Although it says âFrenchâ on the label, Aubaine restaurant in Selfridges serves what Iâd call âlarder cookingâ. The kind of cooking that uses whatâs in the garden and the freshest pieces the fishmonger has in ...
Reviews
What a menagerie! Raft of new bars for Greater Manchester
Neil Sowerby rounds up the pick of recent indie bars in the city. A Black Dog and a Brew Dog, a Gorilla and an Eagle, plus a Whale (well, a Wähl) and imminently a Blue ...
Review: Bay Horse small plates menu
Simon Binns Small Plates, the brainchild of chef Phil Cook (how apt), has pitched up in the pub to offer a new range of modest meal options. The results are promising. The emphasis is on ...
Bourbon blossoms at Trof NQ
Jamie Faulkner Bar manager, Dan Morris, is serious about bourbon. And he is seriously knowledgeable too. In half an hour he tells me more than I ever knew about bourbon and after several choice samples ...
First look at Ramsons new menu
Chris Johnson has established a fine reputation for his Italian restaurant in Ramsbottom. Located in stone-bound rooms at the top of the hill, Ramsons has a cellar of extraordinary wines and something unusual up its ...
Steak bistro Le Relais de Venise opens on King St
Mourad Dine trained at business school in Brussels and has a grasp of many languages. As far as he is concerned, though, the fact that his franchised restaurantâs fortunes have improved over the last seven ...
Revamped Don Giovannis with a song in its heart
Neil Sowerby I always come away from an Italian restaurant having learnt a new word. Sfogliatelle, bottarga, orrecchiette only recently. At Don Giovanniâs it was Mugnaia. Must check that out in the dictionary when I ...
Teacup adds savoury delights â and booze
Neil Sowerby I had a sickly sweet dream the other night. Every building in the Northern Quarter had turned into a teashop. Jostling Sugar Junction, North Tea Power and Home Sweet Home for Complete Cuppa ...
Authentic Greek cooking at Papa Gs
Olivia Malone You will find independent, family-run restaurant Papa Gs Grill and Bar in the heart of the Printworks entertainment complex. This brightly-coloured eatery sits opposite the Odeon, so I can only blame the post ...
Seafood is Soleâs speciality
Neil Sowerby Itâs definitely worth taking the bait. SOLE ought by rights to be set on some sun-kissed quay, taking its pick of the dayâs catch from a salty sea-dogâs creel. âAh, those razor clams ...