Lunch in Leeds with Stan Graham
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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http://ilparadisodelciboyork.com/our-new-leeds-restaurant.html Living alone I spend a fair bit of time planning my meals, from what to buy and when, to what to take out of the freezer and when. After my lunch at Il Paradiso, the new Italian restaurant in York Place, I can turn my mind to other things, as I’ve worked out that…
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https://livinitaly.com/cloth-hall-st-leeds I thought that it was about time I paid a call to the ‘other’ incarnation of LivinItaly known as Dough House in Cloth Hall Street, next door to the Corn Exchange. Whereas the original place in Granary Wharf is mainly a deli and restaurant, the emphasis here is on cocktails and pizza, so what…
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Sometimes I find food to be really complicated and I’m at the time of life when I don’t want to be bamboozled. It’s enough of a challenge nowadays remembering whether I should call a member of the distaff gender a woman, lady or girl without causing offence, let alone worry about what I should call…
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http://www.thaiaroydeeleeds.com/ Many, many moons ago every village, town and city had half-day closing, which meant that shops and other businesses would shut at lunchtime on one day a week. The reason was that, as they only opened from 9.00am until 6.00pm, they could work with one set of staff putting in a five and a…
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