Lunch in Leeds with Stan Graham
I have learned a lot since I began doing my restaurant reviews but the one thing which has struck me more than the rest is that, as a rule of thumb, the nicer the owners, the better the food. When a friend and I decided to call into Kirkgate Market for old times’ sake, her…
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I have been meaning to call here for quite some time now and once even got inside but, having arranged to meet someone and with only half an hour to spare, I walked out when I saw the size of the portions! Today I was back to being Billy Nomates so time was not a…
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https://www.assemblyunderground.com/falafel-guys Come hungry, leave happy. There can be few better strap lines than that of Falafel Guys and while it is great to talk the talk, you also have to walk the walk, which is just what they do. For once I was not dining alone and both my companion and I found that we…
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It turns out that this is National Curry Week so the decision as to what to eat was made for me. All I needed to do was work out which of the sub-continent’s restaurants I would choose. To people of a certain age, the word Tiffin summons up memories of a chocolate bar made by…
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https://2oxfordplace.co.uk/ You know what they say, ‘Third time lucky.’ I have called at The Oxford Place twice before to do a review, the first time was on a Monday, they only open Wednesday to Sunday, and the second time it was closed as they were on holiday. It is a family run restaurant so these…
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The rhetorical question was recently posed to me by my editor, ‘Why don’t you try Wagyu for a Let’s Do Lunch feature?’ My immediate thought was to let him know that I had had a look at the menu and it was fifteen quid for a steak sandwich, salad and chips so I didn’t think…
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It wasn’t so long ago that you seemed never to be more than a tostada’s throw from a Mexican eatery, but recently they seem to be a threatened species. Mexico is not in the EU so it can’t be Brexit and I doubt whether President Trump’s wall is likely to have had an effect yet,…
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