Gr8

By Paul Fulford on Nov 18, 08 09:32 AM

Today's news that Birmingham is in the running to host the G20 conference of world leaders caused me to cast my mind back ten years to when G8 was held here.

And that made me realise how far this city's culinary scene has progressed in the past ten years.

Back then, the Left Bank restaurant hosted the summit's highest profile meal and, in truth, there weren't that many top class places to eat in the city.

Left Bank has long gone, but now we have Michelin-starred Simpson's plus Purnell's and Edmunds, which are surely in the running to get stars soon. Then thre are other top notch places such as Opus and Cielo, too.

And let's not forget Lasan. Wouldn't it be great to see President Obama sitting down to a Brummie curry?