“RECHARGER les batteries”. Yes, that’s the French for what I presume chef Eric Moreau is doing back in his homeland as I write. As all good kitchens should, 63 Degrees had delivered the goods at ...
Reviews
WOOD you believe it? – the NQ’s perfect small plate hideaway
IT goes against the grain to admit it but I am not a dab hand with a chainsaw. So a stack of junk emails urging ‘The Easiest Way To Start Your Woodworking Project’ have triggered ...
Review: Lobster & Burger/ Steak & Lobster
The World’s Your Lobster in Manchester these days, but surely it has to taste of something, believes Neil Sowerby, comparing two rival purveyors... EVERYBODY loves a bargain. Cast your mind back to last Christmas when ...
Review: Harvey Nichols’ surprising new small plate menu
Harvey Nichols invited Taste of Manchester to taste the small plate menu at their Second Floor Bar and Brasserie. Here's how it went... THIS year for the first time Harvey Nichols will be cooking the ...
Neil Sowerby reviews Simon Rogan at The French
IT’S the first time I’ve reviewed a restaurant you can’t even go to. Such an enthusiastic review, too, though I’m not alone in my admiration for The French, of course. Just look at the amazing ...
Review: Yard and Coop and their chicken-lickin’ secrets
By Neil Sowerby I LOVE secret recipes. You know, the kind containing some key ingredient a culinary empire is built on. The kind that get locked up in safe vaults. How reassuring it was to ...
Review: Manchester House Chef’s Table
By Neil Sowerby MENTION arch-rival Simon Rogan and Aiden Byrne goes all modest. “I’ll taste a dish of his and realise I’m not in the same league,’’ he mutters wistfully, but the statement is palpably ...
The new Pavé Coffee paves the way
Unless you’ve been in a coffee coma for the past few years, you’ll know that coffee has changed a bit recently. Unlike my first job at a garden center cafe, baristas don’t just press the ...
Review: Breakfast at Common – smell the superior coffee
By Neil Sowerby ONCE upon a day breakfast in the Northern Quarter invariably meant a bleary fry-up in the Koffee Pot. That’s still a well-priced option, even though this institution has moved around the corner ...
The Kitchens Leftbank - street food given a home keeps its street cred
By Neil Sowerby THE critic/cynic gene in me says beware: the big commercial guns are cashing in on street food now. Artisan, craft, locally sourced, hand-sliced, all the buzz ingredients, they are all up for ...