Neil Sowerby Wayne Rooney and Andrew Nutter are entwined in my brain. Former boy wonders on top of their game. Roo, a dead cert for Footballer of the Year, Nutters, the current Good Food Guide ...
Reviews
Indulge in afternoon tea - Manchester style
Lauren Coulman âHow lovelyâ?, exclaimed my dad when I told him I was writing this feature. âI love afternoon teaâ?, was offered by my friend Hannah. A whole range of positive proclamations came forth when ...
Deep sea dining at Livebait
Jamie Rhodes As an avid lover of seafood, I felt it appropriate that my first review for Taste of Manchester should be a seafood restaurant by the name of Livebait. My partner and I arrived ...
Lunchtime revelations at Ramsons
Neil Sowerby visits Ramsons restaurant in Ramsbottom and finds the window display may have changed but the gourmet voyage of discovery inside is more delectable than ever. Selective quoting is the bane of many a ...
Bem Brasil challenges you to eat all you can
Lauren Coulman The all you can eat buffet is familiar concept to most. Chinese restaurants have been doing it for years, endeavoring us to fill up on soups and savouries before we get to the ...
Neil Sowerby has a Starry Time at Church Green
SPRING again and The Great British Menu is back with us shortly. It only seems a couple of long tasting menus ago that Nigel Haworth raised the flag for the north west at the culinary ...
Red Lion proves traditional pubs can still roar
Neil Sowerby John OâGaunt, that sallow arch-Lancastrian and brother of the Black Prince, is hardly the level of doughty trencherman youâd expect to figure on a pub sign associated with Steve Pilling. But there the ...
Yakisoba & The Barlow Moor Road Revival
Benedict Brader Anyone looking for a good meal around Chorlton has tended to focus on the areas around two B roads, by which I mean Burton Road and Beech Road. The former boasts well-known names ...
A taste of Britain at Opus One
Phil Jones The debate in our office has been, for sometime âhas Manchester got hotel restaurants or restaurants in hotels?â The Hilton and the Lowry both deliver excellent restaurants that happen to be in hotels. ...
Hipping Hall is worth the hop, skip and jump
Lisa Higginson The culinary map of northern England is something to be marveled at and the latest scattering of Michelin stars is proof in itself. Yorkshire now stands proudly in second place only behind London ...