By Neil Sowerby YOU’VE got hand it to the girls who run Sweet Mandarin. They have a flair for promoting their Northern Quarter Chinese eaterie that has it consistently punching above its weight. I’ve used ...
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BANGERS AND BACON CHEF’S TABLE WITH ROBERT OWEN BROWN At Guerrilla Eats
ON Saturday, May 30 Bangers and Bacon welcomes guest chef Robert Owen Brown to host the Guerrilla Eats Chef’s Table for a six-course extravaganza, marking the final event in the current season Shudehill’s Wonder Inn. ...
Hop along to Manchester Brewery Expo and Stockport Beer & Cider Festival
IT reads like a roll call of Manchester’s new craft beer hopistocracy – the line-up for the Manchester Brewery Expo 2015, which takes place on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24. The inaugural day ...
The biters bit – new Castlefield Food Festival puts the critics on trial
SHADES of the Romans colonising Castlefield – a pride of food critics is being thrown to the lions in a cook-off at the quarter’s new foodfest with that gladiator of Manc kitchens Robert Owen Brown ...
Bank holiday beers: Broadbottom 5th Annual Beer Festival
JUST a short train ride away from Piccadilly station on the Glossop line, the village of Broadbottom are holding their 5th Annual Beer Festival.Hop on a train next weekend (May 23-24) to enjoy a selection ...
competition: Win tickets to manchester grillstock festival
Taste of Manchester has teamed up with the pioneers of UK BBQ, Grillstock to offer you the chance to win one of two pairs of weekend tickets to the smokin’ Manchester festival. The third Manchester ...
It’s turned to gold! First impressions of the revamped Alchemist
By Neil Sowerby IN our eyes, the original Alchemist in Spinningfields always lacked the oomph of Australasia, Artisan or Manchester House, its Living Ventures stablemates. Now a total overhaul that has doubled it in size, ...
Zilli seasonality in Cicchetti’s bright new spring/summer menu launch
By Neil Sowerby IT’S rare to see Aldo Zilli frown. The telegenic chef for hire, resident magus of the San Carlo group, radiates bonhomie. Cicchetti is among the most radiant dining spaces around, but he ...
First look at Tattu, body art-themed extravaganza in Spinningfields
TATTU’S soft launch is now under way in the build-up to its official unveiling to the press on Thursday, May 7. That’s Election Day and Taste of Manchester is definitely giving its vote to this ...
Getting a taste for the Whitworth’s culinary mini-masterpieces
By Neil Sowerby TASTE of Manchester rarely ventures into the rarefied world of art though occasionally we encounter chefs whose sauce smears and foam splatters recall the excesses of a Pollock (Jackson that is, not ...