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Rob said that he’d find us a restaurant. Normally, that’s a good thing, but this time he suggested this new place in Leeds that’s run by his old boss from his time at Harvey Nicks. He described it as a bit relaxed, with plastic tables and chairs. Plastic tables and chairs weren’t what many of [...]
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Noyers-sur-Surein is a place in the heart of Burgundy that’s famed for its mediaeval buildings and the ruined castle high on the hill overlooking the town. It’s a beautiful setting, a town of solid mediaeval architecture sat in the middle of the rolling Burgundy countryside. Seemingly along with all French towns, Noyers has its incredible boulangerie, a [...]
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If you keep walking up past Sela and North Bar, past the Grand Theatre and across the road with Mojo’s on it, the one where the Chinese supermarket used to be back in the day, you get to a fairly intimidating slip road, a lot of hurtling traffic and a fair amount of climate-changing fug. [...]
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Fish&…that sounds interesting. Go on, then, what is it? It’s quite a clever little idea. A nice, blue mobile fish and chip van that rocks up at festivals, parties, events and the like. We stumbled across it at the glorious Kirkstall Festival the other weekend…a sunny day, fantastic live bands in the Abbey’s cloisters, fairground, [...]
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Leeds is littered with bad coffee shops. They’re everywhere, on every corner, selling their burnt-out espresso watered down with a gallon of milk to disguise the terrible taste of the coffee within. In among all the multinational chains, there are a few independents, places serving the real deal and serving it with passion and skill. [...]
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We ate at Kendells Bistro last week, and managed to spend a paltry £56 for a meal that I’d happily have paid double for*. Here’s how it went… Kendells is tucked away between the West Yorkshire Playhouse and the new BBC building. It looks fairly low-key and unpromising from the street, but step through the [...]
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Last week, I made one of those freak miscalculations that left me stranded in Leeds Station fairly early in the morning with nothing to do. My train left at 10am, so I had an hour to wander around and explore the parts of the city south of the River Aire around Holbeck. Breakfast seemed like [...]
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