When we were invited down to review the new Pizza Express in the White Rose Centre, we were rather excited as we hadn’t visited a Pizza Express since we were about to […]
Pizza Express in the White Rose Centre: Foodie family fun
Gusto in Cookridge: Atmosphere and service trump food offering in North Leeds
Gusto is a chain of 12 Italian restaurants in the UK (with two others set to open soon). They offer, in their own words, a “classic and contemporary Italian menu” in “timeless, […]
Jamie’s Italian: Family-friendly dining in the heart of Leeds
When we lived in the city centre, we went through a phase of frequenting Jamie’s Italian, shortly after it opened on Park Row. For us, it was a nice place to relax […]
Polpo set to open in Leeds’ Harvey Nichols
Update: Check out our review of POLPO here. We all indulge a little too much over the festive season, and with the traditional end of year gluttony comes the traditional start of […]
Creating an Italian supper: Orzo pasta with Parmesan and butter
Italian food makes for fantastic, cheap, easy midweek meals and this recipe for orzo pasta with Parmesan cheese and butter symbolises everything good about this most versatile of cuisines. We eat this […]
How to transform fry-up leftovers into something special
This weekend, we slightly overdid it when cooking a Sunday morning fry-up for some friends we had to stay. We were left with two sausages and a rasher of bacon that on […]
Where to eat in Gran Canaria: Pizza, pasta, and more at Grand Italia
Grand Italia is set in a parade of restaurants along the promenade in Meloneras and, from our experience anyway, it’s without a doubt the busiest of the eating establishments in that very […]
Nonnas: Authentic and awesome Italian food in Sheffield
We love an Italian but we’ve set the bar pretty high after spending a month in Italy. For this reason, when we say that Nonnas in Sheffield is one of the best Italian […]
Trattoria Il Forno: Fantastic family food in Horsforth
Trattoria Il Forno in Horsforth has been on my list to visit for some time now. In a city full of Italian restaurants of extremely high quality, both in the heart of […]
Restaurants in Harrogate: Sasso delivers on style and substance with classy Italian fare
Last weekend, my grandparents came up to visit and kindly offered to take us out for lunch in Harrogate. With so many restaurants of such high quality dotted around Harrogate, it was […]