Reviews

The best in Cantonese at Yang Sing

Yang Sing lies a step to the side of Chinatown, in a beautiful Victorian building. The restaurant owns the whole building with one floor set to be transformed into a cookery school, two floors of ...

24 September 2012

Flavours of the British Isles on high at Kaleido

Neil Sowerby Football memorabilia. There was none. Thankfully. The edible soil that appeared in a pea soup special was a culinary counterfeit, not some dessicated remnant of the Maine Road pitch. Kaleido is definitely aiming ...

11 September 2012

Whim Wham Cafe Bar packs a punch

Simon Binns I was not actually expecting much, if I am being honest. But the upsurge in the quality of eating and drinking options on and around Whitworth Street West (Gorilla, Blackdog Ballroom NWS, et ...

5 September 2012

A Rum adventure with the Liquorists

Lauren Coulman Fast becoming a Manchester institution, The Liqourists bar consultants and spirit experts are currently on their third round of rum trails. They also run whisky, bourbon and gin events, with The Gincident taking ...

30 August 2012

Delicious spa delights in Sheffield

Sheffield Copthorne Hotel is part of the same site as the Sheffield United football ground so its easy to get to, park at - and you might see the odd footballer hanging about too. Our ...

29 August 2012

Review: New Alchemist on New York Street

Jamie Faulkner The Alchemist opened in 2010 in the heart of Spinningfields and quickly established itself as a superlative cocktail bar. Two years on, the all-conquering Living Ventures are rolling out the glittering concept. First ...

29 August 2012

Knock out seasonal menu at Lowry

The five-star Lowry Hotel’s River Bar and Restaurant is a favourite of people with a jet-setting lifestyle: Sven Goren Erikson, David Beckham, Kylie Minogue. Clean simple lines, a built to design curving restaurant and award-winning ...

26 July 2012

Seduced by Solita

Jamie Faulkner SoLIta (short for South of Little Italy) brings the bar and grill concept to the Northern Quarter for the first time. The idea is to serve comforting, homely food in a New York-Italian ...

23 July 2012

Thai Street Food at Vermillion

Famous for it’s soupy curries and seafood, Bangkok is buzzing hive of street food production. Each dish is designed for pavement hawking, a jewel of twinkling contrast. As David Thompson (chef talent behind Nahm restaurant ...

19 July 2012

Almost perfect Aubaine

Although it says ‘French’ on the label, Aubaine restaurant in Selfridges serves what I’d call ‘larder cooking’. The kind of cooking that uses what’s in the garden and the freshest pieces the fishmonger has in ...

4 July 2012

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