ONE of the most amazing culinary collaborations Manchester has witnessed came in May when superstar Quique Dacosta, who holds three Michelin stars for his ‘Quique Dacosta' restaurant in Denia and one Michelin star at ‘El ...
Reviews
Review: The Osteria at Norden
IT’s hardly a case of mass osteria. The last one I can recall in this region was the Osteria Mauro in Cheshire’s leafy, footballer-rich Mottram St Andrew. It was run until his 2012 retirement by ...
Review: Man Bites Frog, Chorlton
IF awards were handed out for bar/restaurant names then Man Bites Frog is a genuine contender. Not that this Chorlton newcomer’s actual sign screams out rivetingly in neon or anything; it’s a tiny wooden effort. ...
Review: Albert Square Chop House
THERE are watershed moments in life and I’ve just encountered one. Let me map it out starkly: He Failed To Finish His Chop House Steak And Kidney Pudding. I averted my gaze shamefacedly as our ...
Review: Tapeo, Deansgate
AN esteemed critic colleague spent much of his review of Tapeo reminiscing about the boy toy joys of its previous incarnation as Modelzone. I won’t, can’t, though I’m happy to endorse his verdict that this ...
Smoking hot! Why The Black Cat is the city’s best rooftop hang-out
WE at TOM love looking down on the rest of the world, preferably with a drink in our hand. Cloud 23 at the Hilton got us into the habit; the only drawback you are behind ...
Review: Tattu
COMFORTABLE in its own skin now, that’s Tattu. A year on from launching as the only body art-inspired restaurant I can recall it is offering culinary substance as well as style on the evidence of ...
Review: The Rose Garden
EVEN the best tended Rose Gardens need a little pruning and replanting. Especially when across the road, rival Volta is blooming with an MFDA Chef of the Year award and other gongs garlanding it recently. ...
Review: La Bandera
SO what if David Silva and Juan Mata weren’t sharing a seafood platter in one of the bright yellow booths? It was late lunchtime after all. Perhaps they were still training hard for that great ...
Review: El Gato Negro Tapas
THE last time I arrived for a meal at El Gato Negro my trousers were caked almost to the knees in farmyard mire (that’s the polite word). I was with two companions, hopelessly lost and ...