VISIT YORKSHIRE - PART II / NEVER MIND

Yorkshire is not all about drinking cider. It is also delicious food. Forget everything you've ever heard or learned about English kitchen and cooking. At least if you've got a brother in Leeds and this brother of yours happens to know all the best restaurants in town. Or if you've got the loveliest sis-in-law ever, whom you can put in the kitchen if you're hungry but too tired to go out to get some dinner.

The most perfectest (not a grammatical error, I do mean THE MOST PERFECTEST) way to start ones visit in Yorkshire is nothing more, nothing less than egg mayonnaise sandwiches.

A big hurray also for the mac'n'cheese, cooked by the above mentioned sis-in-law.

One should not forget the takeaway option, if the earlier mentioned sis-in-law happens to be too busy. We can recommend Fryday's fish'n'chips. Or chicken'n'chips for those who can't have fish.

Something sweet in between... For example from Betty's. One could have something with dark chocolate and blackcurrant - and one did, but forgot to make a proper photo of it before it was too late (i.e. eaten). So here's the rasberry macaroon, which was sadly eaten by somebody else.

And then. Finally. The big moment. Authentic British PUB FOOD! Triple hurray for that!!!

British Beef & Ale Pie £7,49 in The Frog & Parrot, Sheffield:

Chunks of prime British beef in a rich Ruddles Ale gravy topped with shortcrust pastry. Served with mashed potato, peas and gravy. 

The new, unexperienced cook had turned the mash into chips, but one only noticed it herself afterwards, because the pie was soooooooo delicious.

Time for some finer dining. Not too fine though.

Early Bird Menu available 12 pm - 7.30 pm in Ciao Bella, Leeds:

1 Course £7.95
2 Courses £9.95
3 Courses £11.95

Starters
• Bruschetta
• Soup of the Day
• Home-made Chicken Liver Pate (served with toast)
• Caprese Salad
• Seared Black Pudding

Main Courses
• Chicken Breast with Garlic, Rosemary and Lemon served on Salad
• Fusilli Pasta with Peas, Mushrooms and Onion in a Cream Sauce
• Penne Arrabiata (Spicy Pepperoni Sausage in a Garlic and Tomato Suace)
• Grilled Cajun Salmon served with Potatoes
• Margherita Pizza
• Funghi Pizza
• Salami Pizza

Desserts
• Selection of Italian Ice Cream
• Tiramisu
• Dessert of the Day

For a starter one chose the home-made chicken liver pate, which happened to be the best liver pate one has ever, and I mean ever, had!

And when one has a few allergies, the only main course one could go with was the fusilli pasta with peas, mushrooms and onion in a cream sauce. One does like pasta, peas, mushrooms, onions and cream sauces, but not necesserily all of it at once on one plate. It might be too much. But this was not. Loved it!

Even if some of the desserts were selected outside of the Early Bird menu (because one just has to have her chocolate mousse), the price for a party of four, each having three courses, not forgetting the normal drinks to go with the dinner, was a real bargain!!! 84 pounds. And a kiss on the lips from our very cute and nice waiter didn't hurt either.