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We Gourmates dine out monthly, in and around Essex & Suffolk, at different restaurant’s, write reviews & add mouthwatering photo’s & we've 31 years experience …!

🐎 🐎 Galloping Gourmates, fittingly heading along the 🅰️1️⃣2️⃣ to The Stable Pebmarsh… for our May Lads Lunch out…😋😉L👀k...
13/05/2026

🐎 🐎 Galloping Gourmates, fittingly heading along the 🅰️1️⃣2️⃣ to The Stable Pebmarsh… for our May Lads Lunch out…😋
😉L👀king like it could be a good’un…🤞
✍️ Franks choice and words to follow in the fullness of time…🕰️
🥸Let’s just say Frank had his fave pudding to finish… Guess what…❓

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02/05/2026

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𝕊𝕨𝕚𝕗𝕥 Galloping Gourmates 𝕊𝕨𝕠𝕠𝕡 𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 “𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝’𝕤” 𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕦 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 @ Continental Café, 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ‘ℍ𝕒...
29/04/2026

𝕊𝕨𝕚𝕗𝕥 Galloping Gourmates 𝕊𝕨𝕠𝕠𝕡 𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 “𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝’𝕤” 𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕦 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 @ Continental Café, 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ‘ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕒 ℙ𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕃𝕒𝕞𝕓 𝔽𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕’
🔥 Delightfully warmed flatbread 🫓, topped with tangy pulled harissa 🌶️ lamb 🐑 , smooth homemade hummus 🍚 , grated carrot 🥕 , mint 🍃and parsley 🌿 slaw, plenty of pomegranate seeds, feta cheese 🧀 chunks and all slathered with garlic 🧄 and herb 🌿 sauce.
👌 A refreshing Sunday tastebud tickler, complex textures, lamb shreds, crunchy pomegranate seeds, subtle chilli 🌶️ hints, diffused by the minty 🍃parsley 🌿 slaw and all nicely smoothed out with the subtle garlicky 🧄 herb sauce…not to mention the most colourful 🎨 dish this year so far…❗️

🍺 Happy Birthday to retired Galloping Gourmates Philip MeLord Hills…🥃🍻 Avagood’un…🍻📸 1️⃣0️⃣ years ago at a Chinese 🇨🇳 R...
26/04/2026

🍺 Happy Birthday to retired Galloping Gourmates Philip MeLord Hills…🥃
🍻 Avagood’un…🍻
📸 1️⃣0️⃣ years ago at a Chinese 🇨🇳 Restaurant in Docklands…😋

𝔸 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕪 𝔸𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕝 Galloping Gourmates 𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕤’ 𝕝𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕥 The Jolly Sailor, Heybridge Basin - 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕁𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕊𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕠𝕣 ⚓️, ℍ𝕖𝕪𝕓...
15/04/2026

𝔸 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕪 𝔸𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕝 Galloping Gourmates 𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕤’ 𝕝𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕥 The Jolly Sailor, Heybridge Basin - 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕁𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕊𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕠𝕣 ⚓️, ℍ𝕖𝕪𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕘𝕖 𝔹𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕟 🛟❗️

After our usual pints 🍻 of Zero Ghost 👻 Ship 🚢 , we both opted for crispy breaded whitebait 🐟 to start. Mains were superb — battered rock 🪨 eel( 🐕 🐠) for Frank and grilled skate 🐠 wing with caper butter sauce for moi…both accompanied by the most chunkiest of crispy chips 🍟 and garden peas 🫛 , absolutely divine - both such plump cuts too…❗️

✅ Couldn’t skip dessert: Franks “norm” sticky toffee pudding & ice cream and for me the lemon 🍋 meringue with fresh cream, did not disappoint❗️

✅ We sorted the May ‘26 Gourmates
date over a couple of feisty Americano coffees ☕️, where will Frank pick next month…(FOLLOW Galloping Gourmates to find out❓)

👌 Great atmosphere, hearty pub grub portions, and really lovely service — well worth the trip out…!🚙



“ 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕚…❗️”7️⃣ 𝕃𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠 𝕨𝕖Galloping Gourmatess 𝕖𝕟𝕛𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕕 Felix, Warleyy 🦀🦞🦐(Shame about the ‘o...
25/03/2026

“ 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕚…❗️”
7️⃣ 𝕃𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠 𝕨𝕖Galloping Gourmatess 𝕖𝕟𝕛𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕕 Felix, Warleyy 🦀🦞🦐
(Shame about the ‘old i-phone’ pics…📸❗️)

🚖 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕦𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕥. 🅿️ Your Billericay💃 “Madame You”🫵 has...
18/03/2026

🚖 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕦𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕥. 🅿️ Your Billericay
💃 “Madame You”🫵 has only been open for a couple of months but has proven itself very popular in that short space of time. Bearing in mind we visited on a Wednesday 📆 lunchtime the restaurant was full and turning people away❗️
🍻 We started as always with a zero percent beer, Asahi 🇯🇵 on this occasion. A very varied menu, plenty of fish dishes alongside traditional meat dishes which makes a change and some set menus.
🦀 Chris plumped for soft shell crab while I settled for the scallops. My scallops were almost melt in the mouth delicious while Chris had nothing but praise for his dish.😋
🐠 The main meal was interesting in that Chris was offered two cuts of Skate 🐠 to choose from, the wing or body. He went for the body as this was new to us both. It was a chunky piece of fish 🐠 which went well with the side of broccoli 🥦 . I had pan fried Halibut 🐟 with a side of stir fried 🫑🌶️🥦🍆vegetables.
It says a lot about the food that we ate in virtual silence🤫 . Talking would only interrupt our enjoyment of the dishes. 😋
🥮 Our desert was my own personal weakness, Sticky Toffee Pudding while Chris indulged a in a Mille Feuille which came with a brief tutorial from the waiter on how to pronounce it properly. 🇫🇷
☕️☕️ We finished with coffees and sat back well pleased with our meals.
⛔️ By this time the restaurant was full and buzzing 🐝.
🥸 The service was very good, staff friendly and knowledgeable (no extra charge for French 🇫🇷 lesson) and the food was excellent. 👌
☎️ Highly recommended but be sure to book in advance.✅

😥 Sadly Gino’s Taverna is no more…❗️Nonetheless there’s great Italian 🇮🇹 available in S-L-H, just across the railway 🚂c...
18/02/2026

😥 Sadly Gino’s Taverna is no more…❗️
Nonetheless there’s great Italian 🇮🇹 available in S-L-H, just across the railway 🚂crossing…🚧
🥸 We Galloping Gourmates first sampled it almost a year ago now , in their early days, back in April 25…❗️
👌 I’ve been back a couple of times since too , 👌 and it’s still very authentic… 🇮🇹

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