Some restaurants are perfect for dates - low lighting, quiet and romantic - while others are favoured for business lunches.
When the email I had so longed for finally dropped into my in-box, it signalled not just my return to restaurant reviewing but was the harbinger of our imminent release from seemingly endless grim months without pubs and restaurants.
The women behind Tanyalak offer a little taste of Thailand in the middle of Hull and, writes Dave Lee, the force is definitely with them.
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