Unlike the rest of the country which is currently London fixated (just for a change(!)) on you-know-what, I'm in Leeds this evening in preparation to watch the cricket tomorrow, the 3rd day of the 2nd Test match of England versus South Africa at Headingley.
So after checking into our hotel and having a couple of ales in Whitelock's (the Copper Dragon IPA is especially tasty) we head out for dinner at Livebait, a fish restaurant near to the Corn Exchange in Leeds.
The restaurant is situated in a basement with the bar area immediately at the bottom of the stairs and the open plan dining area off to the left. A table wasn't immediately available so the genuinely friendly staff served us a drink in the bar while we perused the menu. The simple, single A4 sized sheet has starters and main courses on it with many British fish options with limited others, such as a single meat and vegetarian option in each course. The wine list was mostly white as befits a fish restaurant and my friends and I shared a reasonable bottle of French wine.
I started with crispy, fried whitebait which was done well enough and followed that with Seabass fillets that were nicely cooked. Very good, if not quite outstanding. We forgo desserts in favour of a couple of drinks elsewhere (at The Brewery Tap) and our bill between the three of us comes to just under £100, which is decent for the quality of the food and compared to Cambridge prices. It can't have been that bad as we share the restaurant with cricket commentator Henry Blofeld a few tables from us...
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