High end Chinese restaurant Tattu announces Leeds opening date

Contemporary, high-end Chinese restaurant Tattu will be among the first wave of summer restaurant and bar openings in Leeds.

The Manchester-based brand will be opening its doors on 9 June in Leeds city centre, creating 80 jobs at its 180-cover East Parade site.

The restaurant’s executive chef has also developed three dishes that will feature on the à la carte menu, inspired by locally-sourced Yorkshire produce. Comprising a dim sum, small plate and main course, each dish will be available when the restaurant opens in June.

The Yorkshire beef puff dim sum is a slow-cooked Yorkshire beef short rib, combined with shiitake mushrooms and a cumin-spiced jus in a buttery pastry.

The new addition to the small plates menu are Kimchi crab cakes, using premium Whitby crab, finished with a light soy aioli, and for the main course, a Yorkshire pork ribeye steak, served on the bone, chargrilled with a sticky soy glaze and an apple teriyaki sauce made using a local apple cider.

Executive chef, Clifton Muil, said: “Yorkshire is renowned for being home to some of the finest produce in the world. We feel extremely privileged to have such an abundance of flavours now on our doorstep, so wanted to ensure we use these ingredients to create some really unique dishes that demonstrate Tattu’s fusion of traditional and contemporary Chinese cooking to our new guests.”

Adam Jones, owner and managing director of Tattu, added: “Since opening our first restaurant in 2015, we have made it our mission to be unique in every way. It’s important that we introduce a new perspective of our brand to the city of Leeds that celebrates everything about this part of the UK.

“Along with the new dishes, we have commissioned Tattu’s own Yorkshire rose created for our launch by a talented tattoo artist, and a library of new artwork that will feature heavily throughout the venue in many interesting and immersive forms.

“We have also expanded the use of white floral elements with a unique white cherry blossom and a white rose garden that will provide the perfect backdrop for diners at Tattu, while the external terrace with canopy will deliver an alfresco experience for guests this summer.”

Along with Tattu, D&D’s Japanese offering Issho will be opening in June, whilst the Water Lane Boathouse, brainchild of Headrow House and Belgrave entrepreneurs has just opened in the city at Granary Wharf.