A GOLDEN vision to brighten this doom-ridden month is the Airstream van parked up at Hatch – home to one of four new traders unveiled at street food hub Hatch. An exotic taste of Brazil ...
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Celebrating Pad Thai – is Jūb’s the jewel in the fragrant crowd?
PLAEK Phibunsongkhram – now that’s a Scrabble score. It’s also the name of a 1930s Field Marshal whose main claim to fame (after ensuring his native Siam’s name was upgraded to Thailand) is his creation ...
Al fresco preview – Dakota spends a million on terrace hideaway
IT may seem a mite early in the year to be nurturing al fresco daydreams. Unless you are addicted to cowering under patio heaters with a cocktail inappropriate for the season. Still the nights are ...
Drunken Butcher Iain’s hangover cure sausage roll in UK top three
IT was not quite the roll over jackpot the ‘Drunken Butcher’ dreamed of but supper club maestro Iain Devine was still pretty “beyond happy” to come third in the eighth Great Sausage Roll Off contest ...
The Wolf bites back with bargain baos, tacos and wacky cocktails
HOW can a Wolf change its spots? If you’ll forgive us for mixing metaphors as we come to terms with the latest metamorphosis of the bar concept that began life as Wilderness just a few ...
Michelin star chef Tom Kerridge to headline Bruntwood NRB Debate 2020
TO say Tom Kerridge has made a big impression on Manchester is an understatement, so it comes as no surprise that he will be headlining the high profile NRB Debate at this year’s Northern Restaurant ...
Levy Market crowned UK’s Best Small Outdoor Market
CONGRATULATIONS to Levenshulme Market, which has just scooped ‘Best Small Outdoor Market’ in the Great British Market Awards 2020. It follows Manchester Arndale’s triumph last year in the ‘Best Casual Dining’ category. The judges said ...
Our Valentine’s Day round-up – definitely not just about heavy petting!
VALENTINE’S DAY is on the way with the food and drink industry straining at the leash to fill that heart-shaped hole in your life. Not always romantically. Already this week ToM has rejected a home ...
Tasting Notes from Lucy Hope – The Chanteuse
I AM an epicure. By that I mean I’m greedy and I’m boozy, despite regular resolutions otherwise the morning after. I used to live in France where vegetarianism is a pernicious myth. Raw flesh (aka ...
Manchester Union Brewery celebrates its first birthday with a free party
WE’RE not feeling quite so bitter about Brexit as we were. Still our toast this weekend won’t be for our momentous departure from Europe. No, we’ll be celebrating the first birthday of a brew that ...