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PICNIC AT CHAPTER ARTS CENTRE ****

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org
Inspired by summer, Picnic is Chapter’s new deli counter. Placed on the end of the
bar, set up beautifully on boards and slates, was a bright and colourful selection of
salads and mains.
With 10 or so dishes laid out before us, it was hard to decide what to get; you
can choose a selection of three of the salads (£6) or get just two salads and
accompany them with a panini or one of the deli’s main courses (£7.50-£8).
Graciously allowed a nibble of each, I can assure you that all the salad dishes were
delicious: there was a tender roasted beetroot salad, a spicy but refreshing cous
cous, a soft and sweet carrot and chickpea mix and the best cooked broccoli I have
ever eaten (true to their philosophy of keeping vegetables as close to their natural
state as possible, the chef, Paul, informs me that the broccoli is barely blanched).
Both the salads and these mains change daily, depending on what that