Manchester Food & Drink Blog
The one where I go for a ‘chippy tea’… It only opened today, but it would be fair to say that Six by Nico has Manchester in a bit of a tizzy. On Friday, and over the weekend, press and hospitality were welcomed in to sample the menu, themed around a chippy tea. It’ll…
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but sometimes, sometimes I crave something a little sugary. And it was a walk around the supermarket that brought this recipe to life. Peaches are a huge favourite of mine, always have been. When my mum was pregnant with me, she craved peaches, custard tarts, and black…
The one where I get all hot and bothered… Whether it was as a distance runner or a powerlifter, I’m used to aches and pains, niggles. Something usually whinges a bit. Sometimes it’s bad, sometimes it’s just that, a niggle. The niggles that ease after a few hours. The injuries don’t. . Add that to…
The one where I’m dreaming of last summer… I am almost through my backlog of gin reviews. Of course, this means that new ones are coming (I have a few waiting in the wings for me to finish playing catch up), but today we head back to last year when I visited Sao Miguel in…
The one where I enjoy a Mexican lunch in the city… Late last year Instagram heaven, Whitworth Locke Aparthotel launched. Alongside it came a further site for NQ coffee hub Foundation Coffee House, and now their latest is The Cotton Factory. The first of an ever-evolving food and drink offering, El Camino kicks everything…
The one with pink burgers and triple cooked chips… It feels so long ago that we were in the grip of a burger craze. I mean, I know it wasn’t yesterday, but it feels like a whole other Manchester, when we were obsessed with burgers – brown wooden doors hiding burger bars, thick patties,…
The one where I pick up heavy things, and hopefully, carefully put them back down again… This weekend saw me competing for my third year at the NoDumbelles competition in Eccles. I’ve written before about my love for this women only powerlifting competition. The atmosphere, the support, is just what you want in any…
The one with gin and blue paint… Along with the good weather comes another part of the British summer. Wedding season. And not just wedding season, but hen party season. Even my own baby sister is getting married this year – and every Friday and Saturday Manchester city centre is hen party central. It…
The one with a Champagne Room… Hot on the heels of the gorgeous Whitworth Locke opening, comes another hotel, and again, rather than a large chain cheapie, we have another gorgeous instagrammable hotel in our midst. Dakota is a small chain, that began in Scotland – with one hotel in the outskirts of Edinburgh…