Thai Aroy Dee: If you know, you know
In normal times, the four walls of Thai Aroy Dee are nothing short of a haven. Surrounded by twinkling lights, strips of tinsel (present all year) the scraping of wooden chairs and the happy shouts of fellow diners nearing the end of their second bottle of Sainsbury’s own prosecco, this is the place for joyful […]
Flavours to make the nation proud: Curry House Classics at Bundobust
It’s tricky to step out of the front door right now without at least a small fragment of uncertainty tingeing your imminent trip into the outside world. Am I getting a funny look for not having my mask tied tightly enough? Did I apply enough antibacterial gel to eradicate a full layer of skin from […]
This is Your City: Welcoming Back Leeds’ Students in Style
It’s a dizzying five years since I was a student at the University of Leeds, but the vibrancy of my days there isn’t easy to forget. The feeling of leaving home for the first time, moving to a new city and being freshly 18 years old is pretty much unbeatable – I remember the sense […]
Black Market: meet Chapel Allerton’s masters of the unexpected
Autumn’s drawing in. You can feel it in the air – the way it skims your cheeks with a new freshness; the way the breeze carries a faint smell of half-squelched leaves and unexplainable woodsmoke. We’re denying it with every fibre of our beings – saying things like ‘We’ve not even had a year let […]
‘Go and order their delicious pasta now!’. Sarto, reviewed
If this pandemic were to be defined by a food, it would without a doubt be pasta. It all began at the end of the pasta-as-comfort-food season. You know, those days when it’s getting dark at 4pm and all you can really comprehend is going home, cooking a huge bowl of penne, adding something creamy/cheesy/spicy […]
