There is a particular sentence that usually means you're about to eat well.

“You probably won't have heard of it…”

Excellent.

We're listening.

Because some of the best food recommendations don't begin with:

“It's number three on a list.”

They begin with:

“My mate told me about this little place…”

And that's what we want to find.

What's The Place You Keep Telling People About?

Not necessarily the fanciest.

Not necessarily the cheapest.

Definitely not necessarily the one with the biggest social-media following.

We mean the place where you find yourself saying:

“Honestly, try it.”

Maybe it's a café hidden somewhere you'd never normally stop.

A bakery that sells out of the thing you actually want if you arrive too late.

A neighbourhood takeaway where you've been ordering the same dish for seven years.

A village pub where Sunday lunch requires advance planning because everybody else has apparently discovered your secret too.

Or somebody making unbelievable food from a little business most of Peterborough hasn't heard about yet.

That's the stuff Taste Trail should be finding.

And We Don't Just Want The Name

This is important.

Don't tell us:

“Dave's Café is amazing.”

Lovely.

But completely useless to somebody who has never been there.

Tell us:

“Go to Dave's Café and order the sausage sandwich because…”

Now we're getting somewhere.

We want the recommendation you'd give a friend.

The thing they should order.

The time they should go.

The little detail you'd only know because you've actually been there.

Perhaps it's:

“Get there before 11 because the good stuff disappears.”

Or:

“Don't order one between two of you. You'll regret it.”

Or:

“It looks tiny from outside, but trust me.”

Those are recommendations.

Extra Points For Somewhere We Haven't Covered

We've already discovered plenty of good local businesses.

Now we want the ones hiding between them.

Werrington.

Bretton.

Orton.

Hampton.

Stanground.

Dogsthorpe.

Eye.

The villages.

The little parade of shops you drive past without looking.

The business somebody is running from home.

The place that's been quietly feeding the same neighbourhood for twenty years while everybody online argues about whichever restaurant has the biggest Instagram account.

Peterborough's food scene shouldn't stop at the city centre.

And neither should we.

There Is One Slight Problem

If your hidden gem really is hidden, telling us may result in other people discovering it.

We understand this is difficult.

You have found somewhere good.

You can still get a table.

They know your order.

Everything is working perfectly.

And now we're asking you to tell Peterborough.

Sorry.

Think of the business.

They'll probably appreciate it.

Give Us The Proper Recommendation

Here's what we want:

Place:

Where is it?

Order:

What should somebody have the first time they go?

Reason:

Why do you keep going back?

Insider Tip:

What should a first-timer know?

That's it.

Four answers.

And we'll start following the good ones.

Because this could become much bigger than one article.

Reader recommendations can give us our next café story.

Our next takeaway discovery.

Our next bakery.

Our next Sunday lunch.

Our next producer.

Our next “How have we never heard of this place?”

And that's exactly what Taste Trail should be doing.

So come on.

What's the Peterborough food place everyone else seems to have missed?

You can keep the family secrets.

But we're having the café.

Comment below with your thoughts.