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Offbeat Eats

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Food-related ramblings of an oft-traveled engineer

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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Bibis Italianissimo in Leeds, UK. Despite the odd location (it's basically the bottom floor of a car park), they serve up some flavorful Italian food in a nicely-decorated Art Deco dining room, and handle large groups flawlessly. offbeateats.org/2026/10/bibi...

offbeateats.orgBibis Italianissimo (Leeds, UK)At the end of our NH Trade Delegation visit, before everyone started to disperse to the winds, we wanted to have a group dinner. This turned out to be challenging, since two other things were happeni...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of a slightly unusual dining option: eating lunch on the First Class coach of the LNER train from Kings Cross to Leeds. Honestly, not a bad Mumbai Chicken Toastie. offbeateats.org/2026/09/lunc...

offbeateats.orgLunch on the LNER East Coast Main Line (UK)After we wrapped up our sales activities in Farnborough, with a small side trip to visit companies in Harwell, we found ourselves briefly back in London at Kings Cross Station, waiting for our train u...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Bombay Story in Wokingham, UK. A great Indian place in the heart of Wokingham, with a nice variety of both street-food and classic dish inspired items, as well as great drinks and desserts. offbeateats.org/2026/09/bomb...

offbeateats.orgBombay Story (Wokingham, UK)After 3 long days at the Farnborough Air Show, we had to pack up to go to Leeds. But on our last evening, we decided to go into downtown Wokingham to find an interesting dinner. Wokingham is an old ...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats "Health-Check" re-visit to Gopal's Corner in Market Halls Victoria in London. Still some of the best roti I've ever had, and a great spot for a light lunch. offbeateats.org/2026/09/heal...

offbeateats.orgHealth Check: Gopal's Corner (London, UK)After a busy Sunday morning, before heading out to Wokingham and Farnborough for business, my brother and I had a window of opportunity to grab lunch near his flat in Pimlico. I decided that this wou...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Má Là Taste of Sichuan, a particularly good Sichuan restaurant in Westminster, London. Including my trying Chinese morning glory, a rarity on US menus since it is consider invasive. offbeateats.org/2026/09/ma-l...

offbeateats.orgMá Là Taste of Sichuan (Westminster, London, UK)Before I had to head out to Wokingham for my work trip, I went out with Dan and Sophie for dinner. We wanted a place with some interesting cuisine that was still a short walk from Pimlico, and Dan ha...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of The Oakingham Belle in Wokingham, UK. A great newer neighborhood pub with a great selection of beer and British pub classics, and a really great sticky toffee pudding. offbeateats.org/2026/09/the-...

offbeateats.orgThe Oakingham Belle (Wokingham, UK)While our group was attending the Farnborough Airshow, we staying at a hotel on the outskirts of Wokingham. This was convenient for our transportation to and from the Farnborough Airshow itself (Woki...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of another Community Breakfast: the Annual 4th of July Pancake Breakfast of the United Church of Warner. Great blueberry pancakes! offbeateats.org/2026/08/panc...

offbeateats.orgPancake Breakfast: United Church of Warner (Warner, NH)As our regular readers know, we here at Offbeat Eats have been trying to avail ourselves of the various community meals that spring up around the region. Looking through the local Kearsarge Shopper a...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Bacon & Batter, a breakfast-focused restaurant in Wallingford, VT. Great omelettes and hashes, and hope to go back at some point and try the pancakes as well. offbeateats.org/2026/08/baco...

offbeateats.orgBacon & Batter (Wallingford, VT)Like most years, we spent almost a week in June attending the Ohana: Luau at the Lake charity even in Lake George, NY. Getting to Lake George always involves crossing Vermont East-West, which doesn't ...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Josie's Country Café. Located in a general store in Ellsworth, ME, Josie's has a surprisingly diverse menu, ranging from American breakfast classics to Asian dishes like Filipino lumpia. offbeateats.org/2026/08/josi...

offbeateats.orgJosie's Country Café (Ellsworth, ME)After a very pleasant hiking trip in Acadia National Park, we decided to have our celebration meal someplace that was on the way back towards NH and MA. We decided that Ellsworth, just outside of Aca...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Woodman's Bar and Grill in Orono, ME. A great pub and restaurant for those looking for a nice dinner, or even just a pint of beer while in the Orono area. offbeateats.org/2026/08/wood...

offbeateats.orgWoodman's Bar and Grill (Orono, ME)To rendezvous with everyone on our trip to Acadia National Park, we gathered at a hotel in Orono, ME, and needed to check out the local town for dinner. While Orono is primarily known as the home of ...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of 506 Bistro in Woodstock, VT. One of the few places in the greater Upper Valley with the combination of "fine dining" and "open Mondays", 506 Bistro offers up some good food, but also some disappointments. offbeateats.org/2026/07/506-...

offbeateats.org506 Bistro (Woodstock, VT)We recently had reason to celebrate a major milestone on a Friday evening, and other obligations of mine already had me visiting Woodstock, Vermont the same day. Normally, this would have been a grea...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of the new Odd Duck Diner and Donuts in Claremont, NH. Serving up a surprisingly diverse menu in Claremont's former Country Café/Fast Lane location. offbeateats.org/2026/06/odd-...

offbeateats.orgOdd Duck Diner and Donuts (Claremont, NH)A recent hiking trip had us passing through Claremont, New Hampshire during breakfast time. Claremont has a good selection of restaurants, but it also has several locations that just, for one reason ...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats "Health Check" re-review of Beefside in Concord, NH. A few years into new owners, they are still one of the best places in the area for old-school, piled-high roast beef sandwiches and French Dips. offbeateats.org/2026/05/heal...

offbeateats.orgHealth Check: Beefside (Concord, NH)Anyone that's known me for a long time knows that two of my favorite sandwiches are the related roast beef sandwich, and the French Dip. As I discussed in detail with my review of Jamie's Roast Beef ...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Shirley's Kitchen in Suncook Village, NH. Not just your average breakfast and lunch diner, Shirley's also has a great menu of Korean- and Korean-American fusion dishes, including an awesome Omurice. offbeateats.org/2026/05/shir...

offbeateats.orgShirley's Kitchen (Suncook, NH)A recent trip over to Dover, New Hampshire resulted in us looking for breakfast options around the greater Hooksett area (the region between Concord and Manchester, NH, straddling the Merrimack River)...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of The Wooden Soldier in Fair Haven, VT. Serving up classic diner fare in a restaurant that's changed surprisingly little since it opened in 1965, The Wooden Soldier offers up a great breakfast, including a top notch Benedict. offbeateats.org/2026/05/wood...

offbeateats.orgThe Wooden Soldier (Fair Haven, Vermont)We recently had to do a short day trip over to the Adirondacks in New York, and that left us looking for a new place for breakfast on the drive over. We've had a lot of great little spots on this dri...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Jalisco Bar and Grill in Newport, NH. One of several Mexican places in the "Lower Upper Valley" to open in the last few years, Jalisco offers up some good Mexican food in the old Country Kitchen location. offbeateats.org/2026/05/jali...

offbeateats.orgJalisco Bar and Grill (Newport, NH)Back in 2021, one of my favorite breakfast spots, Country Kitchen in Newport, NH, announced that they wouldn't be reopening after Covid-19 closures. I miss that spot; it was definitely a bit of a di...
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Zaytoona Middle Eastern Restaurant in South Burlington, MA. A good selection of Middle Eastern food, and one of the best chicken shawarma bowls I've ever had (almost as good as Haji Baba). offbeateats.org/2026/05/zayt...

offbeateats.orgZaytoona (South Burlington, Vermont)After a weekend of robotics judging in Burlington, activities wrapped up around 7:30pm. The I-89 route back to my home in New Hampshire isn't exactly heavily populated with dining establishments, and...