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Scotsman
4 days ago
- Business
- Scotsman
6 Edinburgh restaurants win big at Deliveroo Awards - including popular pizza spot
The annual awards, first launched in 2018, celebrate and recognise the very best and most-loved restaurants across the country. The categories range from local burger and pizza joints to neighbourhood sushi restaurants and 'all the dishes, cuisines, and flavours in between'. This year saw a total of 65 awards dished out, with over 160,000 votes cast by food lovers keen to show support for their favourite local eateries. A judging panel formed by Deliveroo's CEO and founder, Will Shu, food critic and journalist Jimi Famurewa, and TV Chef and personality Tilly Ramsay also helped decide the winners. Announcing the winners, a spokesperson for the awards said: 'Whether they're slinging perfect pizzas at 2am or crafting those fancy, envy-of-the-office poké bowls, we're so excited to reveal our culinary champions of the year.' The full list of winners at the 2025 Deliveroo Restaurant Awards can be found on the website here - Scroll through our photo gallery to see if your favourites made the cut. 1 . The 6 Edinburgh restaurants to win prizes at Deliveroo Awards Take a look through our gallery to see the 6 Edinburgh restaurants that won prizes at the 2025 Deliveroo Awards. Photo: Third Party Photo Sales 2 . Tuk Tuk Winner - Best Indian & Nepalese in Scotland. Where: Address: 16 Drummond Street, Edinburgh, 1 Leven Street, Edinburgh. Photo: Tuk Tuk Photo Sales 3 . FreshMex Winner - Best Mexican in Scotland. Address: 119 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9AN. Photo: FreshMex Photo Sales 4 . Maki & Ramen Winner - Best Japanese. Address: St James Quarter, Edinburgh, 80 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, 97-101 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, 37 Leith Street, Edinburgh. Photo: Maki & Ramen Photo Sales
Wales Online
19-05-2025
- Business
- Wales Online
2,000 curries being given away as new restaurant opens in Cardiff
2,000 curries being given away as new restaurant opens in Cardiff The opening celebrations kick off early Banana Tree, the Southeast Asian restaurant, is to open its first-ever Welsh location, in the heart of Cardiff. To celebrate, they're giving away 2,000 free Katsu curries (or Pad Thais). Cardiff's Banana Tree officially opens on Monday, June 2, in t Mill Lane. It will be the brand's biggest restaurant to date with seating for 249 inside and 38 outside. The new Banana Tree has been designed with a vibrant decor, and a menu that spans Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The opening celebrations kick off early, as guests can book in for the restaurant's Soft Launch, which offers guests 50% off all meals between May 30 and June 1. The seatings are limited. The festivities will officially kick off with 2,000 free Katsu dishes available to those who sign up and book via the website. You can switch it for Chicken or Tofu Pad Thai, a recipe first created by the founder's mum over 30 years ago. Banana Tree's signature Tuk Tuk will be zooming through the streets of Cardiff between 5 and 6 June. Article continues below Tom Patrick, Banana Tree's Marketing Director, said: 'We couldn't be more excited to open in Cardiff. It's our very first site in Wales and our biggest restaurant to date right in the heart of one of the UK's most exciting food destinations. To celebrate, we're going big. That means 2,000 free Katsu curries, cocktails on tap, and our signature Tuk Tuk roaming the streets. Whether you're joining us for a pre-night-out dinner, a chilled lunch or just to experience something new, we can't wait to welcome you to the Banana Tree family.' Banana Tree is famed for dishes like Beef Rendang, Fiery Gochujang Chicken Bowl and a wide range of vegan options. More than 40% of the menu is plant-based. Founded in West London over 30 years ago, Banana Tree now operates 21 restaurants across the UK, with recent openings in locations such as Manchester, Bath, Birmingham and now, for the first time, Wales. To be one of the first to grab a free Katsu Curry or Pad Thai in Cardiff, visit: Article continues below Once you've signed up, you'll receive an email with booking instructions. All bookings must be made at least 24 hours in advance and a valid booking confirmation is required to redeem your free dish.
Metro
14-05-2025
- Business
- Metro
Bank customers given option to undo payments in 'industry first'
If you ever get buyers' remorse after paying for things like a gigantic Snorlax, TukTuk, or even a bus, help is at hand. Monzo Bank have introduced an 'undo payment' feature which they claim is an industry first. It means that if you send a payment and immediately have second thoughts, there's a way back from the precipice. The feature could be helpful if someone sends money to the wrong person, types in the wrong number of zeros, or at the last minute realises they have been scammed. You'll have to be quick if you want to use the feature, though, as it will only work for up to 60 seconds after the payment is sent. The Undo Payments feature will begin rolling out to the 12 million Monzo customers from today and will be a 'comfort blanket' giving users peace of mind with their transfers, the bank said. After making a bank transfer, customers will see a timer appear on the payment confirmation screen with an option to undo the payment (the default time is 15 seconds). The customer can tap the 'Undo Payment' button there, or from the Home screen or payment detail screen, before the timer runs out. As soon as the user hits that button, Monzo stops the payment from being sent. The money never leaves the account, and the person or business won't even know that the money was almost sent to them. Customers can configure the Undo Payments timer, choosing between the following lengths of time to undo a payment, or turn it off all together: 10 seconds 15 seconds (default) 30 seconds 60 seconds They shared their research carried out by Censuswide showing that almost one in three Brits (30%) have either sent money to the wrong person or sent the wrong amount in the last year. The data which studied of 2001 representative Brits highlighted that over three quarters of those who sent a wrong payment (78%) realised they'd made an error within a minute of it happening. This is a major issue: the bank says that over £825m was sent by mistake in the past year. Over two thirds of Brits (68%) who this affected claim a simple typing error, such as adding a zero, was the reason for sending a wrong payment. But trying to retrieve mistakenly sent payments from any bank is usually a long process, with no guarantee of success. The new 'undo payment' feature offers a customisable 10-60-second window that allows customers to cancel a bank transfer. In terms of how it works, it's really more of 'delayed payment' option, as the payment is not actually made to anyone else's account until the buffer time runs out. More Trending In recent years, the options for editing things once they have been sent have become more widespread. It is now possible to edit WhatsApp messages, iMessages and tweets within a certain time frame, whereas in the past you just had to live with the annoying typos. Andy Sacre, head of payments at Monzo, said: 'We know it's important to be able to send money quickly and easily – but we also know that mistakes can happen, whether that's sending the wrong amount to someone or paying the wrong person. 'In another industry-first, we're bringing the best of banking and technology together to solve that problem for our customers, with this simple yet powerful feature that ensures they can send money with Monzo more confidently and safely than ever before.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. View More » MORE: Major UK bank with over 2,500,000 customers to hike account fees within weeks MORE: Full list of 45 NatWest branches closing in UK in 2025 MORE: Lloyds and Halifax down leaving thousands of customers locked out of banking apps
Business News Wales
13-05-2025
- Business
- Business News Wales
Southeast Asian Restaurant to Open its Biggest Site in Wales
Southeast Asian restaurant Banana Tree is set to open its first Welsh site. Opening on Mill Lane at St David's Cardiff on June 2, the restaurant and bar will offer launch celebrations including free Katsu for the first 2,000 bookings. The Banana Tree Tuk Tuk will also be touring Cardiff from June 5 to 7, giving away free gifts. Tom Patrick, Banana Tree's Marketing Director, said: 'We couldn't be more excited to open in Cardiff. It's our very first site in Wales and our biggest restaurant to date right in the heart of one of the UK's most exciting food destinations. To celebrate, we're going big. That means 2,000 free Katsu curries, cocktails on tap, and our signature Tuk Tuk roaming the streets.' Helen Morgan, Centre Director of St David's Cardiff, added: 'Banana Tree is set to offer a unique dining experience to its guests, packed with interesting and exciting flavours. The new restaurant is an excellent addition to our brands here at St David's, and one we know that Cardiff foodies will enjoy.'
Al Bawaba
07-05-2025
- Al Bawaba
Shocking video: Egyptian child kidnapped from his mother by man on tuk-tuk
Published May 7th, 2025 - 12:13 GMT ALBAWABA - A video has gone viral in a rapid time and shaken the Egyptian community after a child was kidnapped from the hands of his mother in daylight. In the clip, the little boy was along with his mother and sisters when a man on a Tuk-Tuk car passed by and grabbed the Egyptian child and fled the scene. The 51-second video showed a woman holding the hands of her son on the right side and two other girls on the left side when a fast tuk-tuk car was seen via a street camera with a man pictured carrying the child and escaping. (Screenshot from Facebook showing the moment an Egyptian child is kidnapped) The mother was seen running after the car which kidnapped her little boy and tried to stop it. Other women were also seen in the clip running after the tuk-tuk car to help the Egyptian woman. The day and the area where the incident took place are still unknown, as no official Egyptian media or party has yet reported the kidnapping incident. Some social media users claimed that the person on the tuk-tuk car who kidnapped the Egyptian child was his father and that the mother and father are facing a dispute. Warning/Disturbing Video: © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
