food/drink
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MIXED DRINKS
FAMILY TREE
TODAY the word ‘cocktail’ is seen on menus
across the world, covering a wide variety of
drinks, yet the cocktail is a type of mixed drink.
All mixed drinks can be broken down to just
The North Star, formerly The Maindy Pub, is a converted
Welsh Music Award winning club offering some of the best
seven families: The Punch, The Milk Punch,
Best UK boutique Victorian pub on North Road, With a huge open
live music in town. Plus mouthwatering homemade stone
The Sling, The Cocktail, The Sour, The Cobbler Coffee Shop 2009
heated courtyard, drinks lounge, live music stage, an italian
baked pizza and pasta and inventive new cocktails, including
(BSA Awards)
open kitchen serving the best pizzas, pastas and grill dishes.
their Barry Island Ice Tea!
and The Highball.
SPECIAL OFFER
Haven’t been down yet?
SPECIAL OFFER Any pizza or pasta £5 before 9pm.
Below are the seven families in chronological
Come and see what all the fuss is about
Buy one meal and get one free Mon-Fri between 12pm and Cocktails 2 for £5.50 before 9pm.
Open 7 days
order along with their classifi cation:
5pm. NUS discount is also available. Free entry to weekend gigs before 11pm.
The Punch: sweet, sour, strong, weak, spice WATERLOO GARDENS TEAHOUSE
THE NORTH STAR TOUCAN
(optional)
CHRISTMAS MARKETS
The Milk Punch: the same as the punch 1
5 Waterloo Gardens, Penylan, Cardiff.
2
131 North Road, Blackweir
029 2045 6073
www.waterlootea.com
3
Womanby Street, Cardiff
www.thenorthstarcardiff.com
www.toucancardiff.co.uk
usually with diary products
The Sling: spirit of any kind, sugar and water
You have to be a real Scrooge not to love Christmas Folk Friary Festival, which includes a hog roast, The Cocktail: spirit of any kind, sugar, water
food. One of the best parts about Christmas is the roasted nuts, cheeses, jams, pickles, chutneys and and bitters
opportunity to get stuffed now and worry about the liqueurs from Anglesey. During the December period The Sour: sweet, sour and strong
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consequences in January, and with the tempting it’ll be open late every Thursday until 8pm. The The Cobbler: spirit of any kind, wine, liqueurs
things on offer at these Christmas Markets, that German Market will also be on Working Street until and fruits
WELLFIELD RD
shouldn’t be a problem. Christmas Eve which will be selling German sausages, The Highball: spirit of any kind, water and a
WOODVILLE RD
From Fri 4-Sat 5 Dec, the Newport Italian Market Schnapps and beer. little bit of citrus
ROATH
will run along Commercial Street, harbouring the On Fri 11 and Sat 12 Dec, Usk’s Winter Festival
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fi nest authentic Italian cheeses, biscuits, breads, promises to be the biggest it’s ever been. There’s a The Punch is the biggest form of mixed drinks
cakes, oils and vinegars. Until Sun 13 Dec, the Christmas and a Continental Market and an open-air today, it was fi rst documented in American
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Swansea Christmas Market will be on Oxford demonstration by the Head Chef at the Cwrt Bleddyn literature in the 1640s when the British East
CIVIC 1
CENTRE
Street. Hundreds of stalls are housed within the Hotel. In and around Caerphilly on Sat 12 and Sun Company went to India and discovered a drink
NEWPORT ROAD
Swansea Indoor Market (no standing around outside 13 Dec will be the Caerphilly Medieval Market, a called ‘Panch’ – a local drink made from arrack, 8
Queen St
CASTLE
in the cold = advantage), and meat, fi sh, fruit and Medieval twist on the traditional Christmas Market a spirit made from sugar cane.
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
CASTLE ST
veg will all be on offer along with traditional Welsh involving both the town and the castle. There’ll be over The word Panch means ‘fi ve’ in Haitian
between 5pm and 8pm, Steam is guaranteed to impress all. 3 your food then don’t despair, as a wide range of alcohol,
cuisine and confectionery. From Thurs 10-Sun 13 Dec 22 food stalls overloaded with seasonal wares such as language, explained as: one part sweet, two
CITY including three specialist beers, wine, and some awesome
the market will also have the addition of the Festive homemade cakes, crepes, cheeses, mulled wines and parts sour, three parts strong, four parts weak
SPECIAL OFFER
5
CENTRE Bloody Marys are served. Open 9am til late.
STADIUM
Send an email to
kirsty.pearson@hilton.com quoting ‘Buzz
French Market for a slice of the continental. meads, Pemberton chocolates and a hog roast! and fi ve being a spice. The spice component
Map’ and you’ll be sent a privilege card giving you 20%
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Central
Station SPECIAL OFFER
Up until Wed 23 Dec, Cardiff will be holding the Craft KATHERINE PRICE is believed by many experts to be a British discount on food & drink, unlimited visits, anytime! Free homemade muffin/tiffin/Rocky Road with any drink
invention, where nutmeg was often used as
when y
OSCARS B
ou mention the Buzz Map.
garnish or green tea used in the actual drink.
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Cardiff Bay
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Vanilla Rooms Christmas Cracker
8
The Friary, Cardiff
029 2064 6369
CARDIFF
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138 Crwys Road, Cardiff
WMC 029 2025 1246
www.thepotcafe.co.uk
1 teaspoon of mincemeat
BAY
3 wedges of clementine
2 wedges of orange
12.5 ml of fresh lemon juice
50 ml of Mount Gay XO rum (my preference)
A dash of Fee Bros aromatic bitters
Muddle fi rst four ingredients, add the rest
and shake with ice. Fine strain into a chilled
martini glass and garnish with an orange wedge
HOLY HOT SAUCE!
THE CROWN CROWNED
pricked with cloves. At Vanilla Rooms we will
Eat in - takeaway - home delivery
be serving a Christmas cracker alongside this
Monday - Sunday 12-10:30pm
“Put some music in my food for me,” yes we’ve all BEST IN WALES
drink.
heard that guy off Dragon’s Den... but how about
The Crown At Whitebrook, near Monmouth, has been
supporting someone more local? Chris Fowler has
CHRISTOS KYRIAKIDIS
named the best restaurant in Wales at the True Taste
Opposite Millennium Stadium and located on the banks of the After a recent refurb, Cardiff’s best loved cocktail bar is
been growing exotic varieties of chillies (some
Bar Manager/Mixologist Taff, Tafarn serves quality food with a traditional Welsh flavour all looking better than ever, and with happy hour on cocktails
Food And Drink Awards. It’s the only Michelin Star
day and drinks from around the world. until 8pm every day - and all day/night on a Wednesday, it is
rather phallic-looking) and cooking up his own
restaurant in the whole of Wales, and their win has
perfect for a cheeky cocktail after work.
personalised label jalapeno sauce right here in
cemented their status as a showcase for the best
SPECIAL OFFER
Cardiff. So if your taste buds yearns for the burn,
If you mention the Buzz Map to the lovely people at Tafarn,
SPECIAL OFFER
food and drink Wales has to offer. The other regional
or you’re looking for a Christmas present that’s
they’ll knock off 10% from any food and drink orders.
Make the most of Pica’s amazing food with 6 dishes for only
winners in the 2009/10 awards, recognised as the
£15 until 6pm every day - and all day/night on Tuesday.
a bit more out of the ordinary, get yourself down
Oscars of the Welsh food industry, were: Ynyshir
to Chris’ stall Welsh Dragon Chilli Ltd. at the
Hall, Machynlleth, Powys; Tyddyn Llan, Llandrillo,
NOODLEBOX
TAFARN @ NOSDA
PICA PICA
Riverside Market. You can also buy fresh chillies to
Denbighshire and Cwtch, St David’s, Pembrokeshire.
62 Salisbury Road, Cathays, Cardiff
eat raw, but we here at Buzz don’t recommend it
7
029 2025 1007
www.noodle-box.co.uk
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53-59 Despenser St, Riverside, Cardiff
Info: 01600 860254 / www.crownatwhitebrook.
029 2037 8866
www.nosda.co.uk
5
Westgate St, Cardiff
029 2034 5703
www.picapicacardiff.com
for the faint-hearted...
co.uk
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