A restaurant in Leeds has been named as having one of the very best Sunday roasts in the whole of the UK.
Shears Yard on The Calls is already beloved by locals for its 'perfectly cooked' Sunday dinners - and now it's getting national recognition for them too.
The eatery was awarded the gong by reviewers Rate Good Roasts, which rated its offering amongst the top 10 best in the country.
Coming in at number nine, it's the highest-rated Yorkshire eatery to appear on the list - closely followed at number ten by York restaurant Chopping Block.
Image: Shears Yard
Image: Shears Yard
Further afield, our neighbours in the north west also performed very well - with celebrity chef Tom Kerridge's Manchester restaurant The Bull and Bear topping the chart at number one, joined by The Wheatsheaf Inn in Brigsteer, Cumbria (no. 3), Crossby's Mustard and Co (no. 4), The Bank in Delph (no. 6), and Manchester's Edinburgh Castle (no. 7).
Ten different elements are considered when rating each restaurant, with that then converted into a percentage overall
A sample Sunday roast menu listed on Sheaf Yard's website features sumptuous sounding mains like roast sirloin of beef; overnight braised pork shoulder; a leek, potato and truffle wellington; tikka marinated cauliflower with gooseberry pickle, and grilled plaice fillets with dill hollandaise.
Image: Rate Good Roasts The overnight pork shoulder at Shears Yard is a thing of beauty / Image: Shears Yard
Traditional mains are served with all the trimmings, including roast veggies, lashings of gravy and giant Yorkshire puddings (of course), and the list is also accompanied with a tempting selection of starters and desserts if you're looking to go all out.
Think fresh oysters with togarashi, yuzu, spring onion; homemade bread and flavoured butter, or corn fed chicken and ethical foie gras terrine, chicken fat, chicken skin, pickled shallot and grapes to start, and sweet treats like sticky toffee pudding, chocolate brownie, or a cheeseboard to finish.
To view the full sample menu and book, click here.
A Leeds pizza takeaway has received a glowing review from popular review duo.
Edges Pizza opened up their first permanent spot in Leeds back in June this year, after making a name for themselves slinging out pizzas at multiple pop-ups across the city.
Owners Grace and Edge from Harrogate opened Edges Pizza two years ago, taking inspiration from trips to New York over the years.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Their pizzas are a love letter to the class New York slice, think thin and crispy rather than chewy and floppy. But above all else, think absolutely delicious.
And now, they've caught the attention of a major review page, with Bite Twice Food Reviews (a page with almost 300k followers) paying Edges a visit.
The food review duo of Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany popped up in Holbeck beneath the arches to get their hands on a pizza, and the outcome is brilliant.
In the video, Bite Twice said that the pizza is 'f**cking exceptional' and up there with 'one of the best pizzas in the UK'.
Before even taking a bite, they said: "On aesthetic, I don't think anywhere in the UK is doing pizza like this".
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Then after the first bite, they go on to say: "There are very few pizzas in the UK that create this, I’m a little bit blown away".
As Londoners themselves, they go on to say that Edges is 'easily hitting with the best that we’ve got down south'.
And if that's not high praise enough, they sign off the video saying: "Leeds has got an absolute gem. I give this a stamp so hard my foot went through the pizza. Edges. Don Level."
The 42-year-old Kirkgate Market stall serving freshly shucked oysters for £1.90 a pop
Clementine Hall
Tucked away in Leeds Kirkgate Market you'll find a wonderful seafood stall selling freshly shucked oysters for £1.90 each.
It's places like these that remind us why we love Leeds so much.
Established in 1880, Hayes Seafood is widely regarded as the oldest trader within the historic Kirkgate Market.
For the past 42 years, it has been run by Cliff and Michelle, the loveliest couple who welcome every customer with open arms.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
The menu here is small but perfectly formed, focusing on fresh, ready-to-eat seafood that you can enjoy with a squeeze of lemon and a dollop of mayonnaise at most.
Delivered fresh every morning, there's pre-cracked crab shells, brown and white crab meat, cockles, crawfish tails - all perfectly prepared for you to eat at their bar or high tables opposite.
But, it's the oysters that you'll see people queueing for. And rightly so.
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Everything here is prepared to order right in front of you, and for no extra fee. You can choose from two types of oysters: super salty Lindisfarne oysters or the slightly sweeter English Loch Fyne.
We recommend having a couple of each, pulling up a stool right by the counter and getting stuck in. If you ask Cliff nicely, he might tell you a bit about the history of the place - but you may have to order a couple more oysters for that.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
You're left to dress them yourself, whether you prefer dash of fiery tabasco or a few pickled shallots. But to be honest, they're delicious just as they come.
This spot is a real piece of Leeds history, and the queues at lunchtime as well as the repeat regular customers proves just how special it is.
All it's missing is a champagne stall next to it...now wouldn't that be perfect?
Georgina Pellant -
4th January 2022 
