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Bubble tea anyone? Albert Square hosts Passport to Taiwan Festival

Bubble tea anyone? Albert Square hosts Passport to Taiwan Festival

THERE are some Taiwanese dishes we are a mite wary of – fried stinky tofu and pig’s blood rice pudding – but we’ve developed a craving for scallion pancakes. Hopefully these crispy croissant like bites ...

7 September 2018

Plant-based aces Food Me! join the pop-up street food parade at Hatch

Plant-based aces Food Me! join the pop-up street food parade at Hatch

GETTING a little late in the year for al fresco fun. Think again if you are heading down to Hatch to sample the Oxford Road pop-up hub’s action-packed September programme. There’s an ample supply of ...

7 September 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Why we'll be living in Hope! Chicken sandwich kings Firebird Hope sign up for YES venue

Why we'll be living in Hope! Chicken sandwich kings Firebird Hope sign up for YES venue

IT’S a busy time for Firebird Hope. Wowing the crowds with their jerk chicken at the Auction Against Hunger event at Upper Campfield, shortlisted for Street Food Trader of the Year in the upcoming Manchester ...

7 September 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Is this the best Spanish ham in Manchester? Discuss

Is this the best Spanish ham in Manchester? Discuss

WE were at new Catalan restaurant Tast Catala in King Street for the official launch of the Manchester Food and Drink Festival programme, so it would be rude of us not to taste some of ...

7 September 2018

You have lift-off! 230 US craft beers pouring at mega vending machine

You have lift-off! 230 US craft beers pouring at mega vending machine

WHAT we need is more beer. After supping Manchester dry during this long hot summer to end all long, hot summers there’s now a chance to contemplate escaping the coming winter while tackling a mind-boggling ...

7 September 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Adam Reid and The Moorcock are big winners in the Good Food Guide 2019

Adam Reid and The Moorcock are big winners in the Good Food Guide 2019

CONGRATULATIONS to Adam Reid at The French for rising to No.13 in the Good Food Guide Guide’s Top 50 Restaurants in the UK for 2019. It’s four places up on last year when Adam was ...

7 September 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Don’t miss the inaugural Festival of Manchester at Platt Fields

Don’t miss the inaugural Festival of Manchester at Platt Fields

DIVERSITY is the word to describe the rich programme of events that make up this Saturday’s Festival of Manchester (Sept 1) in Platt Fields Park. The global food stalls alone will be testimony to the ...

31 August 2018

Make haste, hopheads, tickets are getting scarce for IndyManBeerCon

Make haste, hopheads, tickets are getting scarce for IndyManBeerCon

MOST beer geeks we know pencil in the dates for IndyManBeerCon as soon as they are announced and snap up tickets as soon as they are released. But, just in case there are no red ...

30 August 2018 by Neil Sowerby

Countdown to Tom Kerridge’s Pub in The Park at Tatton

Countdown to Tom Kerridge’s Pub in The Park at Tatton

THERE’S still time to snap up tickets for the Pub in the Park (Fri-Sat, Sept 7-9), brought to Tatton by celeb chef Tom Kerridge. The original event was launched May 2017 in Marlow, Bucks, home ...

30 August 2018

Book now for ‘Battle Royale’ Secret Supper Club at the MFDF Dining Dome

Book now for ‘Battle Royale’ Secret Supper Club at the MFDF Dining Dome

IMMERSIVE experiences. No, we don’t mean bath-time or baptism. We’re suggesting you plunge into the Manchester Food and Drink Festival event that promises ’80 contestants, six courses, one survivor’. Oh, and, of course there’s a ...

30 August 2018

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