By┬áBetsy Kharas As a self confessed cocktail addict, IÔÇÖve spent one too many nights traipsing round various cocktails bars in Cardiff, willingly handing over a sickening amount of my student loan. So, when I heard that there was soon to be a new cocktail joint opening in the center of town, I was all over it. With seven chic bars based in London, Dirty Martini, … Continue reading Review: Dirty Martini
Dirty Martini is the hottest new bar to hit Cardiff, so our┬áreviewer Betsy Kharas was keen to try it out! Here’s what she made of it: As a self confessed cocktail addict, IÔÇÖve spent one too many nights traipsing round various cocktails bars in Cardiff, willingly handing over a sickening amount of my student loan. So, when I heard that there was soon to be … Continue reading Review: Dirty Martini
By Emily Turner Cocktails have been around for centuries, are drank by almost everyone and are especially popular among young adults either on a more sophisticated evening, or just looking to get drunk (after working in a bar for a while now, the question ÔÇ£which cocktail has the most alcohol in?ÔÇØ is an easy way to let the bartender know your intentions for the night). … Continue reading Review: Lab 22
On Tuesday 29th November, the Sherman Theatre opened its doors to a heart-warming and lovable family story. The Borrowers is brought to life by a vibrant and endearing cast with the perfect story for Christmas. As one of those iconic tales from everyoneÔÇÖs childhood, you never outgrow the thrill of The Borrowers, of tiny people living under the floorboards and a whole new world which … Continue reading Review: The Borrowers, The Sherman Theatre
Walter IuzzolinoÔÇÖs series on Channel 4 ÔÇô Walter Presents ÔÇô selects the most popular, critically acclaimed television dramas from around the world, allowing anyone with a laptop and Wi-Fi in Britain to falsely feel like they are cultured through watching handpicked shows (such as SpainÔÇÖs Locked Up to Belgian black-comedy thriller The Out-Laws) for free on Channel 4ÔÇÖs streaming service All 4. Each week Sinead … Continue reading Foreign TV Review: Kabul Kitchen
With so much hype around coffee shops’ specialist Christmas drinks, sussing out the overall winner makes for a guilt-free reason to┬áwork your way through the entire menu… Here, Gabbi Wan tours them, all in the name of research! By Gabbi Wan We may only be part way through November but Christmas has well and truly arrived on the high street with everywhere lit up with … Continue reading Battle of the Christmas Coffees
Walter IuzzolinoÔÇÖs series on Channel 4 ÔÇô Walter Presents ÔÇô selects the most popular, critically acclaimed television dramas from around the world, allowing anyone with a laptop and Wi-Fi in Britain to falsely feel like they are cultured through watching handpicked shows (such as SpainÔÇÖs Locked Up to Belgian black-comedy thriller The Out-Laws) for free on Channel 4ÔÇÖs streaming service All 4. Each week Sinead … Continue reading Foreign TV Review: Locked Up
The Rocky Horror Show, Monday 21st November, The Other Room. Reviewer: Rachel Nurse The Rocky Horror Show is one of the most iconic musical theatre shows, performed each year around the globe and is seen by thousands, maybe even millions. Yet, it still never fails to amuse me and it was an outstanding show by all the cast members at the New Theatre on Monday. … Continue reading Review: The Rocky Horror Show, New Theatre
Our Food and Drink editor Georgia O’Brien was lucky enough to have travelled halfway across the world this summer to the beautiful Fiji Islands. Here she shares her once in a lifetime experience on Cloud9, a floating pizzeria restaurant in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Only a short flight away from the popular backing hotspots Australia and New Zealand, the Fiji Islands are renowned … Continue reading Quench Food Abroad: A day on Cloud9, Fiji
If you know the name Billie Joe Armstrong then itÔÇÖs probably as the frontman of Green Day, the ringmaster of one of the biggest rock bands of the last twenty years. HeÔÇÖs always been engaging in music videos and onstage and even had a stint in Broadway playing St Jimmy in the musical adapted from his own American Idiot album. But a primarily dialogue driven … Continue reading Review: Ordinary World
For┬ásome of us, the endless barrage of Marvel movies risk becoming quite grating; for others, having a new superhero movie every few months is a dream come true. With Doctor Strange┬áyou sense Marvel has aimed to straddle the middle ground between these camps. By recruiting respected actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton to the cause and choosing a more niche comic as inspiration, director Scott … Continue reading Review: Doctor Strange
By Ellie Philpotts What is this!? Going to Buffalo on a.. Tuesday?! OK, that makes it sound like an unpopular place. ItÔÇÖs not. ItÔÇÖs just that itÔÇÖs more associated with Mondays. Buffalo is so much part of the Cardiff furniture that it probably needs no introduction, but here it is anyway. Since 2005, the self-declared local institution has been the Cardiff studentÔÇÖs first port … Continue reading Review: Buffalo
By Ellie Philpotts You might wonder how far the marketing abilities of a soft drink from as long ago as 1895 could possibly reach. In a time where alcohol is such big business, and in a student publication no less, a product bearing these credentials could seem difficult to stand out. But LurvillÔÇÖs Delight is busy squashing every misconception you ever had ÔÇô and, … Continue reading Review: Lurvill’s Delight
The 60th annual BFI London Film Festival┬áwas an experience to remember. With over 245 films from 74 countries lasting for a duration of almost two weeks, the film festival really has something for everyone. I took the coach from Cardiff to London and stayed overnight in London at a quaint hotel that reminded me something of a Shakespearean set, just to be able to attend … Continue reading BFI LFF Reviews: Houston, We Have A Problem!, Zoology, Noonday Witch
Since appearing at film festivals at the beginning of the year and having been released to U.S theatres over the summer, itÔÇÖs been a long wait for Daniel RadcliffeÔÇÖs flatulent corpse to propel itself to British shores. If youÔÇÖve been following the production of the film at all youÔÇÖll have known about the farting. If not (spoilers!) thereÔÇÖs farting. Continuing his post-Harry Potter reinvention, Radcliffe … Continue reading Review: Swiss Army Man
ÔÇ£We would like to warn those with nervous disposition that platform boots and white lycra will feature in this productionÔÇØ. And feature it did- in the form of tap-tastic flippers and electric costumes that had us green with envy and hoping for these fabulous bat sleeves and bright bottoms to be acceptable trends for the next spring/summer season. Post PSA and excited giggles from the … Continue reading Review: Mamma Mia!, Wales Millennium Centre
Maria Mellor is normally found editing Gair Rhydd, but for now she’s popped over to the┬áQuench Food world. We’re all friends (and office buddies!) at Cardiff Student Media! Here’s what she made of new Cardiff eatery The Goods Shed. By Maria Mellor As a student I wouldnÔÇÖt really venture too far out of town unless it was for one of my incredibly infrequent trips to … Continue reading Review: The Goods Shed
By Ellie Philpotts Since Jalan Malaysia kindly invited Quench Food to their Menu Relaunch, I thought IÔÇÖd be a good little editor and publish a review in response. Which isnÔÇÖt too hard, because they really are worth shouting about. Or, in this case, photographing to the point of forcing Instagram self-restraint, then writing, but the sentiment applies. ItÔÇÖs fair to say Cardiff is becoming increasingly … Continue reading Review: Jalan Malaysia
The Little Shop of Horrors, originally written by Howard Ashman, is the comedy horror musical about florist Seymour Krelborn from Skid Row who discovers a rare unidentifiable plant which has a thirst for human blood. Feeding the plant his own blood and progressing to human victims, Seymour gains much success with Audrey II, named after his colleague and secret love Audrey. The set and design … Continue reading Review: The Little Shop of Horrors, New Theatre
It seems as though the 2010s have been the decade of the movie remake. Revamped versions of classics like Ghostbusters (2016), Point Break (2015) and Carrie (2013) have graced our screens as of late; and newest to join them is Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven. Based on the original film by director John Sturges, which in turn was inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954), … Continue reading Review: The Magnificent Seven
