Proud locals might point out Kirkgate Market's painted ironwork or its acres of Victorian tiling but, for me, the prettiest sight on the market has to be Kada Bendaha's Café Moor. His unit is decorated with intricate carving, marquetry and North African tapestries, and, more importantly, stacked with bright platters of tabbouleh, vine leaves and vivid, pink pickled turnips. Its Middle Eastern/north African menu runs the gamut from old favourites such as falafel and chicken shawarma wraps, to various bourek and bastilla, a spiced "pie" of raisins, eggs and chicken. Café Moor's pickles are fantastically zingy; its hummus is unusually coarse and grown up. The blindingly fresh baba ganouche is the kind of thing you could eat by the bucketful its initial sweetness turning into an almost treacly smokiness, with a lingering, lemony-sour edge.
Snacks and lunches £2-£5.50. Unit B 1904, Kirkgate Market, 34 George Street, 0113 247 0569, cafemoor.co.uk
As Leeds gears up for its food festival (23 May- 8 June), we hunt down the city's best budget restaurants. Updating our 2009 guide, we pick 10 more places to eat well for under £10
