Watch our video review of Preston's take on classic Cajun cooking at Coco's Soul Food on Friargate

With that in mind, I decided to head out to Preston’s very own purveyors of such culinary offerings - Coco’s Soul Food on Friargate. With their jaunty website claiming that ‘we believe that a meal needs to do more than feed your body - it should feed your soul too,’ I was very optimistic.

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READ MORE: Coco's Soul Food review: sun, sea, sand, Bob Marley, and sampling Preston's take on the famous Cajun cuisine

From the wonderfully colourful Caribbean murals to the endless themes of sun, sea, sand, and Bob Marley , the menu was stocked full of spices, jerk chicken, Cajun marinades, BBQ this-and-that, fried chicken, and a hot sauce called Slap Yo Mama. Here’s what we thought about the food…