Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies.
Posted in North Yorkshire, York, restaurants on Mar 26th, 2010
Even though I’m not officially working at the moment, I am managing to get out and about and this week is no exception - I had a long standing lunch arranged with a business associate in York at J Baker’s. This restaurant has been much recommended and it’s devilishly hard to get in there as [...]
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, [...]
On my trip to London this week, I fortuitously met up with my good friend Jon Moss who happened to be in town seeing a couple of clients. We’d both managed to finish our meetings early and met up in Covent Garden.
Jon insisted we had a coffee in ‘ London’s BEST coffee shop’. Now that’s [...]
Posted in home cooking on Mar 16th, 2010
Sitting at home tonight, watching the Sport Relief version of Dragons Den, the evening was progressing well. I’d had a bath to ache my limbs from the game of tennis and walk I enjoyed today. Julie was dozing nicely.
Cue a knock at the door at 9.30. My mate Jonathon stood on the doorstep, smiling, with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2010
As recommended by a couple of our highly respected foodie blogging fraternity (thanks to Katie @leedsgrub and Rich @themapples), I paid a visit to La Bottega Milanese - a relative newcomer to the cafe scene in Leeds.
Tucked away down on The Calls, this is a cafe that is serious about its coffee and well worth [...]
Posted in Leeds, restaurants on Mar 14th, 2010
D and I decided to entertain a business associate of mine at No. 3 York Place as we’d not been there for ages. We started the evening with G&T for D and bloody mary’s for the lads. Bloody Mary’s were spicy and an 8/10 is in order. Starters included Canneloni of duck for D which [...]
Posted in Leeds, restaurants on Mar 14th, 2010
My good friend Andy organised a night out in Leeds so Luke and I rose to the challenge. After a couple os swift ones in Weatherspoons we crossed over the road to Piccolino’s which is a chain of Italian restaurants that I think are part of the Bar and Grill Group. The service was excellent [...]
The Crazy Bear, Fitzrovia.
I spent a few days on business in London and the first night I met some colleagues for dinner on recommendation at a Thai restaurant called The Crazy Bear. I did think that this was an unusual name but I cannot fully describe my surprise as on arrival the place looks like [...]
Posted in Leeds, home cooking on Mar 12th, 2010
A spot of home cooking was in order at the weekend when we entertained D&G for the evening. I’ve been meaning to get it up on the blog, but it’s very hectic being on garden leave (hard to believe, I know).
We thought we’d keep it simple but indulgent but I always have to fight the temptation [...]
Posted in Beer, Leeds, gastro pubs on Mar 8th, 2010
The weather was simply too beautiful to stay in bed all day (as we had planned) and after the inevitable phone call from G, we decided that it would be a complete scandal if we didn’t make the most of the incredibly crisp and clear day on Sunday.
Depositing a car at Rodley we aimed to [...]