BIN the apple as the food of love. ToM’s fruit never to be forbidden is the mango. OK it won’t be until April that the first Alphonsos will be shipped over from India in all ...
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First look at Deansgate newcomer Rosa’s Thai Cafe
IT will soon be time to pass judgement on the latest arrival at Deansgate’s Old Courthouse. ToM found the last occupant of No.84, Hand Made Burger Co guilty of serving some of the dullest patties ...
The pies have it – our upper crust tips for a week of celebration
SOME figures stick in your head. Last year Jus-Rol, creators of British Pie Week – the latest edition of which takes place between March 2 and 8 – released research asserting that the average Brit ...
Divided about this ‘Berlin’ – Döner Haus kebab not a patch on NQ rival
HOW to feel your age. ToM editor Neil Sowerby has always prided himself that he lived in Berlin before David Bowie. OK, he didn’t get to hang out with Iggy Pop and take industrial quantities ...
Spring awakening! Vibrant veg and a redfish with attitude at Iberica
LOOK at this sea monster on a plate. Our recent introduction to the new spring menu at Iberica was flagged up as championing verduras (veg) an essential component of rustic Asturian cuisine, which reaches its ...
The Tavern keeps the cabin fever going with fresh bites and cocktails
PROOF that a log cabin is not just for Christmas. It only seems like yesterday the timber-centric Tavern in Spinningfields featured in our Places to be Merry festive round-up. Now it’s gearing up for spring ...
Why we’re all getting horny about cheese this winter. Especially Six By Nico
IS there no end to the cheesiness of contemporary Manchester? At the cheese connoisseurs’ end of the market we’ve got leading UK expert Ned Palmer hosting a tasting at New Market Dairy, Altrincham, on Friday, ...
Runyon’s at the new Hotel Brooklyn – worth making a song and dance about?
HOW odd to discover Hotel Brooklyn’s digital assistant combines my name with the Guys and Dolls character Nicely Nicely Johnson. The one who who rattled out: ‘Sit down you’re rocking the boat’, the one who ...
Fresh canolo quest as William Sicilian Street Food takes over La Boca
IN a recent review of the new Northern Quarter Salvi’s, while relishing their cannoli, we had to declare the best we’d ever eaten had been in Sicily. That was at Il Consiglio di Sicilia in ...
Mr Cooper’s relaunches as Mount Street Dining Room & Bar
THE restaurant formerly known as Mr Cooper’s House & Garden at The Midland Hotel will relaunch this April with a new name, look (cgi image above) and offering – Mount Street Dining Room & Bar. ...