Tampopo is a small chain (6 branches at the time of writing) of East Asian restaurants, described by themselves as:
At Tampopo we bring you the authentic tastes of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan and Korea through healthy, high-quality food at value-for-money prices with quick, friendly service.
Over the last week we had two visits to Tampopo, on the first visit for our starters we had:
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| Satay - skewers of marinated chicken with cucumber and red onion with spicy peanut dip. This dish originates from Malaysia. |
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Goi Cuon - rice paper rolls filled with vegetables, glass noodles and Asian herbs which came with a Nuoc Cham dip. This dish originates from Vietnam.
For our main courses we had: |
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Tom Yam - glass noodles, prawns and straw mushrooms in a hot and sour broth flavoured with lemongrass, lime and chillies. This dish originates from Thailand.
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| Pho - sliced rump steak with flat rice noodles in clear broth scented with Asian herbs, star anise and lime, this comes with a selection of accompaniments to add to the broth, mint, lime, beansprouts and red onion. This dish originates from Vietnam. |
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Pho with accompaniments added.
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The noodle broths at Tampopo are always delicious and they are very healthily sized portions, I would recommend the Tom Yam or Pho to anyone who enjoys Asian flavours and the portions really are large enough for a bowl of broth to be a complete meal.
On our second visit we had:
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| Bulgogi - slices of marinated grilled beef served with Kimchi. This dish originates from Korea and for me is the absolute star of Tampopo's starter menu. |
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| Miso Soup - this comes with a selection of pickled cucumber, white radish and ginger and is only £1.60 for a portion. |
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| Tempura vegetables - this includes sweet potato, broccoli and red pepper and comes with a sweet chilli dipping sauce, it is quite a large sized starter. |
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Chicken Adobo - Chicken breast, broccoli and choi sum in a sauce flavoured with peppercorns, garlic and bay leaf. Garnished with fried sweet potato slices. This dish originates from the Philippines. A separate side dish of fried rice is also in this picture.
As you can probably tell by the two visits in a week Tampopo is one of my absolute favourite places in Leeds to visit for a reasonably priced, tasty lunch and they are very consistent in my experience.
Tampopo
15 South Parade
Leeds LS1 5QS
0113 245 1816
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