whatsonbristol January 2011 .co.uk www.whatsonbristol.co.uk Fashion Motoring Nightlife Events Shopping Attractions New Year New You Food and Drink Health and Beauty Home Improvements FREE PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT 26-27 COMPETITIONS 58 Welcome to the January 2011 issue Welcome one and all to the January issue of What’s On and though the weather may be cold and frightful, there’s one place to escape the winter blues this month so why not curl up by the fireside and devour a copy of Bristol’s number one enter- tainment guide? With the festivities of Christmas a dim and distant memory, time to look forward to a brand new year and opportunities, possibilities and everything to play for as they say. This month we explore health in its various forms, whether it’s the traditional post Christmas detox or perhaps a more rigorous approach by taking the plunge and joining a gym. With many roads leading to Rome we look at ways to improve your general fitness from a holistic ap- proach to more conventional methods. You’d be forgiven for thinking that not a lot happens in January but leaf through this issue and I think Contents you’ll be pleasantly surprised. With some cracking features that include ‘New Year, New You’, stunning Shopping 4 winter breaks and an interview with the winner of Conference Venue 5 ‘the face of What’s On’, add to the mix the usual Chinese Whispers 6 recipes, competitions and puzzles and once again Karaoke Bar 7 What’s On comes up trumps! Map 8-9 If you want your New Year to get off to a whiz Events 10-16 bang and fancy a little bit of sparkle in your life look no further than our jumping January issue Good Food Pubs 17-21 and remember, if you want to know what’s on, Attractions 22-25 when it’s on, why it’s on and where it’s on it’s got Out and About 26-27 to be What’s On Bristol – the undisputed people’s choice. New Year New You 28-43 Enjoy. Fashion 44-45 Recipe of the Month 46 Restaurants 47-51 Published by: Whatson Group Indian Restaurants 52-55 Sales: Nikki Cook, Becky Baxter Chinese New Year 56 Production: Mark Harris, Stephen Ellice New Karaoke Bar Opening 57 Journalists: Jacquie Vowles, Zog Ziegler Promotion Team: Chloe, Georga, Charlotte Coffee Shop 58-59 Whatsonbristol Restaurants (continued) 60-61 62 North Street, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1HJ Diary of the Month 62 Telephone: 0117 963 2263 Email: [email protected] Web Design 63 Web: www.whatsonbristolmagazine.co.uk Letters to the Editor 64 Whatsonbristol Magazine is published by the Whatson Group Ltd. All Farm Shop 65 rights reserved. Material may not be reproduced without the written permission of the Whatson Group Ltd. The opinions expressed or Nightlife 66-67 advice given in this publication are the views of the individual authors and advertisers and do not represent the views of the Whatson New Build / Home Improvements 68-79 Group Ltd. Whatson Group Ltd accept no liability for any misprints or mistakes and no responsibility can be taken for the contents of Motoring 80-83 these pages. Whatsonbristol • January 2011 3 DIARY OF THE MONTH Bristol Sporting Club Boxing Monday December 6th Bristol Sporting Club held their annual amateur boxing event at the Thistle Hotel in Broad Street, Bristol. A Gentleman’s evening supported by lots of local businesses NG and several boxing champions. SHoppi 4 Whatsonbristol • January 2011 CoNfErENCE VENuE The South Wests leading venue for: Functions, events and conferencing For enquiries please contact: Vicky at The Hand on 07540 129838 or 01275 874856 or email: [email protected] Whatsonbristol • January 2011 5 Chinese Whispers Volume 67 lunged, as we seem to all so joyously entertained over on their hands. With the newly be in the icy grip of winter, the festive season – it’s the old launched Sanctuary down at P a nod to the sage like fashioned pleasures that never Quaker’s Friars doing an Confucius who aptly observed, “It fail to please. excellent trade already, I’ve got to does not matter how slowly you And so to this year. glorious, hand it to Helen drake and her go as long as you do not stop”. wonderful 2011 and already the team and I suggest you book in With many of us barely shuffling joint is jumping with tales of now ladies, this is seriously good beyond a snail’s pace at present, intrigue, movers and shakers, quality. there’s food for thought in that snippets of tall tales and much, For those of us that well and wise observation so keep up the much more. Before I spill your truly indulged in the last few pace people as 2011 is well and new Year beans, I don’t think I weeks, I bring you tidings of joy truly here. told you about a couple of and the perfect opportunity to turn In time honoured fashion, this cracking events that had us all it round. lighter life has just year heralds the ‘Year of the cheering last month. The first was opened in Clifton and they Rabbit’, which in Chinese custom Santa’s arrival at Puxton Park, provide the perfect new Year is an extremely lucky sign. accompanied by his very own vehicle to get you back on track. According to tradition, the Rabbit little festive elf – none other than Read more about them in this brings a year in which you can lady boxer extraordinaire Jane month’s issue. catch your breath and calm your Couch. Whether he was Just time for a couple of shout nerves and is a time for expecting trouble from the little outs to the marvellous Brass Pig negotiation. We are encouraged ones remains to be seen, but it on the Triangle who are acquiring not to try to force issues for if we couldn’t have been a better day a bit of a name for themselves do, we will ultimately fail…I guess as they flew into the park by and rightly so. Bar B-S-B, which that means swallowing the bitter helicopter. For those of you who has been, the subject of a few pill of the VAT increase then? contributed to Puxton’s Christmas unkind rumours of late is open for now then, far too early in the Toy Appeal, sincere thanks and business and by all accounts iNESE WHiSpErS year to get cynical and not at all gratitude as they managed to doing a roaring trade. now CH what you would expect from raise so much money which was showing sports events and sky Bristol’s number one all seeing, then passed on to the Wallace sports fixtures, January just got a all knowing gossip columnist, it’s and gromit grand Appeal and the whole lot cosier. just a wry observation my dears children of Bristol Children’s And so my friends, I leave you and now back to the matters of hospital. Cracking work gang! with a new month, a new year the day, so off with the old and on So if we’re to believe all we that has promise written all over with the new. read in the papers, we might as it. With our fair city in vibrant Before I titillate you with the well call it quits and shut up shop, mode with more to follow in the very latest offerings, I must just such is the silly scare mongering next few weeks, just time to mention how magnificent currently doing the rounds. remind you to keep safe and keep Christmas was and how ‘Brizzle’ There’s no doubt that times are warm, but above all – keep tuned pulled out the stops with hard – but so are we and as the so you have the satisfaction of multi-coloured bells on! From the saying goes, ‘that which does not saying, you heard it all here first! lights to the shops, the parties kill us, makes us stronger’ and and entertainment, though I say it you know? I’m sticking to that! myself, we people really dO know everyone loves something how to party. Having received so sweet and with the latest Karaoke Until next time many invitations and having bar suitably named Lollipop The Chinese graciously attended them all, I opening for business this month, have to mention darling Annie of we wish Susanna and her team Whisperer Carter’s Steam Fair who kept us well and feel sure they’ve got a hit 6 Whatsonbristol • January 2011 Bristol’s newest entertainment venue • Private state of the art karaoke viP rooms • DJ Lounge club • Champagne cocktails Bar karaokE Oriental food • ideal for corporate functions all party sizes catered for • Over 500,000 songs in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean to choose from BE A STAR BE A VIP STAR! Kobe . Nelson Street . 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