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Brussels sprouts bhajis add spice to a Bundobust Christmas

Brussels sprouts bhajis add spice to a Bundobust Christmas

ONCE upon a time it would have seemed unseasonal to celebrate Christmas with an Indian feast. Even the furthest flung Raj outposts would source an indigenous turkey to roast and conjure up a substitute stuffing ...

22 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Chaat Cart, brewers and poets join chefs for Creameries final push

Chaat Cart, brewers and poets join chefs for Creameries final push

THE final total crowdfunding total aidsed The Creameries Chorlton, now on course to hit £30,000 with still 10 days to go to deadline. Chef Mary-Ellen McTague and her partners in this project to restore this ...

15 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Review: 1761 and Lily’s Bar

Review: 1761 and Lily’s Bar

YOU grip a giant bee to get into this city centre newcomer. The customised door handle is meant to symbolise the work ethic that fuelled the Industrial Revolution Manchester. In truth, it’s the only obvious ...

15 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Where The Light Gets In Makes Harden UK Top 100

Where The Light Gets In Makes Harden UK Top 100

MANCHESTER has just been named the fastest improving foodie city by the prestigious Hardens guide, but it’s still not enough for any of the 66 venues listed to make their Best UK Restaurants 2018 list. ...

15 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

The five pies of Christmas – Yule be amazed with the quality

The five pies of Christmas – Yule be amazed with the quality

ALTOGETHER after us: “Five pies of Yuletide, Christmas in a crust, fillings all so festive, smashing mash a must.” OK, not quite Ed Sheeran yet, but Taste of Manchester is working on it as the ...

14 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Manhatta to bring another slice of the Big Apple to the city

Manhatta to bring another slice of the Big Apple to the city

NEW York never loses its cool allure, but ToM always greets the arrival of another Big Apple inspired bar with a suspicion of… not another Manhattan skyline on the wall and a cocktail to match. ...

14 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Sociable at the Social: GRUB Christmas Fair (DEC 14-15), NYE and Winter Beer Bonanza

Sociable at the Social: GRUB Christmas Fair (DEC 14-15), NYE and Winter Beer Bonanza

IT has been quite some year for Grub Food Fair. Winner of Best Pop Up, Event of Project of the Year in the Manchester Food and Drink Awards, they’ve made a hugely successful transition to ...

14 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Eat New York gets Big Apple vibe just right with the Reuben

Eat New York gets Big Apple vibe just right with the Reuben

TASTE of Manchester can’t recall a vegan option during a visit to Katz’s Deli on New York’s Lower East Side. Serving up pastrami sandwiches and hot dogs since 1888, they now apparently get through 5,000 ...

13 December 2017

REFUGE CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH A HIDDEN CORNER BAR AND A FEAST

REFUGE CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH A HIDDEN CORNER BAR AND A FEAST

FANCY a hidden away antidote to the Christmas Market crush? The courtyard behind The Refuge has been turned into the Winterway Bar with the addition of a colourful airstream van serving mulled wine and prosecco. ...

11 December 2017

Afternoon tee and then a cheese bon bon – explore the full Range

Afternoon tee and then a cheese bon bon – explore the full Range

GOLF, famously (and apocryphally) derided as a “good walk spoiled” by Mark Twain, is redefining itself indoors these days from the crazier than crazy nine holes at Junkyard Golf in First Street to the newly-opened ...

11 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

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