In real life, I manage information security for a big financial organisation. It’s the most fascinating job in the world, this juggling of risk versus reward versus control. We have to get things just right, so that our business can do business, but our customers remain safe. I know that the biggest asset we’ve got [...]
Leon is a small chain of London restaurants with an unusual approach to a sensible goal. They believe that “food should taste good and do you good. And that everyone should be able to enjoy it”, which is a noble belief that underpins many a restaurant venture. How have they done it? In their own [...]
The Corn Exchange in Leeds underwent a huge refurbishment a couple of years ago. The plan was to renovate the building, a Victorian trading hall and one of the most striking spaces in the North, and turn it into a massive food hall, with independent food retailers filling the units and a big ‘anchor’ restaurant [...]
To say that Wokon were getting slammed is perhaps an understatement. They have two restaurants in Leeds, one near the station and the other, larger one at the bottom end of Briggate. The Briggate restaurant had fallen foul of a series of disasters that morning, which left them with leaking water and no gas. No [...]
Chicken,
Chow mein,
fast food,
Food & drink,
Japanese cuisine,
Leeds,
Meat,
Noodles,
Poultry,
south-east Asian,
Southeast Asia,
Wok Some fish and chip shops are really very bad indeed. Some are just mediocre, and fail because of their mediocrity. Some are quite sensational. Others are part of a tradition or a routine, and are important because of that. The Old Keswickian fits into both of the last two categories. A visit to The Old [...]
Business,
Derwentwater,
fast food,
fish,
Fish and chips,
Food,
Food industry,
Keswick,
Potato chip,
shopping,
The Lake District