Three Foodie Attractions You Must Try in Bristol, England
Bristol, located in South West England is a centre for local food initiatives in the United Kingdom.
Their Food Policy Council is dedicated to ensuring the people of Bristol have food that is healthy, delicious, good for the environment, affordable, and profitable to the people who grow it.
In June of 2012, they are hosting the first ever Food Conference in the UK, as well as the largest farmer's market in the UK.
During your stay in Bristol, you will have a veritable cornucopia of culinary delights from which to choose.
You can stay for a week, and eat every meal at a different award-winning restaurant.
However, there are three foods that you absolutely must try while you are in Bristol.
Sweet Treats First, visit Guilbert's Chocolates Ltd.
In business for over 100 years, they are located in the oldest commercial building in Bristol, a short distance away from the Bristol Hotel.
The Foster rooms, the new location of Guilbert's Chocolates, were the home of John Foster, a merchant during the 15th century.
Guilbert's makes all of its chocolate by hand, using the same methods (with a few updates for electricity) as when they were originally founded.
You can buy boxed collections, or select individual chocolate creams, truffles or fondants before deciding which treats are your favourites.
Locally Eats The second thing to try is not a single food, but rather, a category of food.
Bristol is extremely active in the local foods movement for many reasons; they are active in:
Locally-sourced food is also used in many eateries, including several Bristol hotel restaurants.
To go one step further than simply locally-grown food, you can also dine at The Lido Restaurant, the Glassboat Restaurant, and Spyglass, each of which share a garden dedicated for use in their delectable dishes.
The Lido Restaurant, for instance, creates ever-changing menus based upon what the garden produces.
You can learn more about environmentally sound cooking at the restaurant and cooking school, Bordeaux Quay.
Pie, Please The third food to be sure you must try while in Bristol is pie.
Yes, I said pie.
Bristol loves its pies, having two locations of the popular Pieminister restaurant and shop.
They offer a wide variety of meat pies, vegetarian pies, seasonal pies, and sweet pies which make for excellent eat-in or take-out lunches, dinners, or desserts.
But if you can try only one pie, you should make sure to try the classic sweet pie, the toffee apple pie.
The Old City location of Pieminister is located near both Guilbert's Chocolates and the Bristol Hotel, although after eating both sweets, you may want to take a roundabout route back to your hotel to walk off all those calories.
Their Food Policy Council is dedicated to ensuring the people of Bristol have food that is healthy, delicious, good for the environment, affordable, and profitable to the people who grow it.
In June of 2012, they are hosting the first ever Food Conference in the UK, as well as the largest farmer's market in the UK.
During your stay in Bristol, you will have a veritable cornucopia of culinary delights from which to choose.
You can stay for a week, and eat every meal at a different award-winning restaurant.
However, there are three foods that you absolutely must try while you are in Bristol.
Sweet Treats First, visit Guilbert's Chocolates Ltd.
In business for over 100 years, they are located in the oldest commercial building in Bristol, a short distance away from the Bristol Hotel.
The Foster rooms, the new location of Guilbert's Chocolates, were the home of John Foster, a merchant during the 15th century.
Guilbert's makes all of its chocolate by hand, using the same methods (with a few updates for electricity) as when they were originally founded.
You can buy boxed collections, or select individual chocolate creams, truffles or fondants before deciding which treats are your favourites.
Locally Eats The second thing to try is not a single food, but rather, a category of food.
Bristol is extremely active in the local foods movement for many reasons; they are active in:
- Encouraging the use of locally-grown, sustainable food
- Hosting a range food-based events
- Urban food producing initiatives
Locally-sourced food is also used in many eateries, including several Bristol hotel restaurants.
To go one step further than simply locally-grown food, you can also dine at The Lido Restaurant, the Glassboat Restaurant, and Spyglass, each of which share a garden dedicated for use in their delectable dishes.
The Lido Restaurant, for instance, creates ever-changing menus based upon what the garden produces.
You can learn more about environmentally sound cooking at the restaurant and cooking school, Bordeaux Quay.
Pie, Please The third food to be sure you must try while in Bristol is pie.
Yes, I said pie.
Bristol loves its pies, having two locations of the popular Pieminister restaurant and shop.
They offer a wide variety of meat pies, vegetarian pies, seasonal pies, and sweet pies which make for excellent eat-in or take-out lunches, dinners, or desserts.
But if you can try only one pie, you should make sure to try the classic sweet pie, the toffee apple pie.
The Old City location of Pieminister is located near both Guilbert's Chocolates and the Bristol Hotel, although after eating both sweets, you may want to take a roundabout route back to your hotel to walk off all those calories.
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