Month: March 2017

Movies

Life – Review by FattyCat

On March 24, 2017 by

Life, the Sci Fi film about an alien life-form that was found on Mars, and promptly terrorizes the crew of the International Space Station is…. dead on arrival! This film is basically ‘Alien’ and if you have seen this film (if not, why not, it is amazing) then you can give Life a miss. The Read More

Eateries

Chung Ying, Birmingham – Review by HungryOwl.

On March 19, 2017 by

There is a very good reason why this restaurant has been open in Birmingham, in this same building since 1981 – it serves the best food in China Town and I have had the pleasure of eating here for 25 years. The restaurant is owned and Managed now by James Wong, but was opened in Read More

Other articles

Food Fortification – by HungryOwl

On March 17, 2017 by

It seems a buzz phrase at the moment – fortified this, that and the other. I have no idea why or when this became a necessity or is it just marketing spin? I suppose firstly we ought to understand what food fortification is. The British Nutrition Foundation describes it as “the addition of nutrients to Read More

Movies

Logan – Review by FattyCat

On March 13, 2017 by

Logan is a good film. No, it is a great film. A perfect way to end one of the best superhero franchises ever made. It is also depressing as hell. With a big fat spoiler alert: Logan dies. This was expected given how its the end of the series, but still….The deaths continue unfortunately. Several Read More

Movies

Lion – review by HungryOwl

On March 13, 2017 by

The movie is really a tale in two halves. The first half of the movie is set in India and follows the journey of Saroo from living at home with his Mother, Brother and Sister to being lost in Calcutta and finally being adopted by the Australian family. The young Saroo is played excellently by Read More

Eateries

Real Burger, Cheltenham -Review by HungryOwl

On March 5, 2017 by

Yesterday we decided after watching an appalling game of football in one of the High Street establishments that we needed a ‘proper’ burger to cheer us us. I asked Google and it recommended Real Burger a 6 minute walk away. To be honest we walked up Winchcombe  Street as we peered into the distance we Read More