Gone are the days when convenience food meant putting up with gloopy pizzas, greasy burgers or stodgy stir fries. Now you can grab all kinds of meals at speed without having to compromise on taste, quality or your health.
Now there's a great mix of traditional outlets serving top quality grub on the go and new kids offfering gourmet twists on old favourites - and all at a reasonable price too.
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Gone are the days when convenience food meant putting up with gloopy pizzas, greasy burgers or stodgy stir fries. Now you can grab all kinds of meals at speed without having to compromise on taste, quality or your health. Now there's a great mix of traditional outlets serving top quality grub on the go and new kids offfering gourmet twists on old favourites - and all at a reasonable price too.
AS a big burger fan, Little Oliver was delighted when GBK opened a branch in Leeds and more than a year after their launch, it seems their popularity hasn’t faded. They may be bad for the waistline but they’re good for the wallets, and with frequent 2-for-1 vouchers being handed out, it’s no surprise the restaurant is still doing a roaring trade. But GBK is not really about value for money – it’s all about the burgers.
The restaurant is centred around the kitchen, so customers have to order at the bar, with very little emphasis placed on service, drinks or anything else. Clean and basic, this place pretty much does what it says on the tin. One of the most impressive things is the menu, which varies from the bog-standard cheeseburger to the weird and wonderful Kiwiburger (containing a bizarre combination of beetroot, egg and pineapple).
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GUISELEY
NOT the usual place for little Oliver to sample a light bite but every now and again one likes to venture beyond the city limits and check out somewhere on the periphery of Leeds.
Harry Ramsden’s has always been a big brand, but recently it’s gained a reputation for becoming a bit too chainy, detracting from its homegrown ancestry here in Yorkshire.
This ancestry is evident from the minute you walk through the door because the restaurant is a rather lavish affair with chandeliers, high ceilings and ornate stained glass windows. It’s a huge slice of Edwardian glitz and a complete surprise – after all, their forte is humble fish and chips.
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LITTLE Oliver has a massive problem with delicatessens. To be more precise it has a massive problem with places which purport to be delicatessens, but aren’t. Virtually every street corner has a sandwich shop on it. Some sell the odd salad, the occasional pastry or maybe a smoothie or two.
But the problem is they still ain’t delis – but Salt’s? No problem at all. Salt’s is the bona fide, real deal, Rolls Royce of delicatessens. It’s chosen a prime spot to open shop too. Smack bang opposite the banks of riverside apartments and offices next to the Aire, there’s a lucrative clientele on their doorstep.
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THIS is the new kid on this very upmarket block of solicitors, PR firms and recruitment consultants - Sesame know their market and what to give them. Sushi, noodles, de luxe soups and nibbles, this is an incredible chic little place which isn’t quite a deli, more of a shop selling pre-prepared top quality foods largely to take away (although there are a few seats inside.)
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Gone are the days when convenience food meant putting up with gloopy pizzas, greasy burgers or stodgy stir fries. Now you can grab all kinds of meals at speed without having to compromise on taste, quality or your health. Now there's a great mix of traditional outlets serving top quality grub on the go and new kids offfering gourmet twists on old favourites - and all at a reasonable price too.
Gourmet Burger Kitchen
AS a big burger fan, Little Oliver was delighted when GBK opened a branch in Leeds and more than a year after their launch, it seems their popularity hasn’t faded. They may be bad for the waistline but they’re good for the wallets, and with frequent 2-for-1 vouchers being handed out, it’s no surprise the restaurant is still doing a roaring trade. But GBK is not really about value for money – it’s all about the burgers.
The restaurant is centred around the kitchen, so customers have to order at the bar, with very little emphasis placed on service, drinks or anything else. Clean and basic, this place pretty much does what it says on the tin. One of the most impressive things is the menu, which varies from the bog-standard cheeseburger to the weird and wonderful Kiwiburger (containing a bizarre combination of beetroot, egg and pineapple).
Read the full review
Harry Ramsdens
GUISELEY
NOT the usual place for little Oliver to sample a light bite but every now and again one likes to venture beyond the city limits and check out somewhere on the periphery of Leeds.
Harry Ramsden’s has always been a big brand, but recently it’s gained a reputation for becoming a bit too chainy, detracting from its homegrown ancestry here in Yorkshire.
This ancestry is evident from the minute you walk through the door because the restaurant is a rather lavish affair with chandeliers, high ceilings and ornate stained glass windows. It’s a huge slice of Edwardian glitz and a complete surprise – after all, their forte is humble fish and chips.
Read the full review
Salts
LITTLE Oliver has a massive problem with delicatessens. To be more precise it has a massive problem with places which purport to be delicatessens, but aren’t. Virtually every street corner has a sandwich shop on it. Some sell the odd salad, the occasional pastry or maybe a smoothie or two.
But the problem is they still ain’t delis – but Salt’s? No problem at all. Salt’s is the bona fide, real deal, Rolls Royce of delicatessens. It’s chosen a prime spot to open shop too. Smack bang opposite the banks of riverside apartments and offices next to the Aire, there’s a lucrative clientele on their doorstep.
Read the full review
Sesame
THIS is the new kid on this very upmarket block of solicitors, PR firms and recruitment consultants - Sesame know their market and what to give them. Sushi, noodles, de luxe soups and nibbles, this is an incredible chic little place which isn’t quite a deli, more of a shop selling pre-prepared top quality foods largely to take away (although there are a few seats inside.)
Read the full review
