Hickory's Smokehouse

Hello again my sweets,

When me and my parents when for a week away from the UK we popped into Chester to try out this restaurant we heard about. We were in Gloucester and as we drove back to Yorkshire we had a 'mini' detour to Chester for the afternoon :) mum and dad had been to the sister restaurant and loved it so wanted to take me here and try this one out :) 

It faces the river to you can watch the rowers go by as you eat, its such a lovely setting and such a peaceful area :) 

We were shown to our table which was a booth in the corner, the restaurant looked like a tradition American burger bar :) we sat down and the waitress brought over a bowl of popcorn which I really loved, something different and a nice little touch :)

  

As it was a smoke house most of the menu was either ribs or steak! As a massive steak lover this made me very happy :) mum and dad got s selection of ribs, beef and chilli which they shared. I tried a couple of things off theirs but it wasn't my cup of tea as I'm not the biggest fan of ribs! However I order Ribeye Steak which came with peppercorn sauce and  massive onion rings !! The steak was amazing, when it came I have to admit I thought it was a bit small but that's only because I can eat steak likes there no tomorrow! I'm glad it was that size in the end because it was such good quality and tasted amazing :)

Another cute little feature I liked was their home made drinks! My mum ordered one of their ice teas and it came in this little jam jar which was really sweet! Also it was one of the best ice teas I have ever tasted, it was full of flavour which some normally taste just like water!

I couldn't resist the pudding list and there was so much I could have ordered but I got this which was the Mississippi mud pie! The chocolate was so rich and yummy, its safe to say I had most round my mouth (yes I am a big child :P)

After the meal we walked down the river and watched the local rowing team which was a really nice way to end the day :) I think the detour was worth it because the smoke house was really nice and I would love to try the other one like my parents did :) if your close by or want to treat a new place I would recommend this place as long as you love meat :P

Which restaurant would you recommend?

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Fathers Day Meal

Hello again,

So today is fathers days, we went to visit my brother in Leeds and had a bit of a shop round because Leeds has such nice shops from high street to high end which I love :) 

However, my main reason for the post is where we went for dinner. I wasn't going to blog about it, but it was just to amazing not to. I have to say sorry first though because the photos are from my phone so they aren't the best quality.

The restaurant we went to was called Fazenda in Leeds and its rated my trip advisor as one of the top 10 places to eat in Leeds. 

For drink I ordered my favourite cider of all time which is the Rekorderlig strawberry and lime cider. My drink of chose is always flavoured cider and this one is just perfect for summer, I thought it was really cute that it came with a strawberry and lime as well :) 

There isn't a menu here, just a salad bar with so many different types and sauces. All the salads were fresh and very tasty I have to say, there was a large range which catered for everyones needs.

The selling point though was the meat. I am a massive meat lover so the idea of having 7 different types of meat was ideal. For the lunch menu there was 7 meats and for the tea time menu there was 14. The chefs came round each table with different meat and cut you slices, you could have as much as you wanted and which part of the joint you preferred as well. In the picture below is the rump beef, but my favourite was the lamb :) all the meat was cooked to the highest standard and I liked that you could try it all even if that type of meat might not have been one you would have picked. 

One of the really cleaver ideas is these little cards. Each person at the table has one of these and one side is green, the other is red. These are indicators to whether you want more meat or not, if you want the chef to stop at your table you have it on green, however if you need a break or happy with what you have turn it to red and you can enjoy your meal until you want some more :) 

I would highly recommend Fazenda, it is quite expensive so I would say its perfect for special occasions and if you are like me and love meat this is the place for you :)

Which is your favourite place to eat?

Hope you have enjoyed reading and speak to you soon

Bye :)