ICE, fire, steam and oil encased in wood – Manchester’s most distinctive lunch package. Welcome to the Cottonopolis Bento Box, a showcase for the four Orient-inspired food methods that govern the menu at this NQ ...
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Manchester Loves Cocktails – a new festival that does what it says
IT’S hard to believe that Manchester Loves Cocktails is the city’s first ever cocktail festival proper but, pass the shaker and let’s get on with it for seven whole days (August 8-14). Like the recent ...
Yu Alderley Edge announces ‘Odyssey of Taste’ with top guest chefs
IT’S the biggest Lancashire invasion since Ribble Valley Inns opened the Nag’s Head at Haughton in deepest Cheshire – and the only parade of stellar guest chefs we can recall cooking at a Chinese restaurant. ...
King Henrikh of Armenia finds a Taverna in the town
IN the bowels of an Albert Square basement you’ll find, as is the norm in veteran eateries, signed photographs of the stars of yesteryear. On this evidence the Armenian Taverna & Restaurant, around since 1968, ...
PALACE AND Volta at the REFUGE CONFIRM TOP NEW KITCHEN TRIO PLUS PARTNERSHIP WITH MFDF
MANCHESTER’S Palace Hotel has announced the appointment of an outstanding new kitchen team as well as a partnership with one of the city’s most popular events, the Manchester Food and Drink Festival that includes hosting ...
What’s your beef as Harvey Nicks hosts an evening of butchery skills
THE choicest cuts, where they come from, what to do with them and, finally, feasting on them sounds a recipe for a fascinating evening. Harvey Nichols Second Floor Bar and Brasserie is hosting a back ...
Designer showcase ‘Made Here’ to pop up at London Road Fire Station
LONDON Road Fire Station is to host ‘Made Here’, a series of free pop-up events showcasing the work of some of Manchester’s best designers, makers and creators across four dates starting in August. Oh, and ...
Lawn Club to go as The Field ploughs a new furrow at Spinningfields
WHEN a lawn hits two years old it becomes a field. With little touches like these – with a spot of mini-golf – Spinningfields reinvents itself. The Lawn Club was always a temporary structure, a ...
Celebrate Hemingway's birthday with Bacardi at Tariff and Dale
TARIFF and Dale, nominated for Bar of the Year in the 2016 Manchester Food and Drink Awards, are celbarating Ernest Hemingway's Birthday on Thursday, August 21 ( and in retrospect, Daiquiri Day on the 19th)/ ...
First look at Grafene – the summer’s big Manchester opening
THE hottest day of the year and the hottest new restaurant in town. TOM can report that the air-con at Grafene is as impressive as its sleek looks. The £1m Modern British restaurant transforming the ...