of new restaurants bringing great value Italian food to St David’s.
The fi rst written reference of the cocktail was on
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and eateries, with a few more set to open over the next Costa Coffee –The ever-expanding coffee chain
May 6 1806 in a New York newspaper, in which a
few months. It’s yet another boost for The Hayes as a opens another branch.
reader asked: “What is the cocktail?” The answer
beacon for Cardiff diners, which has been peppered Nando’s – Popular Portuguese chicken restaurant
given was: “A Cocktail is a stimulating liquor,
WELLFIELD RD
with new restaurants over the last few months. Here’s with branches all over the UK.
composed of a spirit of any kind, sugar, water and
WOODVILLE RD
a round-up of all the eateries confi rmed for St David’s Yo! Sushi – The novelty sushi chain fi nally brings its
bitters.”
ROATH
so far: neverending sushi train to South Wales.
Before the cocktail came along people were
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Cadwalader’s Ice Cream – North Wales’ own ice
drinking punches, slings and toddies. Punch, one
Pret a Manger – the massive sandwich chain fi nally cream cafe is the only truly Welsh eatery making its
of the oldest forms of mixed drinks, dates back
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A
TERLOO
RD
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CENTRE
opens in Cardiff. Expect fresh, additive-free food and mark on St David’s Shopping Centre.
to 1655, and the word punch originates from the
good coffee. Jamie’s Italian – Jamie Oliver’s popular Italian
Haitian word ‘panch’, meaning ‘fi ve’.
NEWPORT ROAD
8
Queen St
Muffi n Break – one of the lesser known brands, Muffi n restaurant franchise, offering rustic, homemade
One of the best, most original and famous
CASTLE
QUEEN ST Station
With a tasty selection of food on offer and 2 4 1 cocktails If you fancy something a bit stronger than a hot cuppa with
Break are a coffee house that specialise in excellent Italian in an unpretentious setting.
examples of punch is the Tom Collins. Originally
CASTLE ST
between 5pm and 8pm, Steam is guaranteed to impress all. 3 your food then don’t despair, as a wide range of alcohol,
muffi ns.
based on gin, it is one of the most travelled and CITY including three specialist beers, wine, and some awesome
Chimichanga – a chain of tex-mex restaurants offering St David’s Shopping Centre,  Bridge Street,
best loved of all cocktails. Below is our twist on
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CENTRE Bloody Marys are served. Open 9am til late.
STADIUM
Send an email to kirsty.pearson@hilton.com quoting ‘Buzz
traditional Mexican food. Cardiff. Opens October.
the classic punch formula:
Map’ and you’ll be sent a privilege card giving you 20%
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Central
Station SPECIAL OFFER
Cafe Rouge – the chain of upmarket French-themed Info: www.stdavidscardiff.com discount on food & drink, unlimited visits, anytime! Free homemade muffin/tiffin/Rocky Road with any drink
The Vanilla Rooms’ Brandy Punch
when y
12.5ml maple syrup
STEAM BAR
OSCARS B
ou mention the Buzz Map.
AR &
RIVER
THÉ POT
pic: SIMON AYRE
Cardiff Bay
AY

25ml fresh lemon juice TAFF
HEMMINGW
Station
RD
50ml cognac (Rémy Martin Coeur de Cognac is my
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The Friary, Cardiff
029 2064 6369
CARDIFF
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138 Crwys Road, Cardiff
WMC 029 2025 1246 www.thepotcafe.co.uk
preference) BAY
100ml ginger ale
Shake fi rst three ingredients and strain into a tall
highball glass or a sling full of crushed ice, topped
with ginger ale, garnish with a sprig of mint,
lemon twist and grated nutmeg on top. Serve.
CHRISTOS KYRIAKIDIS
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IT’S NOT THE END COMPETITION

Eat in - takeaway - home delivery
Deserted Cathays student pub The End has Would you like to win a Vanilla Rooms/Grey
Monday - Sunday 12-10:30pm
changed hands once again and is to become The THE WELSH CURRY Goose experience? If so please answer the
Station. After years of notoriety as one of the most following question, and you and three friends
lukewarm pubs in Cathays, The End could at last
AWARDS
could win a table in Vanilla Rooms with a bottle Opposite Millennium Stadium and located on the banks of the After a recent refurb, Cardiff’s best loved cocktail bar is
become a regular fi xture for the locals. It’s being The hunt for Wales’ best curry house is on as the of Grey Goose Premium Vodka.
Taff, Tafarn serves quality food with a traditional Welsh flavour all looking better than ever, and with happy hour on cocktails
day and drinks from around the world. until 8pm every day - and all day/night on a Wednesday, it is
taken over by the owners of the uber trendy Mocka Welsh Curry Awards kick off on Thurs 26 Nov. The
Q. In what region of France is Grey Goose
perfect for a cheeky cocktail after work.
Lounge, who are also responsible for exciting, new competition is now in its fourth year and will be
vodka produced?
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bar North Star and the soon-to-open Voltaire. It’s collecting votes from the public over the next few
If you mention the Buzz Map to the lovely people at Tafarn,
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doubtful that they’ll rest on their laurels with The months, with the regional fi nals announced at the
Please send your answers to:
they’ll knock off 10% from any food and drink orders.
Make the most of Pica’s amazing food with 6 dishes for only
£15 until 6pm every day - and all day/night on Tuesday.
End, which has suffered from a lack of investment end of February. Last year Kareems – The Restau-
competitions@buzzmag.co.uk
and ideas, and it will be interesting to see how this rant From Rhyl took the crown, and this year the
NOODLEBOX
TAFARN @ NOSDA
PICA PICA
pub develops. competition is stiffer than ever before.
Enjoy GREY GOOSE Responsibly
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62 Salisbury Road, Cathays, Cardiff
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53-59 Despenser St, Riverside, Cardiff
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