CRUMBS, we’d like to say it’s the best thing since sliced bread, but Altrincham’s new specialist restaurant, Toast, is much posher than that. It’s gorgeous setting in a former Barclays bank on the edge of Goose Green, signals that the base dough for all those toppings is going to be special. And so it proves, five different types sourced from Levenshulme’s ace Trove Bakery, including gluten-free.
The tantalising menu at the 56-cover restaurant has been devised by head chef Edward Carr (Aumbry, The Fat Duck and New York’s Eleven Madison Park), hired by Toast creator Justin Orange (brother of Take That’s Jason), who told us: “It’s been eighteen months in the making, but it’s been well worth the wait. It’s a beautiful building. We’ve planned everything in detail, so all you have to do is turn up, relax and enjoy.”
As the name suggests, the place serves virtually everything on toast from all day breakfast dishes and light bites, to lunch mains and desserts. Dishes include ggs Benedict, Royale, Florentine, and eggs your way; white crab, with lime juice, rocket and coriander; prawns rolled in sesame seeds, with sweet chilli jam; truffled cheese on toast, with baked egg and truffle oil; egg and chorizo, with chorizo spread and paprika jam; baked vanilla peaches, with Chantilly cream and mascarpone; and marinated strawberries with whipped rosewater ricotta.
Drinks range from smoothies to wine and craft beer. Coffee is from local roaster Heart and Graft and there’s a special dark roast from Couch Grind Coffee, a new venture from Sale Sharks star David Seymour.
The kids have a Young Toasties menu, priced from £3, where every dish comes with a 25 pence donation to local charity, The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust.
Toast, 63 Stamford New Road, Altrincham @toastaltrincham