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Credit Crunch Lunch - Wongs

Henry Wong was one of the first to bring Chinese cooking to Birmingham – and he remains a leading light. Read

Birmingham chefs leading the seafood revival

Seafood consumption is riding the crest of a wave – and chefs are playing a key role, says Richard McComb Read

Credit Crunch Lunch - The Warehouse Cafe

Meat enthusiast Richard McComb enters the Warehouse Cafe, a vegetarian outlet in Digbeth. Read

Vegetarian meal to remember for a meat lover

Place: The Warehouse Cafe, 54-57 Allison Street, Digbeth, Birmingham. T: 0121 633 0261 Read

Credit Crunch Lunch: The Bartons Arms

With lunchtime specials for under £6, they’re practically giving it away. Choose from dishes such as Massaman beef curry, yellow curry chicken and vegetarian red curry, all served with Thai jasmine rice or Thai fries. Read

Credit Crunch Lunch: Metro Bar & Grill

Crucially, Metro is an accurate barometer of Birmingham’s economic health. If it’s deserted at 2pm on Friday – “Sell! Sell! Sell!” Read

The Spanish Inquisition at Ikon

Richard McComb conducts his own gastro investigation. Read

Credit Crunch Lunch - Must

Richard McComb checks out dim sum bar Must in Birmingham's Newhall Street. Read

Credit Crunch Lunch - Opus

Two years ago, when I started reviewing restaurants, Opus was a belter. It restored my faith in Birmingham’s then embryonic culinary crusade. Read

Credit Crunch Lunch - Cielo

Place: Cielo, 6 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham. Tel: 0121 632 6882Why go?: This heavyweight Italian puts imposters to shame.Price: Three-course fixed menu £15.95 (two courses £12.95). Value-lissimo.Rating: * * * * Read

Star quality at Purnell's

And verily it did come to pass that we bandied together and journeyed to 55 Cornwall Street to right an ancient wrong. Read

Credit Crunch Lunch - Hotel du Vin

Credit Crunch Lunch goes to Hotel Du Vin, on Church Street, in Birmingham. Read

Food that deserves a royal seal of approval at the Noel Arms

King Charles II would have loved the menu – and the welcome – at this refurbished hotel restaurant. Read

Credit Crunch Lunch - Simpsons

Everything about this lunch is spot on. The balance, flavours, portions and timing are impeccable Read

Whole lotta fine fish

Anthony Akathiotis’s chippie is nothing less than a stairway to fish and chip heaven. Read

Savour the atmosphere at Filini

Richard McComb visits Filini - where fun's back on the menu. Read

A claws for concern at Chung Ying

Locked-up lobsters marred an otherwise enjoyable Cantonese experience. Read

Veggie heaven at Jyoti in Sparkhill

So there I am with the missus, knockin’ together a bootiful risotto, with truffles and all that malarkey, and the phone goes and who’s on the end of it but my old mucker Jamie Oliver. Read

Global menu with a local heart at The Red Lion

There is close knit – and then there is Claverdon. Read