Hot tip

Cardiff’s restaurant scene is on the ascent.

Le Gallois in Romilly Crescent, Canton, 029 2034 1264, serves the most interesting food and is an ‘offal eater’s’ dream. I enjoyed lambs’ tongues with salsa verde and beef cheek with roast winter vegetables.

Brazz in the Millennium Centre on Cardiff Bay, 029 2045 9000, and Le Monde on St Mary’s Street, 029 2038 7376, are also worth a visit.