Neil Sowerby Thermal underwear, almost a requisite in Britainâs current New Ice Age, but I forsook the Damart for a chunky fleece to get me to lunch at Livebait on a bitterly cold day. Quite ...
Reviews
Review: Michael Campbell at Doubletree Hilton
Neil Sowerby It is on the record.The favourite dish of head chef Michael Campbell at the Doubletree Hilton on the current a la carte menu is the crab risotto, suffused with the spice legacy of ...
Review: Lunch with an Italian twist at Liquorice Bar and Restaurant
Tucked away down the side of King Street between Belstaff and Jamieâs Italian, this new bar and restaurant specialises in cocktails and meals to share all with an Italian bent. I checked it out at ...
Best of Christmas at The Beagle and Aumbry
Neil Sowerby who finds a spin-off as enticing as the original... but in a different way. You always fear for a small outfit that it might get overstretched. Take Aumbry â a fast track serial ...
Go Italian with Salvis and Italia
Neil Sowerby A NEW Italian in town? The heart so often sinks. Surely it is one cuisine we are over-blessed with â or should that be cursed? For every sensitive interpretation of the best Italian ...
Autumn menu by Aldo Zilli at Cicchetti
Neil Sowerby Autumn is Zilli season at Cicchetti. Telegenic celeb chef Aldo has been recruited to create a series of dishes for the chic eaterie in the House of Fraser and its new sister restaurant ...
Review: Revolucion de Cuba on Peter Street
Lauren Coulman Rum is having a bit of a revival, though thatâs nothing Manchester hasnât known for a while now. With three dedicated rum bars in the shape of Keko Moku, Hula and The Liarâs ...
The best in Cantonese at Yang Sing
Yang Sing lies a step to the side of Chinatown, in a beautiful Victorian building. The restaurant owns the whole building with one floor set to be transformed into a cookery school, two floors of ...
Flavours of the British Isles on high at Kaleido
Neil Sowerby Football memorabilia. There was none. Thankfully. The edible soil that appeared in a pea soup special was a culinary counterfeit, not some dessicated remnant of the Maine Road pitch. Kaleido is definitely aiming ...
Whim Wham Cafe Bar packs a punch
Simon Binns I was not actually expecting much, if I am being honest. But the upsurge in the quality of eating and drinking options on and around Whitworth Street West (Gorilla, Blackdog Ballroom NWS, et ...