I had had Kerala on my ‘to do’ list for some time but life, and a pandemic, kept getting in the way. I also had a long-pending lunch date to arrange with a pescatarian friend and, as there were a large number of suitable options on the menu, I thought it would fit the bill…
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https://www.almostfamousburgers.com/ It is the normal way of things that when stuff doesn’t work out the way you planned, it is a disappointment but my experience at Almost Famous in Great George Street was quite the reverse. During the various lockdowns I had managed to shed about a stone in weight and now that we are…
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Tapped is a word I associate with pubs inside City Station rather than outside, although I haven’t been asked for spare change even there since the terminus’ refurbishment. The Tapped I am concerned with today is the pub/microbrewery/pizza house on Boar Lane just off City Square where I recently whiled away a very pleasant hour…
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When the pandemic struck I had just begun to compile another bucket list, my last one being completed with a trip to Istanbul. Although I found that particular place somewhat less sophisticated and a lot more phrenetic than the usual big cities I love to visit, it gave me the taste for somewhere a little…
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https://www.laynesespresso.co.uk/ I am pretty open minded when it comes to food, but try as I might, I cannot come to terms with the concept of midweek brunch. I associate the word with a long, lazy late weekend breakfast and the items on a typical menu do nothing to contradict this view. I have been wanting…
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By happy accident I have discovered one of the best value lunch deals in Leeds at £8.95 for two superb courses. Less happily, it cost me substantially more. My Plan A was to visit a restaurant which had been on my To Do List for a long time and, as it was participating in the…
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The other day I decided to review the entries on this site to see what was left after the devastation caused by Covid. I deleted the ones where it was obvious from the websites that the businesses had ceased to be, but with others I needed to have a stroll round Leeds to verify their…
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https://www.facebook.com/thebombapaella/ In July 1967, smack in the middle of The Summer of Love my dad decided to take us on our first foreign holiday, the destination, Spain. Package holidays had just become common but we ended up driving from Leeds to Denia, a small fishing village at that time, on the Costa Blanca. This meant…
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https://www.manahatta.co.uk/bars/greek-street Just after national lockdown in March I saw a posting on social media which said that when the restrictions are lifted we will be a hunk, a chunk or a drunk. I have made it my mission to prove them wrong. Sadly, no matter how much I exercise there is very little chance of…
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http://www.midnightbell.co.uk I have visited a few establishments since the lifting of lockdown but they were places I did not know so, as far as I was concerned, the lack of other diners might have been the norm for the time of day when I called. Today, however, I was made starkly aware of the damage…
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Lunch in Leeds with Stan Graham 