B Town Social
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#stirchley Rare AWAY DAYs
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Very much looking forwand to the Lucky 7 collab tonight with Minus Mob.
Japanese inspired cocktails and ice cream. Slightly anti my own no drinking in the week rules, but it’s a one off for such a fun thing. Oh wait, I’m having cocktails tomorrow too. 😅😂
The chips sometimes land like that. 🫣
Japanese inspired cocktails and ice cream. Slightly anti my own no drinking in the week rules, but it’s a one off for such a fun thing. Oh wait, I’m having cocktails tomorrow too. 😅😂
The chips sometimes land like that. 🫣
August 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Very much looking forwand to the Lucky 7 collab tonight with Minus Mob.
Japanese inspired cocktails and ice cream. Slightly anti my own no drinking in the week rules, but it’s a one off for such a fun thing. Oh wait, I’m having cocktails tomorrow too. 😅😂
The chips sometimes land like that. 🫣
Japanese inspired cocktails and ice cream. Slightly anti my own no drinking in the week rules, but it’s a one off for such a fun thing. Oh wait, I’m having cocktails tomorrow too. 😅😂
The chips sometimes land like that. 🫣
I forgot all about this app! Hope everyone is feeling great!! 😊
August 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I forgot all about this app! Hope everyone is feeling great!! 😊
I’m at a wedding. After the speeches, I got given a bottle of Bolly as part of the thank yous, only to have it taken away for the best man to get it (I got it mistakenly). The best man also got given a brand new (amazing, poss a Strat) guitar.
But like the Murphy’s. I’m not bitter. 😅😫
But like the Murphy’s. I’m not bitter. 😅😫
April 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I’m at a wedding. After the speeches, I got given a bottle of Bolly as part of the thank yous, only to have it taken away for the best man to get it (I got it mistakenly). The best man also got given a brand new (amazing, poss a Strat) guitar.
But like the Murphy’s. I’m not bitter. 😅😫
But like the Murphy’s. I’m not bitter. 😅😫
Popped up to Hazlewood Castle between Leeds and York for a bit of knocking around in the lovely sun. 🤩🥳😝
April 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Popped up to Hazlewood Castle between Leeds and York for a bit of knocking around in the lovely sun. 🤩🥳😝
The nicer weather has meant that I left work on time. And went to enjoy the terrace at Eat Vietnam in Stirchley. Yes. It’s time. 🥰🤩
April 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The nicer weather has meant that I left work on time. And went to enjoy the terrace at Eat Vietnam in Stirchley. Yes. It’s time. 🥰🤩
It’s taken me until now to get out of my winter depression, just in time for my pre-spring depression!
Anyway, my first run of the year this evening seems to have solved that. Shame I was too depressed to try running before now in 2025. 😆
Anyway, my first run of the year this evening seems to have solved that. Shame I was too depressed to try running before now in 2025. 😆
March 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It’s taken me until now to get out of my winter depression, just in time for my pre-spring depression!
Anyway, my first run of the year this evening seems to have solved that. Shame I was too depressed to try running before now in 2025. 😆
Anyway, my first run of the year this evening seems to have solved that. Shame I was too depressed to try running before now in 2025. 😆
My work lunch for the week. Minus the 5 portions of veg daily.
Looks fun. Hope it is. 🤩
Looks fun. Hope it is. 🤩
March 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My work lunch for the week. Minus the 5 portions of veg daily.
Looks fun. Hope it is. 🤩
Looks fun. Hope it is. 🤩
March 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Great night at Caneat (Stirchley) last night at a talk by ex @loaf.coop founder Tom discussing his career path, using 6 loaves that were integral to his journey. All the way to two loaves w/Welsh influence now that he has started rye and roses in Machynlleth.
And also some butter making too.❤️
And also some butter making too.❤️
March 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Great night at Caneat (Stirchley) last night at a talk by ex @loaf.coop founder Tom discussing his career path, using 6 loaves that were integral to his journey. All the way to two loaves w/Welsh influence now that he has started rye and roses in Machynlleth.
And also some butter making too.❤️
And also some butter making too.❤️
I’ve just accidentally ordered a whole chicken meal with two sides at Peria in Cotteridge.
Oops.
1.4kg of chicken, peri fries and coleslaw . £16. 💥
Oops.
1.4kg of chicken, peri fries and coleslaw . £16. 💥
March 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’ve just accidentally ordered a whole chicken meal with two sides at Peria in Cotteridge.
Oops.
1.4kg of chicken, peri fries and coleslaw . £16. 💥
Oops.
1.4kg of chicken, peri fries and coleslaw . £16. 💥
When I was at school, if I ever saw someone being bullied, I’d help out the victim…if I could.
Imagine if I’d have only helped if I could have the victims bag and trousers? And then held his arms back, as he was being bullied, until he agreed?
How is the world allowing this?
#trump
Imagine if I’d have only helped if I could have the victims bag and trousers? And then held his arms back, as he was being bullied, until he agreed?
How is the world allowing this?
#trump
March 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When I was at school, if I ever saw someone being bullied, I’d help out the victim…if I could.
Imagine if I’d have only helped if I could have the victims bag and trousers? And then held his arms back, as he was being bullied, until he agreed?
How is the world allowing this?
#trump
Imagine if I’d have only helped if I could have the victims bag and trousers? And then held his arms back, as he was being bullied, until he agreed?
How is the world allowing this?
#trump
Im up to my elbows in the next monthly newsletter…due out on Friday. If you want in….heres a link to the last one.
Have a look and see if it’s the sort of nonsense you like to read. And if so, there’s a subscribe button at the top.
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Have a look and see if it’s the sort of nonsense you like to read. And if so, there’s a subscribe button at the top.
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FebruarYAY is here! 🙃
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February 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Im up to my elbows in the next monthly newsletter…due out on Friday. If you want in….heres a link to the last one.
Have a look and see if it’s the sort of nonsense you like to read. And if so, there’s a subscribe button at the top.
us22.campaign-archive.com?u=3001f290a1...
Have a look and see if it’s the sort of nonsense you like to read. And if so, there’s a subscribe button at the top.
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Todays lunch. I’ve gone for the classic Buldak noodle. A shop near work is doing 4 for £5.
So this one is the hot chicken, with the cheese powder topping (yellow pack).
Made with my usual addition of spring onion, celery, carrot, mushroom, and baby sweetcorn…but with some cashews as a treat. 🤩
So this one is the hot chicken, with the cheese powder topping (yellow pack).
Made with my usual addition of spring onion, celery, carrot, mushroom, and baby sweetcorn…but with some cashews as a treat. 🤩
February 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Todays lunch. I’ve gone for the classic Buldak noodle. A shop near work is doing 4 for £5.
So this one is the hot chicken, with the cheese powder topping (yellow pack).
Made with my usual addition of spring onion, celery, carrot, mushroom, and baby sweetcorn…but with some cashews as a treat. 🤩
So this one is the hot chicken, with the cheese powder topping (yellow pack).
Made with my usual addition of spring onion, celery, carrot, mushroom, and baby sweetcorn…but with some cashews as a treat. 🤩
So I’ve had terrible sleep since Sunday. Blocked nose. Some nosebleeds. Then nose blocked all day. Antihistamine seems to give some relief. Thought it may be the work dog.
Just looked and the tree pollen count is high. I don’t get hay fever. BUT I may now get hay fever. 😩🫣
Just looked and the tree pollen count is high. I don’t get hay fever. BUT I may now get hay fever. 😩🫣
February 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
So I’ve had terrible sleep since Sunday. Blocked nose. Some nosebleeds. Then nose blocked all day. Antihistamine seems to give some relief. Thought it may be the work dog.
Just looked and the tree pollen count is high. I don’t get hay fever. BUT I may now get hay fever. 😩🫣
Just looked and the tree pollen count is high. I don’t get hay fever. BUT I may now get hay fever. 😩🫣
I managed to interview the newish, much younger chairman of CAMRA. New blog post on my website.
#beer
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#beer
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CAMRA - An interview with the UK Chairman CAMRA Chairman
An interview with the recently appointed Chairman of CAMRA, Ash Corbett-Collins by B Town Social, a Birmingham food and drink blogger.
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February 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I managed to interview the newish, much younger chairman of CAMRA. New blog post on my website.
#beer
btownsocial.co.uk/camra-interv...
#beer
btownsocial.co.uk/camra-interv...
So here’s the link if you are interested. The BBC Upload show. It was on air twice this past week.
And it’s got a big chunk (yes, chunk) of me, slap bang in the middle (1 hour 10 in, onwards, with a couple of songs in between)
I’m on BBC Sounds. 😂😂😂
#birmingham
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
And it’s got a big chunk (yes, chunk) of me, slap bang in the middle (1 hour 10 in, onwards, with a couple of songs in between)
I’m on BBC Sounds. 😂😂😂
#birmingham
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Upload with Nina Das Gupta - The Food Blogger showcasing what the West Midlands has to offer - BBC Sounds
Original comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more on BBC Upload.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
So here’s the link if you are interested. The BBC Upload show. It was on air twice this past week.
And it’s got a big chunk (yes, chunk) of me, slap bang in the middle (1 hour 10 in, onwards, with a couple of songs in between)
I’m on BBC Sounds. 😂😂😂
#birmingham
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
And it’s got a big chunk (yes, chunk) of me, slap bang in the middle (1 hour 10 in, onwards, with a couple of songs in between)
I’m on BBC Sounds. 😂😂😂
#birmingham
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Literally just did 20 sneezes in a row outside closed Couch in Stirchley. 😇🫶🏼
February 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Literally just did 20 sneezes in a row outside closed Couch in Stirchley. 😇🫶🏼
If anyone is at a loose end, and has access to a radio this evening…
I’m on the BBC Upload show on all BBC West Mids stations. The show is on from 6pm and I’m on from 7pm. (Including WM)
I’m on the BBC Upload show on all BBC West Mids stations. The show is on from 6pm and I’m on from 7pm. (Including WM)
February 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If anyone is at a loose end, and has access to a radio this evening…
I’m on the BBC Upload show on all BBC West Mids stations. The show is on from 6pm and I’m on from 7pm. (Including WM)
I’m on the BBC Upload show on all BBC West Mids stations. The show is on from 6pm and I’m on from 7pm. (Including WM)
So today on all BBC West Mids radio stations, (on their websites), I’m on this weeks Upload show.
All the way from Stoke, down to Gloucester. Black Country across to Leicester.
Talking about blogging and the Birmingham food and drink scene.
Im on air for maybe 20 mins with 2 songs in between. 🤩
All the way from Stoke, down to Gloucester. Black Country across to Leicester.
Talking about blogging and the Birmingham food and drink scene.
Im on air for maybe 20 mins with 2 songs in between. 🤩
February 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
So today on all BBC West Mids radio stations, (on their websites), I’m on this weeks Upload show.
All the way from Stoke, down to Gloucester. Black Country across to Leicester.
Talking about blogging and the Birmingham food and drink scene.
Im on air for maybe 20 mins with 2 songs in between. 🤩
All the way from Stoke, down to Gloucester. Black Country across to Leicester.
Talking about blogging and the Birmingham food and drink scene.
Im on air for maybe 20 mins with 2 songs in between. 🤩
Tonight I did my first ever radio interview. And it’s already on Sounds.
Terrified before. Pretty happy after. Not allowed to say too much yet. More to come maybe tomorrow. 😇
Terrified before. Pretty happy after. Not allowed to say too much yet. More to come maybe tomorrow. 😇
February 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Tonight I did my first ever radio interview. And it’s already on Sounds.
Terrified before. Pretty happy after. Not allowed to say too much yet. More to come maybe tomorrow. 😇
Terrified before. Pretty happy after. Not allowed to say too much yet. More to come maybe tomorrow. 😇
I just had a baked Camembert. With chilli ginger chutney. In February. It was bloody good. But I feel absolutely terrible for it. Maybe.
February 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I just had a baked Camembert. With chilli ginger chutney. In February. It was bloody good. But I feel absolutely terrible for it. Maybe.
Last nights tea. cocobabuk (delivery)
Korean Bulgogi set menu. About £18. takeaway.
This mornings post gym breakfast. caneat
£10 including a very lovely latte. (Friday 8-10am weekly deal) Stirchley.
Dom wanted in on the action for the brekkyshot (that’s going in this years #oxfordenglishdictionary)
Korean Bulgogi set menu. About £18. takeaway.
This mornings post gym breakfast. caneat
£10 including a very lovely latte. (Friday 8-10am weekly deal) Stirchley.
Dom wanted in on the action for the brekkyshot (that’s going in this years #oxfordenglishdictionary)
February 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Last nights tea. cocobabuk (delivery)
Korean Bulgogi set menu. About £18. takeaway.
This mornings post gym breakfast. caneat
£10 including a very lovely latte. (Friday 8-10am weekly deal) Stirchley.
Dom wanted in on the action for the brekkyshot (that’s going in this years #oxfordenglishdictionary)
Korean Bulgogi set menu. About £18. takeaway.
This mornings post gym breakfast. caneat
£10 including a very lovely latte. (Friday 8-10am weekly deal) Stirchley.
Dom wanted in on the action for the brekkyshot (that’s going in this years #oxfordenglishdictionary)
If all goes well, I should be having my first away day this weekend. 😇
February 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
If all goes well, I should be having my first away day this weekend. 😇
Managed to bag a cancellation spot at Rabbit last night. (Hugely difficult)
Superb prix fixe menu on a Monday, at £30 a head. Plus snacks and drinks.
Neighbourhood, intimate, kitchen counter dining at its finest.
It doesn’t get much better than this for local dining.❤️
#stirchley
Superb prix fixe menu on a Monday, at £30 a head. Plus snacks and drinks.
Neighbourhood, intimate, kitchen counter dining at its finest.
It doesn’t get much better than this for local dining.❤️
#stirchley
February 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Managed to bag a cancellation spot at Rabbit last night. (Hugely difficult)
Superb prix fixe menu on a Monday, at £30 a head. Plus snacks and drinks.
Neighbourhood, intimate, kitchen counter dining at its finest.
It doesn’t get much better than this for local dining.❤️
#stirchley
Superb prix fixe menu on a Monday, at £30 a head. Plus snacks and drinks.
Neighbourhood, intimate, kitchen counter dining at its finest.
It doesn’t get much better than this for local dining.❤️
#stirchley
Just been to the German Cafe, Shirley. It was fab.
Had the Siegerlaender Kruestchen.
Basically a pork schnitzel on German bread, with mushroom sauce, a fried egg, fried potatoes, a salad and potato salad. 👌🏼
Had the Siegerlaender Kruestchen.
Basically a pork schnitzel on German bread, with mushroom sauce, a fried egg, fried potatoes, a salad and potato salad. 👌🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Just been to the German Cafe, Shirley. It was fab.
Had the Siegerlaender Kruestchen.
Basically a pork schnitzel on German bread, with mushroom sauce, a fried egg, fried potatoes, a salad and potato salad. 👌🏼
Had the Siegerlaender Kruestchen.
Basically a pork schnitzel on German bread, with mushroom sauce, a fried egg, fried potatoes, a salad and potato salad. 👌🏼