BACK in May, we entered a competition in your paper and won a meal at Rish restaurant in Fossgate. Recently, with friends and family visiting York, we were able to use our prize, a meal at the relatively new Rish restaurant in Fossgate.

I can only hope that the other new restaurants that are opening along Fossgate and elsewhere in York aspire to the incredibly high standard that we enjoyed at Rish. The food was exquisite - imaginative, tasty and beautifully presented - and the staff were wonderfully friendly and welcoming (even though we weren't paying!)

Thanks so much for the prize. The treat was the highlight of our visitors' weekend, and for us it was fantastic to realise that York can now boast restaurants every bit as high quality as those in the centre of Leeds or London.

Peter Marcus,

Millfield Road,

York.

Updated: 09:10 Saturday, July 28, 2001