Sushi House is located on the High Road in Beeston near to the Fresh Asia supermarket. It is a Japanese Restaurant that I understand is well known for serving up fresh and authentic sushi. They also serve a lot of rice bowls and bowls of noodles, two things that I love! and both the…
Lucky Chinese Restaurant – Braised Beef Sirloin Noodle Soup
Lucky is located on the High Street just across the road from the Magic Taste House Chinese Restaurant. It took a couple of trips on the tram over to Beeston before I was actually ‘Lucky’ enough to find it open. Online it is described as a “Lively, convivial restaurant specialising in Cantonese and Hong Kong…
The Boat Inn in Lenton – Real Ale and Pub Grub
The Boat Inn at Lenton is a proper local, serving a decent pint and plenty of simple pub grub to soak it up with. The pub is tucked away on Priory Street a small side road joining up to Abbey Bridge one of the main roads running past the QMC and backing on to the…
Magic Taste House Chinese Restaurant in Beeston
Magic Taste House in Beeston located on the High Road is one of several sit down Chinese Restaurants in the area. I had googled ‘authentic chinese restaurants in Beeston’ and it was one of three that popped up on the top of the search page. The others being Nosh and Lucky, both of which I have…
Chengdu Dan Dan Noodle Soup at Shanghai Shanghai
Shanghai Shanghai on Goose Gate in Hockley is probably the best known of the authentic Chinese restaurants in the city. It is one of the few spots that has attracted the attentions of the critics . This place is probably best known for its Sichuan food and that is what we usually come here for….
Mowgli Indian Street Food in Hockley – Tiffin for one and some Himalayan Cheese Toast please.
Mowgli Street Food has just opened up in Hockley on the corner of Stoney Street and Goose Gate, just where they cross over into Broad Street. The storyline is that they ‘serve the kind of food Indians eat at home and on the streets’ which sounds like a nice tagline This is the latest in the…
Bun Mii Vietnamese cafe – Bun Thit Nuong and a Banh Mi
Bun Mii on George Street is a Vietnamese Café serving up a small menu of classic dishes from Vietnam. I came here a while back in November 2017 when I tried out the Pho (read more about that here). It was pretty good and I always meant to come back and try everything else. It…
Edins Continental Cafe – Menu Del Dia
I first blogged about Edins in Broad Street back in June 2013 when I described my experience as ‘a quite delightful light lunch’. I had just had a simple meal of ‘Ham Hock & Tarragon Pasta Shells with a Dijon Mustard Sauce‘ as part of a lunchtime deal that also included a bowl of…
U Canteen – Beef Brisket Noodle Soup and Dumplings
U Canteen on Heathcote Street in Hockley is a really great little Chinese Diner, on their Facebook page they describe themselves as serving “Authentic Home-Style Real Chinese Food“, which sounds great as that is just what I am looking for. I like the menu, it has a lot more regional food which is my code…
Think Garden Cafe in Cobden Chambers – Local, Independent, and Tasty Food
The Garden Café has opened up recently in the Think building at the end of Cobden Chambers taking the place of the former occupant Kiosk. They are serving up seasonal dishes using local independent suppliers and growers, How local? well so much so that inside on the specials menu board they were offering a Hockley…