5 More Walsall food reviews for your delectation.

Silver Court Cafe, 16 Silver Court, Brownhills.

I don’t catch the bus much nowadays. Since they axed the £3 Walsall day saver I don’t venture far from town. However every so often I have to go on a mission and on Black Friday I had to be in Cannock on the night so I bought one of those all day bus and train jobbies and went straight for the no 10 to Brownhills.

I’ve got to be honest I’d never heard of this place or noticed it on previous visits but I saw a review of it on the Brownhills Bob Facebook page and that was it.

The cafe is in a row of shops set back from the road so easily missed by passing bus passengers like me. It’s very clean and tidy. Just 4 tables are inside with another outside. It’s painted in purple and white, my 3rd and 1st favourite colours respectively so that worked.

I went for the regular breakfast at £7 but asked for the tomato and mushroom to be left off. No tea included so it came to £9 with a cuppa. No Black Friday offers but I don’t go for that anyway so that was fine.

Food came quickly and it was really good. Quality ingredients and the bacon was cooked how I like it, rather than just being briefly introduced to the heat like other places. As is the norm, I had a mouthful (sausage this time) when the question came in if everything was ok. I gave good nods and a thumbs up to convey my response.

There was no background music which I was fine with. I’d had a Green Day fix courtesy of Absolute Radio prior to entering.

Nice visit this. Friendly, welcoming with tasty well presented food and drinks. I wish them well.

Afghan Grill, 14 Bradford Street, Walsall.

It was at the time of visiting the coldest day of the year, I’d left work in a bad mood and decided I couldn’t be arsed to cook.

This place has had various names since becoming a fast food venue and I’ve ticked them all off apart from in it’s current guise. I’m willing to be wrong but I also believe this unit was called Sight And Sound back in the 80’s where I would visit every Saturday to hire a Atari 2600 game.

Afghan Grill is located in Bradford Place and if bus stops are how you get your bearings you’re in luck as it is behind the now obsolete disused former no 36 stop. There are meal offers in the window which I stopped to peruse. Underneath these it advised that salad could be added for £1. Good luck with that guys.

Despite the name it’s a standard takeaway doing the usual fare although had I been wearing my professional food reviewer hat I would have tried the Afghani Kebab but instead went for the 2 pieces of chicken and wings deal.

Service was friendly and the meal should have been £5.80 but when he asked what drink I wanted I said I’d leave that so he knocked 80p off which was very decent of him.

Food arrived quickly and came on a tray rather than a box which was nice. It was good food and I enjoyed it. There was a steady stream of customers which was good for the owner but not so for me as I’d chosen the table right by the door and got an icy blast each time it was opened.

Good visit this and as it’s on the way home I’ll no doubt pop in again.

Daz Chicken, 62 Bridge Street, Walsall.

Situated at the top end of Bridge Street, newly opened in one of those long time empty units under what was the tax office back in the day.

I’d been drinking all day so was ravenous and ready for anything so was happy to give this a try. I went for the 2 pieces of chicken meal, the fries were freshly cooked and the friendly man applied the bbq sauce for me. I think it was about a fiver but I’ve got to be honest, I didn’t care about the cost at that stage of the day. To quote Jessie J “forget about the price tag”.

The chicken pieces were a very decent size, and fries good. No music which I was fine with. I didn’t want the can of pop and it’s still in my porch a week later. Another good visit. I can see a few more post pub visits to this place.

Broadway Chippy, 8 Hawes Close, Walsall.

I had the day off, was feeling peckish and opted to see if I could have a rare dally with those two words that I don’t often get to savour “lunchtime special”.

Broadway Chippy is longstanding, opening in the mid 90’s and as I lived above the chemists in the same row of shops at the time, I was something of a regular in those days. Visits nowadays are very rare as I don’t pass it so i was looking forward to going back.

I didn’t really get time to study the menu but they do “all day specials” rather than limiting them to lunchtime. I opted for the mini fish, chips and sauce special which was £6.30. She didn’t ask what sauce I wanted, wrapped the fish and chips up and asked for £4. Bargain, I thought. No sauce but save £2.30? Deal Mr Banker.

I put 4 £1 coins in her palm and she then stared at them with a confused look. I doubted myself. Can I not count anymore? Had I given her a dodgy coin? She looked up “oh sorry, it’s £6.30. I handed her the rest and she passed the food. “Do I still get the sauce?” I asked very sheepishly. I mean really. I’m rubbish in these situations and the final part of the question must have sounded like a terrified schoolboy. Vibes of Oliver Twist “Please Miss, can I have some sauce?” and all that.

“I can put it on the top for you”. “Yes please” I replied. “What would you like?” “Could I have curry sauce please?” in my almost back to normal voice. I got to by the Fullbrook and opened up once there was a bin handy to put the excess paper in. I’d got mushy peas, which I’m not a massive fan of. She must have been having a bad day. It could have been worse, if mushy sprouts were a thing… well it doesn’t bear thinking about. We all make mistakes at work so I let it ride.

Fish was nice, I left some of the chips with the peas on and headed home to work on my scared schoolboy voice.

That’s it for this edition, I was hoping to tick off another place on Friday but it still isn’t open so that’ll be for next time.