Restaurant Reviews
My Burger Obsession
I have a new found obsession with burgers, whilst I know this is bang on trend at the moment I think the desire to eat the perfect burger comes more from the fact that 2 years ago I made the decision to stay away from the global chains and stick to eating only the very best artisan burgers.
A trip to the Black Swan Helmsley
2 trips to one Yorkshire Village in the space of 12 months should be enough to convince you that Helmsley in North Yorkshire is an idyllic location for a weekend away.
The best steak in Yorkshire?
Staff that have the ability to engage service levels you simply don’t see enough these days.
The Flavours of Lockwoods
Since 2005 Lockwoods has gone from strength to strength, winning accolades from its diners and the industry. It’s been, Neighbourhood Restaurant of the Year and one of the best places for Sunday lunch
Mr Nobody, Who? Mr Nobody!
My latest jaunt took me to the rather bizarrely named Mr Nobody, at least on first thought you might think bizarre, but now I get it, you see Mr Nobody is almost a little dig at all the chef’s out there that make it about them, Mr Nobody is different, it’s not about them, it’s about the food,
Afternoon Tea at The Royal York Hotel
The Royal York Hotel – a real touch of class Is afternoon tea just for groups of ladies that want to be civilised? My wife tells me not, in fact she tells me that an afternoon together, chatting and having tea and accompanying sandwiches and cakes is rather romantic, take note gents! So what better place …
Caviar at Mumtaz Leeds – Restaurant Review
“yes you heard right caviar’ Is it possible to live in West Yorkshire and not like curry? We’ve written on the Yorkshire Pudd blog several times about our love of a right good curry, so when the opportunity to visit possibly the most recognisable curry brand in Yorkshire (Mumtaz Leeds) if not the entire UK …
RESTAURANT REVIEW: Pieminister, Leeds
A restaurant that is dedicated to pies? In Yorkshire? Surely a recipe for success. Claire Smith went to try it out – all in the name of British Pie Week, of course.
Reviewed: Feversham Arms Hotel
This was going to be one hell of a break. If there is one thing I’ve missed since our little girl was born just under 2 years ago, it’s the sporadically unplanned weekends away my wife and I used to enjoy. Sometimes we’d just check in to a hotel and relax for the afternoon, dine …
REVIEW: Afternoon tea at the Countess of York, National Railway Museum, York
Dreaming of the Orient Express? Enjoy an afternoon tea with a difference in the opulent train carriage at York’s National Railway Museum instead.