‘SEITAN, get thee behind me.’ We’ve used that warning before about the ubiquitous wheat gluten that gives vegans a meat substitute in their mouth – in texture if not taste. While it’s possible to make ...
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Exose and his MasterChef mates cooking a six course pop-up at Alston
IF you’d made the final three of MasterChef: The Professionals 2019 you’d be dining out on it for the conceivable future. Or rather stepping back into the kitchen on a mini-tour. Big hit on the ...
£2m MOSU aims to introduce Mancs to the ‘true taste of Tokyo after dark’
IN the old school izakayas of Osaka they wash down outlandish Japanese oddities such as fermented squid guts, fried testicles and co sperm with sweet potato-based imo schochu, twice the potency of sake. Don’t build ...
CANTO'S MAGICAL MOCKTAILS … PLUS DON’T MISS THEIR 3 COURSES FOR £15 BARGAIN OFFER
SO busy exploring Veganuary you’ve been neglecting Dry January? Time to make up for that by discovering a magical menu of alcohol-free cocktails at popular Ancoats tapas restaurant Canto. If you’ve sworn off the booze ...
Aiden Byrne on why he had to shut restaurant MCR, 2020's first casualty
FIRST the bad news. Restaurant MCR has shut, a high profile closure sending shockwaves through Manchester’s food and drink industry. The good news? High profile chef proprietor Aiden Byrne aims to be up and running ...
Will you be bowled over by Genesis vegan collab at All Star Lanes?
VEGANUARY 2020 and our inboxes are being bombarded with plant-based opportunities from the unlikeliest of sources. Not just the fast food chains or the supermarkets eager to meet a market need. This week alone Cafe ...
Crack open the cider for Manchester city centre’s debut Wassail
WASSAILING? All a bit ‘far from the madding crowd’ to make sense in our urban landscape until you realise Mancs are alway ripe for a neo-pagan drinking ritual. And if the midwinter merrymaking is a ...
Veganuary: seitan versus chicken and the skewer fire winner is…
THE Quorn is being harvested big time as the fast food chains tap into the plant-based market. It’s the base of both Gregg’s much-hyped Vegan Steak Bake and KFC’s meat-free burger – and they’re just ...
VOTES ARE COUNTED - SIX OF THE BEST FROM NICO
NICO’s greatest hits? We’re not talking about the Velvet Underground femme fatale who fetched up in Manchester during the Eighties. No this is from another incomer – Scottish Italian chef Nico Simeone, whose affordable themed ...
Chop for glamorous Thai pioneer Chaophraya
ON our last visit to Chaophraya a couple of years ago they were promoting their bottomless Sunday brunch, featuring ‘Thai tacos’. We felt perhaps the writing was on the wall for what a decade before ...