Pom's Kitchen is one of the most colourful bakeries in Sheffield.
If you're on a search for Instagrammable food and don't mind a short train journey then you're in for a treat.
Inspired by Australian cuisine and bold colours, Pom's Kitchen is a bright, fun-filled cafe where everything, no matter how small, is extravagent.
Since we won't be travelling to Australia any time soon (thanks, Covid), the laid-back vibes inside Pom's Kitchen are the closest you'll get to Byron Bay this year. Luckily, the tasty menu has channeled all your favourite Aussie classics as well as including some colourful new favourites that Down Under only wish they could get their hands on.
The Rainbow Bagel is made up of a multi coloured bagel and sweet fillings. / Image: Pom's Kitchen
Rainbow bagels only made up one item on the menu, but they're example enough of the flair and innovation demonstrated by Pom's menu.
The rainbow outer layer hides the layers of Biscoff spread and sliced banana inside, before the entire bagel is sprinkled with hundreds and thousands and neon sprinkles- just incase it wasn't colourful enough already.
That's not all, the Green Goddess Bagel is a pom pink bagel (yes, you can get pink bagels here too) with cream cheese, avocado, pom kale and cucumber and pairs wonderfully with a beetroot latte.
Get a pink lunch every day of the week. / Image: Pom's Kitchen
These incredible flavours of savoury and sweet are complimented perfectly by an equally instagrammable breakfast menu.
Think vegan hot sausage butties with garlic mushrooms, granola pots with seasonal fruit and the Pom Breakfast Bagel: a swoon-worthy pink bagel filled with egg, sausage, hash brown, cheese and ketchup.
As you'd imagine, the hot and cold drinks carry the same finesse and include freakshakes and smoothies with inspiring names like Sydney Sunset, with raspberry, pineapple and orange, or Sun Salute, made from mango, orange, ginger and turmeric.
Pink bagels are freshly made using a secret recipe. / Image: Pom's Kitchen
There isn't anything quite like this in Leeds (that we are aware of), so even though Sheffield may be a trip across the Pennines, we're convinced it will be worth it for the 'gram if nothing else.
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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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?
Sophie Smith -
14th December 2021 
