A post half marathon ritual has developed over the years, involving lunch at Webster’s fish and chip restaurant in Baildon. The restaurant is the hub of a small local chain of fish and chip shops, and the food is old-fashioned and superb, with some peculiarities that add to the experience. I ordered a jumbo haddock, [...]
Let’s start at the end. “Please could I have the bill?” “Yes, of course.” The bill arrives, with a generous service charge added. Fair enough. The service had been OK. The waitress returns with the card machine and prints off a receipt with a space for a tip and a final total. She gives it [...]
Leeds has plenty of big, brash, flashy bars serving alcopops to the townie masses. You generally won’t find a great deal of decent beer in these places, and if you’re anything like me at all, you probably won’t have a good time, either. At the other extreme, there are a lot of traditional pubs that [...]
The Fox & Newt has been brewing it’s own beer under the Fox Brewery flag since the start of the year, and has gained a steady reputation for some excellent and inventive brews. Three Fox Brewery beers were on tap this weekend, with a few more listed as ‘sold out’ or ‘coming soon’ on what [...]
Some of the best food in Southeast Asia comes from the little stalls and carts dotted around cities like Bangkok, serving steaming bowls of noodles, stir fries and the occasional deep-fried insect or two. Leeds is a long way from Bangkok, especially on a wet Friday evening in February, but the restorative power of chilli, [...]