The Willoughton Wanderer

"Eating my way through life one bite at a time!"

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Eating my way through life one bite at a time! My Willoughton Wanderer blog tells the story of my various visits to eateries, pubs and restaurants, both good and bad, on my travels together with the occasional recipe thrown in for good measure.

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  • Stuffed Squid with a Tomato, Tomatillo and Kale Sauce

    Here I am stuffing the squid tubes with a seafood medley comprising of chopped prawns, mussels and the squid tentacles but you could stuff them with a mixture of chopped vegetables or spinach depending on your tastes. Serves 1 Cooking time about 20 minutes Ingredients: 4 squid tubes, washed and dried. 3 large raw king…

  • The Vinery, Rolleston, Nottinghamshire

    We decided to take a trip to Southwell racecourse on Sunday as there was an antiques fair on. If we had followed the brown signs to the racecourse on the main road we would never have stumbled across The Vinery at Rolleston, an absolute jewel in the village’s crown! Well done to the satnav for…

  • The Stag, Barkston, Nr Grantham

    The Stag Inn is a delightful looking pub overlooking the small green in the village of Barkston near Grantham. Internally the pub is clean and tidy with a range of two and four seater tables with New England shades of light blue on the painted table legs in the restaurant area. We didn’t venture into…

  • Tamarind Glazed Poussin

    We went to Aldi the other day (get over yourself, it’s Aldi – great food!) and found that they had some lovely poussin for sale at £2.99 a bird. As Mrs Wanderer was out at book club tonight I thought I’d cook this lovely tamarind glazed poussin with crushed, buttered new potatoes (freshly lifted from…

  • Prawn and Tomatillo Linguine

    Tomatillo’s for the uninitiated (as I was two years ago before we started growing them) are a Mexican variety, akin to a tomato, that grows in a papery husk (much like a Cape Gooseberry but bigger!) with a very citrusy flavour. Green in colour when ripe, and slightly sticky, they are just starting to come…

  • Hake with Clams, Tomato and Wilted Spinach

    I love fish (and shellfish) so this fits the bill for a perfect summer lunch! Ingredients: 1 Hake fillet 8 cooked clams 2 large handfuls of washed spinach 1 large tomato coarsely chopped 1 tablespoon tomato puree 1 teaspoon garlic puree Salt and pepper for seasoning Olive oil Pine nuts (a handful) 150ml water A…

  • Tom Yum Steak, Lentil Fritter and Wilted Spinach

    This recipe is for a lovely fillet of steak marinated in a Tom Yum sauce accompanied by a pan-fried lentil fritter and some lovely spinach wilted in butter. The bonus of the lentil fritters is the ‘scraps’ that they leave behind in the frying pan after cooking, yum! Chef’s perks! Ingredients: Serves 2 1 fillet…

  • Korean Prawns with a Broad Bean and Tomato Salsa

    This is a simple, easy and delicious lunch and takes no time at all to make (aside from the initial marinating). Enjoy! Ingredients: Serves 1 3 large raw king prawns 1 shallot, chopped 1 large tomato coarsely chopped 1 large handful of freshly picked broad beans 1 teaspoon tomato puree Half a teaspoon garlic puree…

  • Tom Yum Vegetable Frittata

    Tom Yum paste is a lovely blend of Thai herbs and other ingredients, including lemongrass, galangal, lime and lime leaves and is the perfect base for this quick and easy vegetable frittata. An ideal light lunch for two, or one if you’re especially hungry! Ingredients: Half a celery stick sliced down the middle and coarsely…

  • The Marquis of Granby, Wellingore, Lincolnshire

    I fervently maintain that the quality of an establishment’s food can be determined by the number of cars in the carpark; the more the cars the better the food as people are keen to visit. The Marquis of Granby in Wellingore has no carpark so nothing to go on but we ploughed on nevertheless. We…