The Asian Curry Awards nominees for 2023 have been revealed, and five of them are right here in Leeds.
The annual Asian Curry Awards celebrate the very best of Asian cuisine across the UK.
The awards covers a hole host of Asian cuisine, including: Bangladeshi, Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Middle Eastern, Pakistani, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.
A whopping 200 venues across the UK have been shortlisted, and they will go up against one another to a public online vote.
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The finalists will then be assessed by a panel of expert judges from the Asian Catering Federation, who will then go on to decide the overall winners for each category.
The winners will be announced at a dinner in London on Sunday 19 November, hosted by news BBC presenter Samantha Simmonds.
Nine curry hotspots from Yorkshire have been shortlisted, including five right here in Leeds. And we can't say we are surprised, as a few of these are out favourite spots to grab a curry in and out of the city centre.
The Leeds restaurants shortlisted for the Asian Curry Awards 2023:
Akbar's, Eastgate
Café Le Raj, Bramhope
Rosa's Thai, Trinity Shopping Centre
Indian Tiffin Room, Park Row
Lala's Restaurant, Pudsey
The other Yorkshire restaurants nominated are MyLahore in Bradford, Shama Bingley, Dishi in Sheffield and Everest Gurkha in York.
We've got our fingers crossed for one of our local fantastic venues to win, of course and you can help by voting for your favourite restaurant here on the Asian Curry Awards website.
Announcing the news to Instagram, Edge's Pizza said: "Well there’s good reason for our silence over the last few months, (planning permission pending) we’ve got a home! Seven months of looking and we’ve learnt so much on this journey already, from investment that didn’t work out, to dodgy buildings not fit for purpose. We’ve got there in the end.
"All that to say, we pride ourselves on perfection and wouldn’t settle for anything less. We hope this will be worth the wait, and that you’ll support us on this next huge step. We are terrified to say the least, but we’re also so excited and immensely grateful to you our lovely customers for this opportunity."
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This would be great news for Leeds, as their pizza is something unlike anything we have in the city at the moment.
Forget the floppy, Neapolitan-slices that you fold before shoving in your gob. These slices are satisfyingly thin, perfectly crispy and just downright delicious.
We would love to welcome Edges Pizza to the city and we'll keep you updated with the progress. You can bet we'll be the first to order.
Award-wining Leeds sandwich shop Silver’s Deli to open neighbourhood bakehouse
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Silver's Deli is opening up a sister shop, and this time it's about everything baked.
We all know and love Silver's Deli for their stacked subs and breakfast sandwiches that could cure any hangover no matter how severe.
They're so good, that they even bagged the coveted Uber Eats Restaurant of the Year Award last year.
And rightly so, because Silver's is absolutely class.
And it seems there's just no stopping Silver's, as they've just announced that they'll be opening a sister shop named Silver's Bakehouse serving up everything, yep you guessed it, baked.
It'll also be in Farsley where the original Silver's is, and they're labelling the new venture as 'your neighbourhood bake shop'.
Announcing the very exciting news to Instagram, Silver's Deli said: "Well it’s happening. I said no more shops, but it’s kinda necessary, and I just love all things baked.
"There’s waaaaaaaaay too many details to share on this right now, but go give our sister shop @silvers_bakehouse a new follow and hold on tight. This is gonna be fun as fuck."
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Customers can expect a wider range of Silver's goodies that they're unable to whip up in the current space. From soft amaretti biscuits and their famous cookies to sausage rolls and brownies that the team have been working on for 12 months.
We're in no doubt that this venture is going to be absolutely brilliant, and you best believe we'll be first in line to try one of those brownies.
Silver's Bakehouse will be located on Town Street in Farsley and is expected to open this May.
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