Restaurant Review - Tubby Wadlows, Ilkley***** A rare evening off, so we got hold of Wossername and his better half and went to Tubby's. We had a couple of drinks at Escape first where one of my previous employees is lurking in the kitchen. At Tubby's we went strait to the table, ordered some drinks and wine and perused the menu. "You always go for the weirdest thing on the menu," said Mrs YS as I spotted a dish of honey glazed pigs cheek, she's right though, I'll home in on strange bits of an animal carcass over a more familiar cut every time. The pig's cheek was superb, I don't really know what I was expecting, something with a lot of fat I suppose but what I got was two large quenelles of braised meat with very little fat, on a layer of sliced midi potatoes and a delightfully rich onion jus. The cheeks were tender without being too soft and the starter was generously sized. The mussels and scallops being devoured by the others were also pronounced excellent. Both Wosser and myself went for the Cajun Chicken Kiev which was served with diced, fried potatoes and a nice Caesar salad with white anchovies, my favourite. My chicken was garlicky and succulent, I'm not sure where the Cajun element came in but it was very good. Wosser's chicken was a little pink near the bone, this was pointed out to the staff and removed from the bill. The ladies both had huge pans of steaming mussels in front of them, we asked for some bread to mop up the sauce with and it arrived promptly. I had chosen a bottle of Pinotage at £16.50 from an interesting wine list, it was a good choice for the pig's cheek and the chicken and was at perfect service temperature when it arrived. The desserts list arrived, shock horror, there's no chocolate on it, but I don't really mind because Tubby's do excellent cheese platters. I chose four cheeses from the selection on offer, they come on a large square plate with a mound of grapes and about a dozen biscuits. We chose a glass of LBV port each to go with the cheeses. Now something odd happened, a lull in the conversation at our table occurred just as a conversation at the bar picked up, and we could quite clearly hear the waiter talking about a good review the restaurant had received on Yorkshire Soul. We laughed and everyone else in the restaurant turned to look, Mrs YS lost no time in outing me to the staff and customers. It was though another great meal at Tubby's, both food and service were great, portions are more than ample, we will be back.