There is a huge choice of Chinese restaurants all over Yorkshire. Many offer cuisine from particular regions of China such as Cantonese, Beijing and Sichuan. There is also a growing choice of pan-asian fusion, Thai, Malaysian and Japanese restaurants popping up all over the place.
Leeds is a particular hotspot for top Chinese restaurants in Yorkshire and a fantastic mix of Japanese and other oriental restaurants and noodle bars. Many of these Chinese and oriental restaurants are in contemporary surroundings serving cocktails - popular with local celebrities or in architecturally impressive buildings housing more traditional Chinese restaurants. There's a good concentration of Chinese restaurants in Sheffield along London Road in what amounts to the Sheffield Chinatown. There are more Chinese restaurant options throughout the city and Chinese New Year celebrations include oriental food stalls in the city hall. York Chinese restaurants are in abundance, and among them you'll find a range of traditional Chinese, Thai and Japanese restaurants as well as Chinese buffet restaurants.
All across Yorkshire there's a mix of traditional Chinese restaurants serving authentic Chinese cuisine, Japanese restaurants specialising in teppanyaki or sushi as well as noodle bars, Thai, Malaysian and even Mongolian restaurants in Leeds, Huddersfield and Sowerby Bridge. There is an interesting mix of contemporary oriental and Chinese restaurants in Leeds and Sheffield, as well as oriental cafe bars popping up around plac es like Saltaire near Bradford. These often have menus reflecting a range of cooking styles including Japanese, Thai and Indonesian sometimes with a European flavour, or quick and easy dim sum, sushi or noodle based dishes all served up in minimalist modern premises. A popular choice for families and those looking for cheap Chinese meal options are the all you can eat buffet restaurants. These generally serve up a choice of Chinese meals for a set price. Restaurants dedicated to buffet menus often serve all day every day. Other Chinese restaurants will have one day a week where they serve buffets or even a lunchtime buffet menu. This is a great way to try a range of different Chinese meals so next time you'll know exactly what to order!
Leeds has a fantastic range of good Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Malaysian and oriental restaurants offering a wide range of cooking styles including Cantonese, Peking, spicy Szechuan and Mongolian cuisine. There's the Maxis group of Chinese restaurants in York and Leeds city centres renowned for their oriental styled restaurants. Chinese and Hong Kong chefs offer a la carte menus, set menus, banquets and dim sum - ideal for special occasions, particularly with VIP rooms at the Leeds restaurant. Many of Leeds' old buildings have been converted into Chinese restaurants such as the colonial style Georgetown restaurant in the old Dyson's Clock building where you can sample Malaysian and Chinese food.
There's a fantastic mix of contemporary Chinese restaurants in Leeds offering fusion style oriental food and cocktails! If you want to make your money go further then choose from one of the all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet restaurants. There is also an excellent choice of Japanese restaurants, the best in Yorkshire, specialising in the teppanyaki style of cooking where the chef cooks on a hot plate intermittently hurling knives and utensils above your head! You'll also find a good choice of restaurants offering sushi as well as chain restaurant noodle bars.
Leeds Chinese restaurants reflect the cosmopolitan tastes and demand for a wide range of different cooking styles and fine dining choices. You can easily break up your shopping trip with a quick dim sum or sushi pit stop. Spread throughout the city centre you'll find a huge variety of Chinese and Japanese restaurants that make an excellent start to a full night out in the many bars and nightclubs nearby. Several of Leeds' Chinese restaurants are well known haunts of local footballers and celebrities hence the cocktail and VIP room culture.
There are several Chinese restaurants in York including the grand pagoda style Maxi's on the outskirts of town. A small selection of Chinese restaurants can be found closer to the city centre offering traditional Chinese cuisine. Several York Chinese restaurants provide good value for money and cheap dining out options, particularly the York Jumbo that serves up a choice of Chinese meals from their buffet menu all day every day.
The choice of Chinese and oriental restaurants in York is changing all the time. In addition to Chinese restaurants York has Thai restaurants and a couple offering Japanese food.
There is an enormous choice of oriental and Chinese restaurants in Sheffield. They range from contemporary Chinese restaurants offering authentic cuisine, traditional Chinese restaurants offering Chinese food from specific regions of China, and of course the ever popular "all you can eat" Chinese buffets menus at selected restaurants. Choose from Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese cuisines and dim sum restaurants and noodle bars.
London Road in the Highfield area of Sheffield is the heart of Sheffield's Chinese community. Here you'll find a good concentration of Sheffield Chinese restaurants including Chinese restaurants offering Peking, Cantonese and Szechuan style cuisine and an oriental fondue restaurant where you can cook your own seafood Chinese-style - excellent fun for groups!. There are also noodle bars for more informal dining and trendy modern Chinese restaurants and a Japanese restaurant offering teppanyaki and sushi dishes. In addition, there are a whole host of other oriental and Chinese restaurants Sheffield from the city centre to its outskirts.
A great time to sample Chinese cuisine in Sheffield is over the Chinese New Year celebrations. At the end of January to the beginning of February Sheffield's City Hall opens up to the Chinese and wider Sheffield communities to celebrate the Chinese New Year. There are oriental food stalls where you can see and taste a whole host of Chinese foods. The celebrations take to the streets with the Chinese New Year Show which includes a range of symbolic dances and acrobatic shows.