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.irokoleeds.co.uk/ I had picked up on iroko (no upper case) through a newspaper article, so I thought I’d give it a try. I nearly had second thoughts when I looked at the menu which is in two parts – breakfast and brunch. The former is served from 9.00am until 11.00am and the latter from 11.00am…
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https://www.le-chalet.co.uk/ Le Chalet is a Salon du Thé, although they describe themselves as a French Tearooms and Bakery. I am just showing off. In addition to offering a large range of teas, they are also a French Restaurant with an impressive menu, especially if you like cheese in all its forms. As this series is…
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https://theoldredbusstation.com/cantina I have no idea as to where I ate this week. The name on the menu was Cantina, but the receipt states The Old Red Bus Station. After consulting the website for Cantina it looks as though they only open under their own name in the evening, but serve their food in the bar…
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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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We were having one of those mild January days which, whilst not exactly tropical, was conducive to perhaps eating al fresco. I had read about the stunning views over Leeds City Centre from the roof garden of East Parade Social so I decided to check it out. It was closed! I am not having the…
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I have been banished from the City Centre by my editor again this week and sent to the rolling moorlands of Pudsey. I think he’s a bit worried that the bright lights and fleshpots of Leeds on a Thursday lunchtime might just turn the head of a young innocent lad like myself. Excuse me for…
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It’s funny how a place seems to keep cropping up throughout your life. In the early 1970s I worked as the manager of a betting shop in East Parade and one of my regular punters, who later became a good friend, did the racing commentaries for Extel. In those days it was illegal to have…
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According to their website the word Tattu is a corruption of Tattoo and Tatau, an ancient eastern word meaning ‘to make a mark’. The first thing which makes a mark is the decor. On entering the restaurant, customers are met with one of a series of huge faux cherry trees in full bloom seeming to…
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I set off to Leeds with a specific establishment in my sights but when I arrived I found to my surprise that they don’t have a restaurant, just a bar, so that was that. I took a stroll around the business area of the City but nothing screamed out at me. The problem was that I…
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