Manchester Food & Drink Blog
The last round up of August already. Oh, and if you have feedback – are these OK, do you like them, do you hate them, please just drop me a line, or comment at the bottom. I’m enjoying doing them, mostly because it means that even if the event isn’t for me – like the…
I often go to a venue ‘blind’. I don’t look at the menu, I don’t look at the website (save to figure out where it is), I don’t look at their socials. I want to experience the whole thing as a complete newbie. But there are inevitably some places I see online first – while…
Ohhh it’s been a busy week! It seems like everything is happening the bank holiday weekend in August. Not that I’m complaining as it’s my birthday weekend! My inbox is full of good stuff this week, so I’ll skip the waffle and get right down to the exciting stuff. Events Hard Rock Cafe Manchester are launching…
Manchester Arndale might not be your first thought when you think pizza and cocktails, but new venue PizzaLuxe is hoping to change that. Recently opened in Halle Place (that bit where you used to have escalators up and down, and if you’re old like me, exactly where the Warner Brothers Store used to be), it’s open…
As I write this I’m balancing my keyboard on my lap. One of the downsides to home working is that my cat seems to believe my desk is her sleeping space, not my working space. It’s a battle that’s been raging since we went into lockdown and there’s no sign of me winning it yet….
My first distillery visit in a long time happened this weekend. And it was lovely and local – with Stockport Gin, slap bang in the centre of, yes you guessed it, Stockport. They’ve recently moved their whole set up from their home to St Petersgate, and now not only can you buy your gin direct…
As things continue to open up, I’m exploring more and more. I may not be ready for a boogie with a bunch of strangers on a dance floor yet, but this revisit to Royal Nawaab to sample their new brunch menu was the first ‘big’ place I’ve ventured to since lockdown ended. The thing I…
It’s August already! How did that happen. The season of school holidays, extortionately priced holidays (at home and abroad), and the last bank holiday of the summer. Things in the inbox are a little quieter, but there are still some fun bits and pieces. I’ve even already had my third email about Christmas – don’t…
Think doner and you’re probably thinking late night visit to the kebab shop. Chilli sauce, thick slices of doner meat, slick with grease, somehow both soft and tender, but also crispy and chewy, lashings of salad, including onion that you’ll regret first thing, in amongst the fuzzy headedness, and possible hangover. And whilst you could happily…