Finer dining

Since Jay Rayner savaged the quality and variety of decent dining options in Cardiff in a positive review of the Classroom in 2016, the city's food scene has definitely taken significant steps in the right direction. So it's good to hear that while he stands by the validity of his comments at that time, he's also aware that "a bunch of places have opened since then" and is fully intending to pick one or two to review when he comes back in the autumn for a rearranged performance of his show My Last Supper at the Sherman Theatre.

In addition to telling Buzz's Elin Evans about his hatred of "frivolities which have nothing to do with the food" and not having a specific dish by which to compare and judge different restaurants, Rayner declares his favourite culinary fad to be a very contemporary one: "The small-scaled independent restaurant, with a short, changing menu, is a glorious thing." With that in mind, you'd assume and hope that Heaneys, Nook and Milkwood could all expect a visit when he's next in town.