TIP JAR ZINE COMES TO LIFE!

Tip Jar Zine is officially printed and finished, and here it is! Really looking forward to selling the first issue at Nottingham Zine Fair, this saturday 11am to 4pm at the Hopkinson Gallery! ANNA

THE ZINE MAKING PROCESS

What making a zine is all about! Nearly finished here though! ANNA

TIP JAR HAS THE EDGE

After researching a number of food and restaurant review websites, including www.foodreviewed.com, www.reviewcentre.com and www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/reviews, we soon found that visually they were quite harsh and formal, as can be seen in the image above. With our zine we wanted a more home-made aesthetic, which would include colloquial language and that would be visually pleasing. It would be something that people could keep on their kitchen shelf, for when they don't feel like cooking (for us this is pretty much all the time) and want to dine out! Our zine would be a keep-sake, and for this reason would stand out from other food reviews.

ANNA

NOTTINGHAM GREEN FESTIVAL

Nottingham’s only green event runs annually and is the event that brings everything that is wholesome and healthy for you to Nottingham's Arboretum. This years event is bigger and better than ever having over 100 product, information and food stalls, kids rides, workshops, alternative therapies and technologies, live performers, entertainments throughout the park, live music bands performing from the bandstand and Veggies Catering nearby.

After visiting Alley Cafe Bar, and trying the healthy range of vegetarian and vegan food that they offer, we feel this event is a great way to introduce the people of Nottingham to the great food that is on offer all over the city, something that we also intend to do with our zine!

ANNA

PUT AN EGG ON IT!

We looked at another food zine, PUT AN EGG ON IT, for inspiration. We liked the bold, bright font which is quite childlike and gives an informal feel, as well as the mix of photography and cartoonish drawings with make it seems less commercial and has a handmade vibe.

NOTTINGHAM FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL

The Nottingham Food and Drink Festival this year is a 12-day celebration of the fantastic Food and Drink offer in Nottingham City Centre.

We have spoken to all your favourite places to get them to craft some delicious special menus; these are all grouped into four different price categories that you can browse and make your selection from. The price categories are £10, £11-£15, £16- £25 and over £25. There’ll be no excuse not to eat out every day!

From the 30th June to the 3rd July Old Market Square will also feature a speciality Food and Drink Market with over 70 stalls for you to browse.

This annual event is something that we find very exciting as obviously WE HEART FOOD! Its showcases all the yummy eateries we have hear in Nottingham, and this year's festival should be just as exciting as ever! We can't wait to go out and try some more delicious food!

ANNA

MAKE SURE YOU COME TO THE ZINE FAIR!

The Tip Jar flyer/poster

ANNA

OUR VERY OWN TIP JAR!

ANNA

MUCH MORE INFO...

Dont forget to buy our zine at Hopkinson Gallery on 28th May at the Raw Print Zine Fair for so much more info on our irresistable restaurants as well as maps, offers, links to websites and photographs and illustrations..

AMAZING MILKSHAKE!!!!! DO NOT MISS...

We're missing home and our mums delicious homely food! So todays mission was find somewhere that offers tasty, fresh food thats homemade instead of a lot of the dishes you get in chain restaurants which dont have that wow factor as theres a suspicion they've just come out the microwave!
Homemade (that is actually the name of the restaurant) offered the most DELICIOUS MILKSHAKE ive ever had! Crushed brownies and hazelnut, it also featured chocolate sauce! And a mountain of whipped cream on top! Obviously not the option to go for if your on a diet but definatly try once. AMAZING!

AWARDS, AWARDS, AWARDS...

Heres a link to the Delilahs website, the restaurant has won 'Best Deli/Cafe' four years running in the Nottingham Best Restaurant awards.

http://www.delilahfinefoods.co.uk/index.asp

LIGHT LUNCH IN THE ALMOST SUNSHINE...

Altough the british weather may not be up to scratch, a light lunch in the outdoors is always tempting after a long day of lectures indoors!
We stubbled across a quaint fine foods delicatessen which also has an outside dining area. Watch out for a slight invasion of pidgens though that seem to fly in and out. There was also another strange aspect to dining at Delilahs but you ll have to buy Tip Jar Zine on 28th May from Hopkinson Gallery to find out what that is as well as our reviews on the menu. Fine foods or not so much??

OSTRICH? IN A BURGER? RANDOM!

Those were my exact thoughts, when i heard about 'I love Ostrich', as this is literally all they sell! Apparently ostrich is the healthiest meat in the world, due to it's very low fat content, and while I was in Nottingham city centre the other day I thought 'what the hell, lets give it a try!' Before doing this, I personally had heard some quite negative reviews about the food, with ostrich disagreeing with a couple of people's stomachs! So with a little caution I ordered a ostrich burger from the counter with toppings of cheese and rocket. All toppings are 50p however many you have, and there are nice selection to choose from including Jack Daniels soaked onions! I went for cheese and rocket as I thought it might mask the taste of the ostrich enough if i didn't enjoy it!

However I was very pleasantly suprised, it tastes like a regular beef burger! At one point while eating it I actually thought I had just paid for an expensive beef burger, but I was assured it was ostrich, although it wasn't too pricey anyway, with a drink it came to £5! It was really nice and worked well with my chosen toppings!

I would definitely reccommend trying this at least once as it was really very tasty. This is more of a takeaway lunch time place I would suggest, with the counter almost on the street and with only a few seats outside and a few more upstairs! Also it is only served on a napkin!