by admin | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog
A visit here for both lunch and dinner confirmed that this is still stacking up to its reputation of delicious Yorkshire pub food. It’s certainly not your bog standard pub food by any stretch of the imagination. Rather, it’s of the refined end of the...
by admin | Mar 15, 2013 | Blog, Recipes
I had to think of a cake to make for a recent Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club event. The theme was ‘All Things Bright & Beautiful’ and, as I had some spare lemons in the fridge that needed using up, I thought something using lemon curd would do just fine. Maybe I...
by admin | Mar 13, 2013 | Blog
The introduction in the menu quotes Kaushy Patel, the executive chef as saying “you are what you eat so sit back and relax and dine elated for today you are Kings and Queens”. We certainly did we dine well! The Prashad has recently moved to its new...
by admin | Mar 13, 2013 | Blog
March has all the signs of spring with the days getting longer and the colourfulness of bright yellow daffodils starting to make a welcome appearance. The theme for this months’ Clandestine Cake Club in Saltaire was designed to conjure up such images of all things...
by admin | Mar 9, 2013 | Blog
It must be a good 9 years ago that I first went this upmarket establishment but don’t remember much about it at all. Consequently, this visit was a ‘clean sheet of paper’ so to speak. I did have a quick sneak preview of their website to give me an idea of what one...
by admin | Mar 9, 2013 | Blog
My excursion takes me across the border into Lancashire from my West Yorkshire home base. As a keen fell walker I have driven past Hipping Hall zillions of times on my way to and from the Lake District. Today, there are no walking boots in sight; the sole objective...
by admin | Mar 9, 2013 | Blog, Recipes
This recipe by Frances Atkins (of The Yorke Arms) caught my eye in a recent article in The Yorkshire Post and I decided to try it. Her notes were that this was a versatile cake to be used as either sweet or savoury – the article was illustrated with the latter where,...
by admin | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
As a Saltaire resident, I have visited this café on many occasions for both lunch and dinner over the years and have finally got round to putting finger to keyboard. Here are my thoughts and review of a very recent visit for dinner.
by admin | Mar 2, 2013 | Blog
The phenomenon that is tea and cake sweeping these pleasant isles came to Saltaire this afternoon. The occasion? A book promotion for the Clandestine Cake Club recipe book. I have been the organiser of the Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club group for nearly a year now...
by admin | Feb 26, 2013 | Blog
I always think that there’s something very civilised about partaking in Sunday lunch and this particular Sunday was no exception. The venue: The Gray Ox Inn. A gastro pub dating back to 1709, perched serenely above the town of Brighouse and nearby M62 below. You...
