Comments on Gastronomy Domine: Anthony's Restaurant, Boar Lane, Leeds

Please disregard the lunatic-fest above comprised ...

2008-01-24T21:41:00.000Z

Please disregard the lunatic-fest above comprised of Mrs. Doc Chuck, Doc Chuck and all the other little Chucks (including Liz) who reside in Doc Chuck's head. He needs his meds and insists on skipping!

And for many years he insisted on performing his o...

2008-01-18T17:22:00.000Z

And for many years he insisted on performing his own dental work. With predictably disasterous results.

~~Liz, RN

He also cuts his own hair.

2008-01-17T05:10:00.000Z

He also cuts his own hair.

Sadly, that is not my photo. It's a picture of a l...

2008-01-16T20:35:00.000Z

Sadly, that is not my photo. It's a picture of a long-dead schoolmate, taken on the eve of her tragic death in a drowning accident with some preserving equipment. My own features have been ravaged by decades of cough medicine abuse and a bad squint. And I'm not young, either. I am raddled and streaked with grey. The relentless march of time is cruel, and I resent it.

Liz,I'm sorry. My husband is an older, retired ma...

2008-01-16T19:01:00.000Z

Liz,

I'm sorry. My husband is an older, retired man who constantly searches the internet for blogs run by young women. He loves ones that have the blogger's photo posted.

Then he tries to "chat them up." Later, he often becomes very agitated and posts vicious and demeaning things. A google search will verify this.

Nothing good comes from this, I assure you. Please do not respond to him.

My name is Liz, too, by the way. :)

I am now waiting patiently to see who's the first ...

2008-01-08T10:47:00.000Z

I am now waiting patiently to see who's the first to accuse someone of killing Kennedy.

Clearly DocChuck is somewhat imbalanced, having al...

2008-01-08T00:11:00.000Z

Clearly DocChuck is somewhat imbalanced, having already served jail time for internet harassment of young women. Please keep this in mind when you read his delusional rantings.
http://www.zoominfo.com/search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=607192026

"mrs.docchuck" is really the poster "chiff0nade" a...

2008-01-04T01:57:00.000Z

"mrs.docchuck" is really the poster "chiff0nade" also known as "realchiffonade" as "JanelleHouse" and as dozens of other names.

When she mixes her state of Florida psychotropic drugs (mandated after her SECOND suicide attempt) with alcohol she goes onto numerous blogs and posts non-sensical ramblings such as the one above, using a Proxy Server so as to hide her IP address and to attempt to avoid further harassment lawsuits.

She claims to be a Professional Chef, a Pastry Chef, a SeriousEats advisor, and other "things".

One can read the details of her life (along with viewing her tattoos and body piercings) on her "website" on MySpace (chiffondae).

Honestly, I still think you should be blunt about ...

2007-12-23T08:04:00.000Z

Honestly, I still think you should be blunt about your experience of Midsommer House. Twice in two visits? That's not just over priced...

I'm sorry for my dear husband's little outburst. ...

2007-12-21T19:27:00.000Z

I'm sorry for my dear husband's little outburst. He has an active imagination which is only made more so by his abuse of nasal spray. That and what I suspect is profound jealousy of Dr. Weasel.

We have never been to this restaurant, nor have we been to Leeds, even.

But I will certainly be anxious to try it, should we ever get back to Jolly Olde England. Which will require some serious budgeting on our part!

I'm not sure how representative the day we visited...

2007-12-20T01:55:00.000Z

I'm not sure how representative the day we visited was (restaurants tend to be a bit emptier shortly before Christmas), but I had no trouble getting a table for lunch on a Saturday.

Docchuck - Dr Weasel informs me that as far as he's concerned, a US Ph.D is worth rather more than a UK one. I suggest the pair of you get together to fight it out.

I live in Leeds, but had never tried Anthonys' due...

2007-12-19T21:56:00.000Z

I live in Leeds, but had never tried Anthonys' due to the fact that it was recommended by some one I know who pride food over how much they cost rather than the actual quality.

You had probably just changed my mind in a good way:). It looks like a well priced quality restaurant rather than just-another-high-priced-restaurant. Will be making a booking for my wedding anniversary in January.Are tables fairly easy to get there?

Hello Chuck, and thanks for the comment! I happen ...

2007-12-18T17:49:00.000Z

Hello Chuck, and thanks for the comment! I happen to in the US myself at the moment - and yes, the USD is horribly anaemic (which means that my own eating this week is what we consider brilliantly cheap). Quite honestly, by British standards Anthony's is excellent value - some London prices will make you bleed from the nose, especially if you're paid in dollars!

First let me say that my wife and I are enchanted ...

2007-12-16T20:36:00.000Z

First let me say that my wife and I are enchanted with most aspects of the UK (although, given my choice, I prefer to explore the restaurants in Scotland and Ireland over those in England).

Secondly, despite my Ph.D. (American, alas), I have a problem with the so-called “scientific discipline” of “molecular gastronomy.”

I believe the “discipline”, so to speak, is a fabrication by “chefs” (and exactly WHAT formal education credentials do “chefs”, as a group, possess?) in an attempt to justify their validity and their desired celebrity in a world newly obsessed with food and eating.

Having said that, I would agree with much of your review of Anthony’s restaurant in West Yorkshire. The food was good, and it would have been better without some of the flamboyant, unnecessary flourishes. Indeed, some of the ostentation bordered on the ridiculous.

The price? Totally ridiculous, but I blame that partly upon the current anemic condition of the USD (thanks to our current corrupt political administration), and partly upon Anthony’s unnecessary showmanship.

We will probably bypass Anthony’s in the future, but primarily because there are other “fish to fry” in the wonderful United Kingdom.