WE went with the best intentions to explore the vegan/veggie options (they have separate menus for both) at David Fox’s basement celebration of South East Asian cuisine but couldn’t resist the allure of old favourites ...
Reviews
Review: Lunch at Kala, King Street
‘ELITE Bistros’ is catchy but a contradiction in terms since the French model for such a casual eaterie always veered towards a scuffed, mix and match ambience, treasured by regulars with similar credentials. Elite is ...
Out of town review: Yakumama
WITH every street food operator there comes a time to settle down – blessedly under a roof and still trading. For Holy Crab, Wholesome Junkies and Blue Caribou Canteen that has recently meant neighbouring units ...
Review: Sardus Cucina, Altrincham
WHAT’S in a name? Altrincham is blessed with an admirable trio of restaurants rooted in Italian regional cuisines. The name of Puglian pasta masters Sugo means simply ‘Sauce’ while Neapolitan pizza and pollo palace Tre ...
Review: Dakota Bar and Grill
IT used to be a football truism about fickle foreign imports: ‘Can they hack it on a wet Tuesday night in Scunthorpe?’ It was taken as read that the teak-tough wee tanner ball players down ...
Review: Rosso, Spring Gardens
ELEGANT is not a word you could attach to many thoroughfares in Manchester city centre, but we love the grand sweep of King Street from Cross Street up to Spring Gardens. Great to perambulate up. ...
Review: The Marble Arch (and its beer Mash Ups)
MARBLE bookends. First the shiny new flagship brewery, then back to where it all began. Quite a day, which ended with a replete waddle across a sun-dappled Angel Meadow after a reminder how satisfying the ...
Review: James Martin Manchester
FUNNY the short term memory we have about restaurants. Take Leeds and the meteoric rise of Michael O’Hare to Michelin stardom with The Man Behind the Curtain, which only launched in 2014. Most of the ...
Review: Tattu spring/summer menu
OUTSIDE ToM Towers the last of the vernal blossom is being scattered by Storm Hannah. So we’ve been seeking consolation in the eternal springtime that inhabits Tattu. In China each spring they celebrate the return ...
Review: The Spärrows
SPARROWS nesting in the archway opposite Umezushi? Surely some mistake. Wasn’t Unit 3 earmarked to be that Japanese restaurant’s offshoot KIAA (Kitchen In The Arch), billed as a “painless one stop shop for all your ...