https://www.facebook.com/MommyThaiLeeds/ 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…
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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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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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The other week I was wallowing in self-satisfaction, having just finished a review of the final outlet in Assembly Underground. I was feeling as smug as a trainspotter who’d ticked the last loco off in his Ian Allen guide. It wasn’t to last long though, as a couple of days later I had an email…
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https://www.littlebaoboy.com/ Not for the first time, my plans for the day had gone awry and also not for the first time the disaster turned to triumph. I had chosen a venue for my review before I left home rather than winging it as is my wont, but the place I had earmarked was not really…
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https://pizza-fella.co.uk/ The phrase ‘less is more’ springs to mind when reviewing Pizza Fella, the restaurant on Vicar Lane. I pass the place fairly regularly so thought that it was about time I called in to test their wares. Not only does the less is more philosophy apply to the decor but also the food, which…
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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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In May 2018, I ticked one more item off my bucket list when I visited Istanbul. To be fair, this is about my third bucket list as I have been fortunate enough to do lots of stuff I never thought possible, so I am now looking for stuff that I didn’t really want to do but…
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https://www.jahjyot.co.uk/ I normally wait until a restaurant has had time to bed in before I review it so as to give it time to iron out any glitches and to get the menu right so when I was asked to review Jah Jyot Punjabi Street Food in Assembly Underground I was a bit wary. It…
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