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. [...]
Remember the other week I ran a survey about what people call their main mealtimes? The results are in, and as you can see above, they’re quite surprising. In all honesty, I wasn’t expecting such a decisive result over the mid-day meal. Lunch it is, and that appears to be that! Results for an evening [...]
Here’s a quick survey to start you off…just click on the big red button and answer two easy questions: http://i0.poll.fm/survey.js Take Our Survey! // …I’ll post the results back here in a week or two. A few weeks ago, we ate at Kendells rather excellent French bistro in Leeds. They had a ‘tea time’ pre-theatre [...]
Eating the right type of fish is becoming increasingly important, with some species on the brink of collapse because of over fishing and the frankly shameful practise of fishermen not being allowed to land perfectly good fish because of their quotas. We’re at a crossroads in our relationship with the ocean, and there’s really only [...]
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for The Culture Vulture about Leeds Kirkgate Market and what I thought was the matter with it. It generated a fantastic debate and some great comments from a wide range of people who had plenty to say – good and bad – about the market, its purpose [...]