GRAFENE restaurant has launched a ‘real food’ small plates option to go with its a la carte menu – along with a range of tasty bar treats including a goat meat-led ‘Our Kid Burger’ (£5).
Diners on Sunday to Thursday now have small plate alternatives to all the a la carte dishes (except steaks) allowing them to enjoy the daily changing market-based menu at any sitting, whatever their budget. The a la carte and small plates menus sit alongside the £49.50 seven-course taster menu and the daily 2 and 3 course £18/£23 lunches on Friday and Saturday, (£2 extra on Sunday).
The kid goat meat is supplied by Cabrito, 2014 winner of an Observer Food Monthly award and a regular feature of farmer’s markets in the region. The company was founded by ex-River Cottage chef James Whetlor. Through a local cheese supplier, Whetlor realised that over 90,000 billies (boy goats) born are slaughtered each year, because they do not produce milk for goat’s cheese.
Alongside the Our Kid Burger, the new menu offers Lancashire cheese rarebit, fried duck egg, venison sausage rolls and black pudding bon bons with apple puree.
They are served alongside Grafene’s local and regional beers which include Dr. Rudi from Brightside Brewery in Bury and Liberty Pils from Freedom brewery in Staffordshire.
Grafene, 55 King Street, Manchester, M2 4LQ. 0161 696 9700. Open 8am-11pm, Fri 8am-1am, Sat 9am-1am, Sun 10am-11pm. Read ToM’s review of Grafene’s Tasting Menu.