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The best things we ate in Bristol in 2022
Bristol’s food scene continues to grow and change at an expeditious rate. In the year that the EatDrink guide returned, the food and drink newsletter started and Meg ate duck-blood soup, the Bristol24/7 team have shared their dishes that defined the last 12 months.
Miles Arnold, What’s On Writer and Content Creator
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“My dish of the year has got to be Seven Lucky Gods‘ katsu arancini. It was a phenomenal meal all round but the arancini was a highlight.”
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Betty Woolerton, Trainee Reporter
“For my sister’s hen do we visited the Lido. Rounding off our swim and massage was a delicious tapas dinner; it was probably the best day of my year!”
There’s few more scenic places to enjoy tapas than the Lido – photo: Betty Woolerton
Martin Booth, Editor
“My dish of the year is the canelé from COR. A regular Saturday morning purchase of mine at Farro bakery in St Paul’s with a custard interior (also close to being my best food of this year) has been transformed into a savoury sensation.”
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Mia Vines Booth, Trainee Reporter
“It’s got to be double agnolotti from Casa. One side contained ricotta and gorgonzola and the other pumpkin. Eaten together, the flavours were exquisite, simultaneously sumptuous and rich and light and elegant.”
Small but perfectly formed – photo: Mia Vines Booth
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Valentina Hernandez Gomez, Climate and Sustainability Editor
“It was my birthday so a group of us went to Asado. It was my first time, so I ordered the Asado burger which comes with rosemary fries. Where to start; it was juicy but not too heavy, well-balanced and the rosemary fries were an ideal accompaniment. It was the best burger I’ve had in Bristol.”
The asado burger – photo: Valentina Hernandez Gomez
Rachel Sutherland, News and Business Writer
“The best thing I ate this year was casareccie with red pesto – sundried tomato, almonds, basil and fried kale at The Spaghetti Incident. Hands down the best pasta I’ve ever had. A simple yet very tasty dish bursting with flavours. The silky-smooth pasta, combined with a glass of red wine left me hungry for more.”
It may be Rachel’s dish of the year but I’m not sure it will win any awards for presentation – photo: Meg Houghton-Gilmour
Sarski Anderson, Culture Editor
“Little Hollows is a small and perfectly formed Italian eatery, ideally nestled in the foodie haven that is Chandos Road. Warm and bright inside, the menu is deceptively simple, but definitely plays hard to the pasta fans in your life. I ordered the tortellini with butternut squash, sage, amaretti, and hazelnut crumb, and I am proud to say I garnered a healthy dollop of food envy from everyone on my table.”
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Meg Houghton-Gilmour, Community and Memberships Manager and Food and Drink Writer
“An incredibly hard choice, and one that has kept me up late into the night several times this week. Alas, I have come to the conclusion that my dish of the year is Cotto‘s wild garlic crema, with a chunk of their spongy sourdough for mopping. A simple yet incredibly addictive approach to using locally foraged ingredients, all in the delightful setting of one of my favourite restaurants in Bristol.”
Beautiful colours make up one of the first dishes I enjoyed at Cotto – photo: Meg Houghton-Gilmour
Sadly, Deputy Editor Ellie Pipe cannot tell us her dish of the year, as she is off entertaining a tiny baby on her maternity leave. However, we reckon it would have been something cheesy!
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Main photo: Martin Booth
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