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Veganuary: seitan versus chicken and the skewer fire winner is…

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 ...

6 January 2020 by Neil Sowerby

VOTES ARE COUNTED - SIX OF THE BEST FROM NICO

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 ...

6 January 2020

Chop for glamorous Thai pioneer Chaophraya

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 ...

3 January 2020

Everything's Gone Green weekend – a big Yes to sustainability

Everything's Gone Green weekend – a big Yes to sustainability

WE warn you now. Don’t expect the egg to feature in Mama Z’s signature Aubergine Sisig we remember so well from her tenure at Hatch. The street food offering Everything’s Gone Green this weekend (January ...

2 January 2020

Manchester’s best January dining deals at the start of a new decade

Manchester’s best January dining deals at the start of a new decade

HOW to conquer that Seasonally Adjustive Disorder? Take advantage of some amazing food and drink deals throughout January (and in some cases into February). Nearly every establishment has some kind of offer one, so our ...

30 December 2019

Let’s take you to cask! Countdown to Manchester Beer & Cider Festival

Let’s take you to cask! Countdown to Manchester Beer & Cider Festival

IT’S the beer house equivalent of the Northern Powerhouse at the upcoming Manchester Beer & Cider Festival (Thursday, Jan 23-Saturday Jan 5) as it unveils its huge new ‘Coast To Coast’ bar with 175 handpumps ...

29 December 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Taste’s five 5 star restaurants to catch up with in 2020

Taste’s five 5 star restaurants to catch up with in 2020

NOSTALGIA ain’t what it used to be as we look back on 2018 to discover how scrooglike we’ve been in handing out five star reviews. Just the five. In 2018 they hit the dozen mark ...

29 December 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Embrace the New Year plant-based challenge via GRUB ExtraVEGANza

Embrace the New Year plant-based challenge via GRUB ExtraVEGANza

VEGANUARY’S upon us once again and if you seek inspiration for going plant-based look no further than GRUB ExtraVEGANza, which returns across the weekend of January 24-26. Now relocated to GRUB’s new Red Bank base, ...

29 December 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Blossom Street Social opens – another grand design for Ancoats

Blossom Street Social opens – another grand design for Ancoats

WE knew it was cool. Every style guide tells us. Still the brick canyons of industrial Ancoats, morphing with each rollercoaster refurb, have not entirely shed their ragged edges. Do check out the latest bar/restaurant ...

19 December 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Michelin star heroes Mana are named UK's third best restaurant

Michelin star heroes Mana are named UK's third best restaurant

IF Monday, October 7, was the biggest day of Mana’s year – winning a Michelin star, then four gongs at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards – Tuesday, December 17 is the icing on their ...

18 December 2019 by Neil Sowerby

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