Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies.
Posted in Leeds on Jun 10th, 2010
That’s all I have to say.
Except that if you’re not from round these parts, it’s important that you know that The Wardrobe is a bar/restaurant and not a thing for hanging jackets, made of wood, from Ikea.
Posted in Leeds, restaurants on Jun 9th, 2010
Having read Phil’s post we decided to give La Grillade a visit as it must be over 10 years since we last visited La Grillade at it’s original site. The place has been done up since it’s return which one would expect and is very much low key French brasserie. It was a Wed evening [...]
Posted in Italy, Leeds, food heroes on May 16th, 2010
Superstar foodie chef Jamie Oliver finally has a presence in Leeds. The most northerly outpost of his Italian restaurant chain has finally opened in Leeds, with surprisingly little fanfair. There has been a lot of buzz in the foodie blogs about when it might open and after a week of ’soft launch’ to get things [...]
Posted in Leeds, Wine, gastro pubs on May 10th, 2010
As a long standing customer of Virgin Wines, we’d got some tickets for their first tasting event in Leeds. I’ve long been a fan of Virgin Wines and I love the different wines and hard to find vintages they have on offer. So we planned a full Troffers outing (apart from Jill who was in [...]
Posted in Leeds on May 6th, 2010
La Grillade has been on the Leeds restaurant scene for many years. As other restaurants have come and gone it remains - a stalwart of French cooking along with Sous le Nez (assuming they are still going too). Oddly, it’s a place that I wouldn’t actively consider for dinner and I don’t really know why. [...]
Posted in Leeds, restaurants on May 5th, 2010
I met some colleagues for dinner at Oulton Hall for dinner, didn’t know what to expect as this place although very grand can be very hit and miss. The bars have been updated and I must say are now upmarket country house and stylish. Champgne bar is pretty cool. The dining room is very classic [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Leeds, restaurants on May 5th, 2010
D and I decided to have a night at The Calls hotel to check it out before we put up guests there for our 25th celebrations. The hotel is small and boutique style, everything is just spot on as you would expect, big comfy bed, great bathroom and expensive tioletries etc etc
We met J&L for [...]
Posted in Leeds, restaurants on May 5th, 2010
Dinner with a colleague in Leeds, we fancied Sashimi and over the years the best in town by a mile has been at Chino Latino’s. The restaurant was reasonably busy for a Wednesday night which as always is a good sign. A couple of Singha beers to start and then it has to be Champagne [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Leeds, London, North Yorkshire, gastropubs, pubs on Apr 12th, 2010
Aplogies for just a list but I am going to be a tad controversial……………………we need to make the site more interesting because it’s getting a bit like a food diary…………..
Memorable;
Breakfast at The Wolseley www.thewolseley.com
Fried haggis with duck egg the best breakfast I’ve ever had! Fantastic building with heritage, place to be seen, EXCELLENT SERVICE OLD STYLE. £20 [...]
In Leeds there’s a local brewery that I think is taking the city by a very quiet storm. I first came across the Leeds Brewery in The Victoria or I think The Adelphi a year or so ago (it may be longer) with their excellent Leeds Best Bitter and their sublime Leeds Pale Ale.
Quite quickly, [...]