IT’S like going to Rome and not checking out the Sistine Chapel. At Salvi’s for Michelangelo read Mozzarella. For the first time ever I’ve stepped into one of Maurizio Salvi’s culinary outposts of his beloved ...
Reviews
Review: Pho, Corn Exchange
I’VE just about made my mind up about the Corn Exchange. Yes it’s a warm refuge from the persistent precipitation, there’s a democratic buzz about it, but there’s little to excite in the food and ...
Review: Pier 8 at The Lowry Theatre
NOTHING delights me more than dining with a waterfront view, river, lake or sea. Distant twinkling lights and swishing ripples after dark all add to the sense of enchantment. Al fresco is best, but a ...
Review: Asha’s, a culinary comfort zone to cherish
I LOVE the little things about Asha’s. From the penumbral basement Bolli Bar, where an odd cassia bark garnish for their raisiny house Negroni inexorably spears your nostril, to the remarkable array of relishes in ...
Review: Evelyn’s Cafe Bar, Northern Quarter neighbourhood gem
MOSES in the promised land? Looks like it. With bearded chef Byron of that ilk given free rein to produce perhaps the most interesting all-day menu in the Northern Quarter. What was Superstore is still ...
Review – Comptoir Libanais is a colourful, casual all-day treat
DAMMIT, I forgot to order a Bloody Sirine to round off a light-hearted lunch at Comptoir Libanais, our midwinter mood lifted by the near-psychedelic riot of yellows, oranges and turquoises all around (think of its ...
Review: Cottonopolis, NQ’s new culinary powerhouse
IN a week when a North West textile firm announced it is investing £5.8m to bring cotton spinning back to Greater Manchester it seemed quietly appropriate to check out a new bar/ restaurant called Cottonopolis. ...
Review – Lunya, handsome deli/eaterie in the Barton Arcade
CATALAN cuisine is a cauldron full of prawns and monkfish simmering in a rich broth on a butane stove in the galley of a fishing boat off the Costa Brava port of Palamos; it’s a ...
REVIEW: Quill, King Street – Curtis Stewart's Terrific Tasting Menu
I NEVER ventured into the old Duo store on King Street. The allure of fancy boots leaves me cold. Fancy food, that’s another matter. So does the £1m rebooting of the site to create Quill ...
Review: The Asian Vegan Gospel according to the Hungry Gecko
JACKIE Kearney already had the world at her feet when she became a Masterchef top 4 finalist. Well, she’d already trotted around a substantial chunk of it, her travels in Asia informing her cuisine. As ...