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The Box Tree – Yorkshire’s Answer to Le Gavroche
If The Box Tree restaurant was located anywhere else but Yorkshire I expect it wouldn't be quite a special as it is. It would certainly be swallowed up in London - hidden in the shadows of Le Gavroche, Alain Duccasse and Gordon Ramsey. But here in Leeds, it is The Box...
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Iberica – A perfect piece of authentic España in the heart of Leeds
A child-friendly feast for the eyes and the taste buds at Iberica. I half expected Lio De-Caprio to appear and shove a Babysham glass filled with expensive champagne into my hand as we walked through the stylish, 1920s salon style, dark oak, gold and smoked glass...
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The Feversham Arms & Verbana Spa in Helmsley
The Ultimate Girly Night Away When the female bartender at an elegant country boutique hotel in a picture-perfect North Yorkshire village whips up a Slingsby & Fever Tree, an Espresso Martini and a French 75 that Dale DeGroff would be proud of, you know you're in...
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The Market town of Helmsley – The North York Moors
Helmsley is the Knightsbridge of Yorkshire Market towns, not least because it's home to two of Yorkshire's finest luxury boutique hotels - The Feversham Arms and The Black Swan. Both of which I've had the pleasure of an overnight sojourn. 25 miles north of York,...
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Champagne Afternoon Tea at the Black Swan in Helmsley
Reviewed by Ellie - My First Ever Afternoon Tea Hi, I’m Ellie and I’m an afternoon tea virgin. Yep, you read that right, I’ve never had afternoon tea before. A struggling, skint university student - you’re much more likely to find me stuffing my face with cheesy chips...
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Recipe: Turn bland into bloody delicious with chimichurri sauce
I love that sauce you get at popular high-end chain and Argentinean steak restaurant Gaucho Grill. Nearly as much as I love the overkill of cowhide. The green sauce - hot, lots of parsley and plenty of chillies in it. I slap it liberally all over my rare Ribeye, dunk...
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A day in the Historic Market Town of Otley
These were the words hollowed by Otley's bellman (or Town Crier to some) Terry Ford when I ventured into Otley recently. He's been out and about the town in recent weeks as Yorkshire builds up to the mighty Tour de Yorkshire this weekend (29th...
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Girl About Yorkshire is a personal blog written by me – Lyndsey Thomas – a thirty-something Yorkshire-born, haphazard mum of two. I blog candidly about life with a focus on my love of food, fun, family and life in Yorkshire.
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