Eat Like Elvis in Sheffield

Everyone knows the King is dead, but his impersonators live on. Their shiny suits and bald-spots strut their stuff on many a Sheffield stage. But where does a tired wannabe go when that burger-eating, fried-baguette quaffing hunger strikes?

Who to turn to when your blood pressure needs rising, your cholesterol levels are increasing and your heart straining with enough fat to make Johnny Vegas balk? Luckily for you, Itchy has compiled a list of the good, the bad and the ugly – when a celery stick just isn't enough.

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Hulley's Café (736 Ecclesall Road, 0114 267 8443) do a stonking good fry-up. The full works or a veggie alternative to stuff you satisfyingly till your mid-morning snack. Add plenty of coffee on top of that and you're halfway to a caffeine induced rush.

Everyone loves a good all you can eat restaurant; that feeling of being unable to move is addictive. Sheff has a range of these eateries: Jumbo's (43 George Street, 0114 275 6044) been around for a few years, filling the bellies of ravenous students with greasy spring rolls and gloopy egg friend rice.

No.1 Chinese Buffet (15 Commercial Street, 0114 275 1133) is better but the echoey school canteen-like dining hall hasn't the best atmosphere for an international superstar.

Aagrah (Unit 1, Leopold Square, 0114 279 5577) may be classy but it doesn't stop them dolling out the best all-you-can-eat food in Sheffield, with many varieties that wouldn't be out of place on a proper classy menu.

Elvis himself would have wanted good old American cuisine (ahem) like Mom used to make. Ribs covered in sticky sauce, burgers the size of your foot and fried food times a billion. Uncle Sam's (298 Ecclesall Road, 0114 266 8588) aim to follow in Mrs Presley's footsteps, filling plates with traditional American fare to clog up the arteries and fill up those hollow legs.

After such an onslaught of saturated goodness, you should be all shook up and may we advise a trip to the toilet – just remember not to die.

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