MAYBE it was Ryder Cup fever that led me to eat above the city centre’s prime golf simulation range. Or perhaps, since I can’t tell my wedge from my niblick, it was curiosity about how ...
Reviews
Review: El Taquero, Northern Quarter
A RECENT day out in Tijuana (across the US border from San Diego), exploring the markets and street food, hardly qualifies this ToM reviewer to be an expert in Mexican food. Even with the back-up ...
First look at Tast Catala, King Street
STEP outside your comfort zone. That’s the invitation from Tast, whose immediate selling point is its tilt away from the Spanish tapas and Basque pintxos template. ‘Tastets’ are this proudly Catalan venue’s more expansive take ...
Review: Bento Boxes at Sunset by Australasia
IT was a toss-up between Afternoon Tea or Bento Box as focus for reviewing the reincarnation of what was once Grand Pacific Terrace Bar on The Avenue. Reincarnation sounds flowery enough for a makeover that ...
Review: Shoryu Ramen Summer Menu
FLOATING on the surface of a bowl of ramen the obligatory egg shines like a soft orange sun. Tip it over in the rich bone broth, teeming with noodles, and it reveals its savoury dark ...
Review: Finca at Artisan
IS this the dawning of the age of the Sandwich? A culinary step forward from the habit-forming Pret a Manger wraps whisked back to the office to eat at your desk or the limp white ...
Review: Masons Summer Menu
THE Internet does a brisk trade in Freemasons’ gavels. I’m spoilt for choice, whether I want a skull’s head curiosity concealing an arcane seal (eBay) or a solider number crafted from kiln-dried Minnesota walnut and ...
Review: The Anthologist, St Peter’s Square
EVERY child’s party dream is a chocolate fountain with marshmallows; so why does this grown-up cocktail aficionado’s heart not sing when confronted by a ‘Negroni Fountain’? Maybe I don’t like my favourite tipple ‘on draught’, ...
Out of town review: Moorcock, Norland
A FAR from pretty moorland pub lauded to the skies for its innovative cuisine by the Observer’s Jay Rayner and fellow food critic Marina O’Loughlin of the Sunday Times. It lured ToM to take the ...
Review: Sugo, Sawmill Court, Ancoats
WORK never ceases at the dark end of Blossom Street, Ancoats. One day the Sawmill Court residential development will be finished, but for now beyond Elnecot you negotiate a narrow building site passage and step ...