ARMED only with some of the best bao buns around, Wallace and Sons are taking on the rest of the UK in the coveted British Street Food Awards – held on Friday and Saturday, September ...
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Gaucho steakhouses set to be saved by creditors
GREAT new for those of us who love chewing on an Argentine rib-eye while lounging on cowhide upholstery. More than 700 jobs are set to be saved after the Gaucho restaurant chain was bought out ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...