Cafe Mandalay Huddersfield

Last month I went away for a a few days with some friends, my BFFs Sam and Von. We went to Shropshire as none of us had ever been. I picked Sam up in Huddersfield and we went to do shopping in Sainsbury's for all three of us, and then we had lunch at Cafe Mandalay. She's been wanting to try it for a while and we had plenty of time, so we went for just when it was opening at noon.

It is Yorkshire's first Burmese restaurant, and it is absolutely delicious! It doesn't have lots of seats downstairs, but has more seating upstairs I think. The menu choice isn't huge, but there's a few veggie and vegan options and stuff that the menu said could be made vegan. I went for a lunch special of chickpea masala palata which came with a deliciously sharp coleslaw and fries. Sam got some kind of chicken noodle, I'm not sure exactly what. We shared some tofu fries which were SO good and some jasmine rice. Sam had a Burmese tea and I went for apple and elderflower juice. I thought prices were really reasonable.

The food itself was so good! Nicely spiced but not too hot, really interesting textures and flavours. I would eat it all again, I will have to go back and take Lee!

Masala palata, the palata is the bread type thing

Tofu fries, I would love these every day of my life

Sam's dish and also the jasmine rice