Rola Wala's new Plant Powered Thali Triple bowl is packed with flavour and nutrients making it the perfect option for a mid-week lunch.
Indian Street Food favourite, Rola Wala, have been a staple of Leeds Trinity Kitchen since 2014.
Known for their epic naan rolls and colourful salad bowls, you can personalise with your choice of proteins such as their famous Rola Chicken Tikka and Nagaland Lamb. The food is vibrant, healthy and balanced without compromising on flavour.
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They now have a brand new look and a brand new menu featuring their 'Plant Powered Thali Triple Bowl' which consists of a bed of rice, red dal, spinach and sweet potato Saagwala and their Keralan chickpeas with coconut. The bowl is then generously piled high with delicious salads and chutneys to suit your taste.
The bowl is 100% plant based, has 21g of protein, half an adult's RDA of fibre and only 524 calories; making it a healthy lunch option which you can enjoy every single day. The bowl isn't just your average healthy salad option, it is a hearty, substantial meal packed full of nutrients making sure you definitely won't go away hungry.
This April, they will be donating 50p from every sale of the Thali Bowl to the Leeds Together For Ukraine Appeal, which has been set up by Leeds City Council as a response to the current crisis in Ukraine.
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Rola Wala's mission statement is to create a healthier alternative to typical fast food which is often filled with empty calories or high in salt, sugar and fat. Their ingredients are always fresh with no additives and there is also a range of low-carb, gluten-free options available.
Mark Wright, the founder of Rola Wala has said “We’re super excited to add the Plant Powered Triple Bowl to the Rola menu, it’s spice-fuelled and we’ve packed it full of good calories and nutrients.
"We've done the research, and we believe it's Leeds’ healthiest lunch! We're proud to be doing our bit to support the Leeds Together For Ukraine appeal with 50p of the sales of each Plant Powered Triple Bowl in April going to the appeal”.
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Other new menu items include the Super-Hot Scorpion chutney, a whole range of new salads, new drinks and a wholemeal take on their ever popular naan roll.
If you're after a healthier lunch alternative around Leeds then check out Rola Wala, we can guarantee you won't be disappointed.
In honour of National Chocolate Week, two big brands are joining forces.
Fancy a freebie? Silly question, of course you do.
Tony’s Chocolonely and Yorkshire Tea have joined forces for National Chocolate Week to ask Brits to declare themselves a ‘Melt’...yes, really.
It comes after the brands discovering a new Gen Z dunking trend, with research finding that 80% of 18–24-year-olds say chocolate is their preferred tea-dunking treat.
To understand why the perculiar pairing has become so popular, the brands recruited Associate Professor of Psychobiology, Dr Lorenzo Stafford, to investigate what happens when tea and chocolate come together.
Associate Professor, Dr Lorenzo Stafford said: "It's fascinating to see how much thought Brits put into what makes a great dunk. Flavour, texture and temperature all shape how we experience food, and the combination of hot tea with melting chocolate creates a particularly enjoyable sensory experience.
"When it comes to dunking, tea and chocolate have great chemistry so it’s no surprise young people have embraced it."
If you want to try it out for yourself, then you can for free - but there is one catch.
From Monday 19 to Friday 23 October, anyone who walks into one of Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds and says ‘I'm a Melt’ will get a free mug of Yorkshire Tea and bar of Tony's Chocolonely.
Not only that, but the first 100 customers will also get a limited-edition ‘Melt’ cap.
Yorkshire Tea & Tony’s Chocolonely said of the partnership, “Brits love their tea and their chocolate and now the science shows why. This National Chocolate Week, we’re inviting everyone to give it a go, embrace their inner Melt and discover just how well chunky chocolate and a proper brew can work together.”
Leeds Bradford Airport strikes will NOT go ahead following ‘late offer’ over pay
Clementine Hall
This weekend's strikes at Leeds Bradford Airport have been cancelled.
Around 130 workers were set to walk out this weekend, Unite said, but this has been suspended to allow air traffic controllers to consider a new pay offer.
The Unite members planning on to go on strike were a mixture of air traffic control workers, customer experience staff, security staff and cleaners.
The workers involved in the dispute had recently come out of a four-year pay deal, with some of the departments having fallen behind other airports in equivalent roles.
Pay talks have been happening since December 2025, with the airport's formal offer not going far enough to address the lack of pay parity which led to the decision to strike.
However, as of yesterday 15 October, the workers have been given new pay offers from the airport and the strikes will not take place to allow a ballot on the offers.
Air traffic controllers and hourly paid staff are being balloted separately on their respective offers.
Unite regional officer Neil Whitaker said: "After receiving offers from Leeds Bradford Airport, we have suspended this week’s strike action in good faith to allow members to vote on pay deals.”
In a statement, Leeds Bradford Airport said: "While the ballot process continues with certain members of our frontline colleagues, we remain hopeful that a positive outcome can be achieved and that an agreement can be reached which works for everyone involved.
"Regardless of the outcome of this ballot, LBA has a robust contingency plan in place and will be operating as normal this weekend.
"Our focus remains on supporting a smooth and reliable experience for customers while maintaining safe and efficient airport operations."
Clementine Hall -
29th March 2022 
