Manchester Food & Drink Blog
If you’re into your food as much as I am, sometimes you read a menu that just gets your imagination going. Sometimes it’s the creativity, sometimes it’s the pairing of ingredients and sometimes it’s because you have to sit for a few minutes with Google in front of you searching out the names mentioned in…
Anyone who knows me, knows about my small noodle addiction. Hangover? Noodles will fix it. Sniffles? Noodles will fix it. Bad day? Noodles will fix it (OK, maybe with a side order of gin, or if it’s been really bad then a Margarita or several). Can’t decide what to cook? Noodles – Pad Thai, or stir…
You may not realise it, but Manchester has a massive wholesale market. It’s where the restaurants, cafes and bars in our city (and suburbs) go to fill their fridges, larders and freezers, where the greens in your salad, the fish on your plate, the fruit in your dessert and the garnish in your cocktail come…
Earlier this year, Mr GFB and I visited Hoylake and The Nook Supper Club. There, amongst the welcome cocktail, tortilla, fiduea noodles and fabulous company, there was talk of another special supper club they hold. You may have come across the word cocido (co-thee-doe), perhaps in Milan, where there is a stew made of pork,…
This Article was first published in (the now closed) Bitten Magazine in October 2014. In a world where we learn of ‘stranger danger’ at a young age, the concept sounds almost alien. You pop ’round to a strangers home, in a location only revealed to other guests, take a bottle of wine or two, meet…
My arm was twisted to write this post. Well, alright, several dirty Martinis were applied and a ‘pretty please’ were uttered. No physical violence was necessary. In fact it’s not a hardship at all. Ever since the Drunken Butcher, Iain and I met over a twitter chat concerning bacon jam and and invitation to…
We’re all trying to eat better. Of course, as I’m typing this I’m sipping on a banana milkshake, so it’s very clear who fell off the wagon this afternoon. But sometimes something gorgeous and tasty comes along that just happens to be pretty good for you. And when you find that, then you count yourself very…
Supper clubs are enjoying a bit of a revival – after all, in a tight economy, places where you can take your own booze, enjoy a fantastic meal on a lower budget than most restaurants and still feel more than satisfied, what’s not to like? I’ve been lucky enough to go to the Joy of…