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With quality food, friendly staff, quick service and excellent value for money, Nando's is a great place to eat. Don't expect identikit, pre-fab restaurant interiors which are usually a staple of the larger chains; each restaurant is tailored to its local surroundings and customers, offering up a unique restaurant experience to go with the equally unique taste of legendary, Portuguese, Peri-Peri chicken.

Your peri-peri chicken, when the chips are down so to speak, is a fresh A grade chicken that has never seen the inside of a freezer, but having made the supreme sacrifice is butterfly-cut, marinated for 24 hours in a secret brew called - you've guessed - peri-peri, and is then cooked to your choice over an open flame.

There are, of course, many variations on this broad theme, numerous plays on words such as Nando's experi-perience, peri-peri good reasons why you should eat at a Nando's, and all one hopes is that for their sake chicken never goes out of fashion. New Nando's are opening all the time, peri-peri quickly in fact, the spicy bastes become hotter and more daring, and the full platter offers a whole chicken, large chips or spicy rice and Nando's salad or coleslaw.

Since chickens are vegetarian it seems logical you can order veggie or bean burgers and patties, and still feel the heat from the peppers. All in all, Nando's is hotly recommended for those occasions when you have a large following of permanently hungry children, or adults even, to keep happy - the only thing taken really seriously is the quality of those peri-peri good chickens.

Nando's is a place for bright people who love to laugh and love to eat, and is guaranteed to spice up your taste buds. Their fun approach to life means that when you visit Nando's you can fully relax without the airs and graces associated with more starchy dining out.

For the location of your nearest Nando's restaurant and a host of details about menus, parties and drinks, a click on their Website will reveal a Pandora's box of information.

Part of the Whitbread family, Table Table restaurants aim to bring great value tasty pub food to an ever increasing eating-out public who like well prepared and genuine food served by friendly staff in relaxing surroundings. If that sounds too much like a dream come true be assured that at Table Table they also walk the talk, and are pleased to have the chance to prove it.

Their well located restaurants are spread across a wide range of decors and styles, and all of them share a determination to provide comfort, warmth and relaxation. Their buffet menus for special occasions are remarkable value

In keeping with modern trends they provide dishes to nibble or share as guests consider the spread of options on a menu that could be described as British with welcome incursions. So as you share long Italian flatbread, and dough balls and dips, or a sharing platter with an imaginative range of finger food starting with garlic and breaded mushrooms, it's time to think about the relative merits of aromatic duck parcels, a prawn cocktail, breaded Camembert or sticky chicken goujons to name but a few.

Many an innocent dish from the past has been hi-jacked in the best possible sense into becoming what is now called a 'pub classic'. Wiltshire cured ham with eggs is served with chunky chips and beef, mushroom and ale pie, or chicken and chips are all familiar with British tables, be they in the dining room or the kitchen. Now they have been added to by chicken fajitas, a sweet red pepper, crème fraiche and fennel tart, a leg of duck slowly cooked and served with a Bramley apple and cider sauce, or chilli con carne with basmati rice, sour cream and guacamole and nachos. So is the humble burger with six enticing toppings.

The point is they, and others, are all here at Table Table, well prepared with quality ingredients, and presented in a way that makes you hungry even if you thought you weren't.

Getting down to the more serious side of the table keep an eye open for the seafood pie, a delightful assembly of things fishy including crayfish, red snapper, prawns and clams. Many of their steaks are 28 days matured, including a 7oz fillet. All steaks are served with watercress, roasted cherry tomatoes, a flat mushroom and chunky chips. A choice from 4 sauces adds the final touch of enjoyment.

Pastas and salads embrace some well known and loved names, but for sheer enjoyment the hot smoked salmon salad takes some beating - flakes of hot smoked salmon mixed with a house salad and soy and ginger sauce. A real winner.

Snacks aplenty cover hot baguettes with the like of grilled pork loin and Bramley apple sauce, sandwiches filled with Cheddar cheese, or prawns and Marie Rose sauce, and jacket potatoes with such temptations as chilli con carne. Add a bowl of chips for only a little extra.

A well travelled wine list offers helpful advice for the uninitiated and there's an impressive choice of draught and bottled beers and lagers. All in all it would appear that Table Table are more than achieving their aims, providing the opportunity for people to eat out enjoyably, with excellent value for money. Long may they continue to do so.

For completely up to date information on menu changes and special offers do make a regular check on their lively Website.

Exposed brick walls, a black and white themed décor, fine cuisine and, service that comes with a personal touch, make Live Lounge an ideal destination for a relaxed dining experience. This small cosy restaurant which is situated on Lidget Street in Huddersfield is popular among guests for its themed events and wine and food festivals.

A tower of black pudding and crispy bacon with a mustard seed sauce and smoked mackerel with fresh bread, butter curls and dressed leaves provide the perfect start to your meal. Main course could consist of fillet of beef medallions with horseradish pomme puree cooked to your liking and chilli marinated supreme of salmon with sauté potatoes. Cheesecakes, crème brûlée and puds make up the line-up of desserts on offer.

With a name that is inspired by a hot pepper from Portugal, Piri Piri Grill brings together the nuances of Indian and Portuguese cuisine and at the same highlights the common theme between the two fares of blending exotic spices.

Kick off with onion bhaji, deep fried onions in a spicy batter or the lamb chops. An exciting main course is the chicken frango whole, marinated in piri piri sauce, roasted and grilled on a real flame until it is red hot with chillies and fire, served on a piping hot terracotta plate with chips, a side salad and piri piri sauce. Desserts take in the classic tiramisu or strawberry cake.

The Piri Piri chilli, also known as the African bird's eye chilli, has the unique property of delayed sensation after hitting the palate. So you could taste the food first and then feel the heat - a unique experience that comes alive there.

The market town of Huddersfield is liberally dotted with buildings of historical repute, and one of these, the old Princess Cinema has been redeveloped into the swanky Casino Red. The ground floor is where most gaming buffs will head to, although the outstanding Scarlet Restaurant on the mezzanine and the laidback Ruby Lounge above are also good reasons to be swept up in the lively and energetic ambience.

From the contemporary menu, there are starters such as haddock and prawn fishcake on mixed leaves with Hollandaise sauce, and further down, the main course includes steaks with accompaniments and different sauces as per your requirement. The butterflied chicken breast with leafy salad, sun blushed tomatoes and herb oil is also an apt choice while you could end with a Morello cherry brownie with berry compote for dessert. Name your tipple at the well stocked bar and watch the action unfold below on the gaming tables.