Leeds Tattu restaurant launches at-home food experience in time for Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year

The Tattu restaurant and bar chain prides itself on its contemporary Chinese cuisine and flower-covered ceilings in its premises.

After having been forced to close during lockdown, the restaurant group has now launched cook-at-home meal boxes and a takeaway service for its customers.

The Leeds branch, located on East Parade in the city centre, sold out of its Valentine's cook-at-home meal boxes within hours, but the restaurant is still offering a special Valentine's sharing menu for delivery or click-and-collect this weekend.

Beth Whamond, general manager of Tattu Leeds said: "Tattu is all about creating an experience for guests and we’ve been missing the opportunity to deliver this first-hand while our sites have been closed.

"The launch of our Tattu by You cook-at-home meal boxes is something the company has been working on for a while during lockdown.

"We wanted to get it just right and we’re so pleased with the initial response from customers – our launch boxes sold out in just a few hours!

“While we’ve sold out of our Tattu by You cook-at-home meal boxes for Valentine’s Day delivery, we will be offering our Tattu to You takeaway service via Deliveroo and click-and-collect with a special Valentine’s Sharing menu for those looking to celebrate at home this weekend.

"We still have limited availability for the February boxes for delivery at the end of the month, but I’d recommend ordering soon to avoid disappointment."

The first Tattu by You meal boxes include crispy aromatic duck spring rolls with spring onion, crispy shallots and cherry hoisin for starter and fillet steak and caramel soy, served with asparagus and a shiitake and ginger brunoise for mains, accompanied by a fried sweet potato side dish.

The restaurant group is now working on newer, more differentiated boxes to launch in March, and also a special edition box for cocktail lovers.

Beth added: "Now we’ve seen that there’s an appetite for more, we’re working on multiple boxes to launch in March including a seafood variation and a vegetarian box.

"We’re also developing a Skull Candy box so fans of this signature Tattu cocktail can recreate it at home."

The occasion boxes, priced at £90, also include a bottle of Tattu’s Barossa Shiraz red wine and each one comes with preparation and cooking instructions along with a Sounds of Tattu QR code which diners can scan with their phones to bring Tattu’s contemporary ambience directly into their home.

With every Tattu by You box purchased, Tattu will be making a donation to its local charity partners working to support those affected by homelessness in Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh and Birmingham.

More details can be found and orders can be made here.