Wednesday night at the Box Tree then, and the third attempt to post this article, Blogger having eaten the last two. I haven't published any restaurant reviews before, being in the business myself it seems a little odd to be commenting on my neighbours, then again, at least I have tasted the sand in the arena. We went to the Box Tree with the Times Eat Out For £5 Offer, collect three vouchers and you can take a party of up to six people for a two course meal at £5 per head. Two things that the BT should have attended to on a freezing cold Yorkshire winters night, some salt to grit the icy path would have been good, and a warmer dining room would have been nicer to sit in. The offered menu had three choices on each course, asparagus soup, chicken liver parfait or gravadlax, then smoked haddock with thermidor sauce, chicken with cep veloute or pork fillet stuffed with black pudding. My gravadlax was small but perfectly formed, with a zig zag pattern of lime hollandaise, Mrs YS declared the foamy soup to be very nice. The chicken main course was presented on a pillow of buttery, chive speckled, creamed potato, with tiny, pretty vegetables arranged in the light, delicate, perfumed cep sauce. Father went for the pork, which looked very nice if little petite. Both of our initial wine choices were unavailable, but the excellent waiter/sommelier provided two very good wines in the same price band, the Box Tree having the sort of wine list in which you can soon find yourself in financial trouble. Le Pavillion Semillon Chardonay from Boschendal was clean and crisp with nice lime notes, and a snip at £11.50, for the red we had a Bellesuche '99 M. Chapoutier Cotes Du Rhone, very nice indeed, quite big and a little smoky but not too overpowering for the main course. Desserts were £5, I had a very nice apple and raisin crumble, served in a butter pastry tart shell, but no presentation at all, just dumped on a plate, Mrs YS had the iced vanilla parfait with strawberry sauce which was very nicely presented. After coffee, another £2.50, we retired to the lounge for glasses of marc de champagne, a spirit made from the champagne lees and an acquired taste despite mother recommending it. In all it was a fairly good night, but if the Box Tree wants still to be seen as one of Yorkshires premier eating houses it really should pay attention to things like heating, both rooms and food. Another Ilkley restaurant, The Steps, I won't visit again, on our last trip the food was again wonderful, my seared pigeon breast with parsnip puree was a delight, but I think that one and a half hours is too long to wait for a starter. Furthermore, when a customer makes a complaint, and the staff say something rude about them (and I know we all do it, in the privacy of our own kitchens) SAY IT WHERE THE CUSTOMER CAN'T HEAR YOU!