restaurant reviews

Create, Leeds

November 4, 2011 Eating out

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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Les Millésimes, Noyers-sur-Surein, Burgundy, France

September 13, 2011 Eating out

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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The Reliance, Leeds

July 16, 2011 Eating out

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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Would you risk jail for a bad restaurant review?

June 25, 2011 Food politics

There’s a cautionary tale here, or a call to arms, depending on which way you look at it. Mrs Liu went to a restaurant in Taipei, found the food ‘too salty’, saw a couple of cockroaches in the kitchen, wrote about his experiences and ended up being sued for libel by an outraged restaurant owner. [...]

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Kendells Bistro, Leeds

May 29, 2011 Eating out

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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The Engine House Cafe, Holbeck, Leeds – decent breakfast 10 minutes from the station

May 23, 2011 Eating out

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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La Rue, Saltaire

May 7, 2011 Eating out

French? Well, no, not really…more like one of those ‘modern British’ places. There’s a lot of belly pork, lamb, black pudding and the like, with the odd Mediterranean dish and some Asian flavours here and there, too. Mainly though, think classic British ingredients and you’ll be close to the mark. It’s been there for years, [...]

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Sela Restaurant, Leeds

December 31, 2010 Eating out

I’m not very good at planning things properly, which is how we ended up at Sela the other night. It was quite accidental. We’d planned to eat at The Reliance, but found it stuffed to the rafters with Christmas party type people, with a table waiting list that may have stretched into January. So, we [...]

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Bar Celta, Barcelona

June 30, 2010 Eating out

Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter is a rabbit warren of narrow streets and alleys, lined with small shops and houses, washing strung over balconies to dry in the Mediterranean sun. Every so often, the claustrophobic streets open up into large, open squares, with tables, chairs and a generally continental buzz. Back in the alleys, there are some [...]

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