OakVilla Restaurant & Gin Distillery – East Harling
Owned by South African couple Shaun and Lindi Hancke, OakVilla is based in a beautiful, light and stylish open plan building just off the A11. Our evening began with a very warm welcome and...
Owned by South African couple Shaun and Lindi Hancke, OakVilla is based in a beautiful, light and stylish open plan building just off the A11. Our evening began with a very warm welcome and...
“So what delightful venue have you got for us today,” asked Alice. “Norwich Prison,” said I. Alice looked dubious, but we set off on the drive to Norwich while I told her what I...
review, restaurant, lunchAlice and I pulled into the car park and surveyed the place. A quaint 16th-century white party tent is permanently situated within the grounds for parties, weddings and other occasions, such as the Summer...
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review, restaurant, lunch, picnic, afternoon teaI have driven past this pub on and off for 45 years but have never been inside it, so seeing it in last issue’s Village People magazine prompted me to go and check it...
pub, fish pie, chicken forestiere, review, restaurant, lunchSkipped breakfast? Check. Elasticated waist? Check. Extremely hungry? Check. Well we certainly went to the right place. If you’re doing a bit of retail therapy in Norwich and, like us, can never really make...
review, ladies who lunch, restaurant, norwich, cosmo, all you can eatVery few households will be able to resist the lure of a box of supermarket mince pies over the coming weeks. So the Ladies Who Lunch team stayed at home and tested ten different...
mince pies, taste test, ladies who lunchAnother beautiful day, another lunch out… what a stressful life I lead! We had arranged to go to a restaurant some distance away from home but were told: “We don’t do lunch” when we...
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