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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...