https://www.crownbuffetleeds.com/ When I heard that Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham-Carter were going to be in The Crown I just had to pop along to see if I could catch a glimpse. Not for the first time in my life, and probably not the last, I had got the wrong end of the stick and the…
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http://www.nukkad.co.uk/ There was really only one place that I could visit for this Let’s Do Lunch and that was Nukkad. Don’t panic, all the other restaurants and cafes in Leeds are still open. The reason that Nukkad was on a shortlist of one was that last week, I had the great pleasure of attending the…
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https://www.pieminister.co.uk/restaurants/leeds/ As you can probably tell by the photographs for this week’s feature I ate much later than normal, 5.00pm to be exact, but it doesn’t really matter as Pieminister doesn’t have a special midday menu, so this is what you would also have at lunchtime. Another deviation from the normal review was that I…
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I have passed this establishment on many occasions as it’s nestled next to one of my favourite buildings in Leeds, the Corn Exchange, but it’s always appeared to be purely a takeaway counter. A look at the website told me that potential customers are invited either to eat in or take away, so I thought…
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This is the first time I’ve ever written this in a review and I certainly hope that it’ll be the last: I advise you either not to visit this restaurant, or to do so with caution. It wasn’t so much the food which was responsible for the nasty taste in my mouth which accompanied me…
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A couple of weeks ago I was asked if I would pop along to Holbeck Urban Village to take some photographs at Round Foundry, so I took my usual route through the Dark Arches and Granary Wharf to Water Lane. Wharf Approach was closed to traffic, so it was lucky I don’t have a car,…
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As I keep saying over and over again, Leeds must be the best place in the country to find wonderful places to eat. Admittedly it has its fair share of clunkers as well but the good far outnumber the bad. I am not just talking about fine dining here but the full range of eateries.…
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