Review: Tasty Spot, Blackburn

1:25pm Friday 10th May 2013

EXPERTS in merchandising always insist their job is important. They say that how they promote a product, whether it be a tin of beans or a £100k sports car, really does matter.

Review: Bedford’s Cooked Meat, Blackburn Market

3:14pm Friday 3rd May 2013

A COOKED meat stall may not seem like the most obvious of choices when it comes to grabbing your lunch – but sometimes it is well worth trying something different.

Review: Pyramids, Blackburn

5:50pm Friday 26th April 2013

The name Pyramids conjures up all manner of exotic images.

Review: WOKSTAR, Blackburn

Review: WOKSTAR, Blackburn

3:25pm Friday 19th April 2013

ONE of the problems of penning takeaway reviews is that some people actually believe that my entire diet consists solely of pies and kebabs.

Review: Dixy Fried Chicken, Blackburn

4:31pm Friday 12th April 2013

EVEN in an area where the boom industry appears to be the takeaway, sometimes you can start to run out of options.

Review: Abaseen, New Bank road, Blackburn

5:43pm Friday 1st March 2013

MY mother — and no doubt many other mothers — used to say that you eat with your eyes.

Review: Chicken Hut, Blackburn

5:22pm Friday 8th February 2013

FRIED chicken takeaways seem to be the next big thing as far as fast food in East Lancashire is concerned. They vary from the good to the bad and in some cases the ugly.

Review: Mr Spuds, Blackburn Market

4:40pm Friday 4th January 2013

ONE of the bonuses of the new market is most definitely the variety it has brought to the low cost food offerings for town centre workers and shoppers.

The Golden Kebab 2012

1:49pm Wednesday 2nd January 2013

AT this time of the year it is tradition to reflect and review the events of the past 12 months.

Review: Tony's Crepes, Blackburn Market

4:40pm Friday 14th December 2012

IF someone had said even six months ago, ‘I think I’ll pop into town for a crepe for lunch’ they would have been looked at as though they were a bit daft.

Review: Khyber, Whalley Range, Blackburn

4:48pm Friday 7th December 2012

SOMETIMES you just know that you are not taking a risk when you play that old favourite game of menu lottery.

Review: Oasis, Blackburn

Review: Oasis, Blackburn

2:47pm Friday 30th November 2012

THE last place you would normally start searching for an oasis is the centre of an East Lancashire industrial town such as Blackburn.

Review: Flames, Blackburn

6:02pm Friday 23rd November 2012

WHEN it comes to kebabs I reckon that I am fairly well qualified to express an opinion. For years I have been demolishing them...and not just as a post-pub feast.

Review: Miami Chicken and Pizza Darwen Street, Blackburn

3:36pm Friday 26th October 2012

DARWEN Street could be described as Blackburn’s equivalent to Manchester’s Curry Mile, aside from the lack of a decent curry and ignoring the fact that the ‘strip’ of fast-food takeaways is actually only a couple of hundred yards long.

Review: Nile Original, Preston New Road, Blackburn

2:56pm Friday 19th October 2012

A BIG kebab may not exactly be the most healthy meal you could eat — but it can certainly tick all the boxes on a wet and miserable night.

Review: The Chippery, Blackburn

The Chippery

5:40pm Friday 28th September 2012

SOMETIMES you get a medical need for fish and chips just to help you through the working day. Nothing else will do to fill the lunchtime hole.

Review: Khan's Spice, Johnston Street, Blackburn

Review: Khan's Spice, Johnston Street, Blackburn

2:54pm Friday 14th September 2012

A KEBAB is just a kebab according to a mate of mine — but that is not always a line I can agree with.

Review: Happy Haddock Fish Bar, Blackburn

Review: Happy Haddock Fish Bar, Blackburn

3:56pm Friday 17th August 2012

AS much as choice is a good thing when it comes to takeaways sometimes you just can’t beat the good old staple of fish and chips.

Review: HARDEEZ Copy Nook, Blackburn

4:46pm Friday 3rd August 2012

SOMETIMES you just feel overburdened by the number of takeaway menus that get shoved through your door.

Review: Oasis, Darwen Street, Blackburn

Review: Oasis, Darwen Street, Blackburn

4:13pm Tuesday 12th June 2012

BLACKBURN’S Darwen Street is a neon-lit mecca of the takeaway.



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