My stepdaughter and her girlfriend
have returned from 2 years travelling and are staying with us – as a result
I’ve been back cooking a little more and eating out less. So I’ve had a) less
time to write the blog and b) less meals to write about.
I’ve also spent a few evenings and
lunchtimes visiting Manchester’s jerk chicken joints – a post will follow once
we (@SolitaNQ) have visited all the
places on our list and made a couple of revisits of the best to check
consistency.
That said, I did manage a little
trip to London where, as a surprise for my wife, we met up with my stepson as
he had arranged for 24 hour lay over from New York to Singapore – meals in
James Lowe’s Lyle’s
and Simon Rogan’s Fera
at Claridge’s were the highlights of the trip.
Hotdogs @ Splendid
Sausage Co.
Opened in the vacated Jack Spratt
premises, The Splendid Sausage Co.
is a place where, in their own words, ‘American hotdog culture meets the very
best of British sausages’.
The owners are friendly folk who are
passionate about their product – they have been getting some great reviews from
a few bloggers that were invited to try their food and Man Con’s Gordo who
declared their “Eggs Benedict Fries” the “best dish in Manchester”
I ate the “Chilli Dog” consisting of the “splendid sausage” (pork with herbs, pepper & garlic) topped with slow cooked house pulled chilli, three cheese
mix, fried onions and jalapeños and the “Beef
Sausage” topped with sauerkraut and peppers (my choice of two).
The sausages on both were better than
your average ‘wiener’ but I was not convinced by the toppings on either of my
choices – I liked the sauerkraut but found the peppers way too overcooked,
mushy and flavourless and the chilli similarly lacking. I’d like to go back and try some other combinations.
Brunch @ Moose Coffee
Moose Coffee, on York St, is one of
those places I have walked past many times without ever stopping to have a
closer look – recently I’ve seen people queuing to get in so I thought I had
better see what all the fuss was about. Whilst waiting, I was given a menu that
listed about 2376 different breakfast, brunch, salad and burger options.
I opted for the Sugar Ray bagel – salt beef brisket, bacon, corned beef, mustard
mayo, tomato, pickles and melted Swiss cheese. It was really well put together
with quality ingredients; I’ll definitely be going back to sample more of the
menu and write a more detailed post.
Curry @ Mughli
Having taken my stepdaughter, her
partner and my other stepdaughter to The
French on the day they arrived back from their travels, we were keen to
show them our new favourite Indian, Mughli
– having dined on “The Curry Mile” before they went travelling, their
expectations already low; these were reduced further since they had just come
back from 3 months in India.
Thankfully, Mughli did not let us, or them, down as they declared it as some of
the best Indian food they have eaten; they were also glad to get “proper” onion
bhajis too! I’m not even going to bother listing what we ate… as I’ve said many
times on twitter to people asking for recommendations… it’s all good.
Steak @ Miller & Carter
Sadly Miller & Carter was one of my more disappointing meals in May. Set
in the recently impressively resorted former Lloyd’s Bank Building now housing
“The Offices” on
King St, the only decent thing I was served was the Lettuce Wedge in Stilton & Blue Cheese dressing.
My 14oz T-Bone Steak (£22.50), although well seasoned was a sorry
looking thing (check Google images for ‘14 oz T-bone steak’ and you’ll see what
I mean). The (£5.75) Lobster Tail
was woefully overcooked and no bigger than my thumb and the Mac ‘n’ Cheese was as tasteless as a “selfie”
at a funeral.
Banh Mi & Summer
Rolls @ Viet Shack
To my mind, the Arndale Food Market has
always been a depressing place to sit down and eat. Pancho’s Burritos are good
and I’ve bought the occasional ale from Boggart Brewery’s Micro Bar and cheese
from The Queen Brie – but the new kids on the block @ Viet Shack are another breath of fresh air and a step in the right
direction for the market.
So far I have tried their Pork Banh Mi, Avocado and Prawn Summer
Rolls and Saigon Chicken & Avocado Salad - prices are so keen and the
food tasted good, so I’ll soon be returning to check out their Cow Burger, Viet
Dogs and other delicious sounding menu items.
Korean @ Eat Goody
Serving a short menu of simple Korean
fayre and only open Mon to Fri from 12 to 4pm, Eat Goody is a great little place, popular with the student and
lunchtime crowd around Oxford Road.
First, I ordered the ‘Lunchtime Deal’
of Beef Bibimbap (£3.95) plus a
small dish of Pepper Chicken (£1.40
when bought with a main) – impressed by this, I thought I’d sample some more.
A ‘Light Bite’ Dumpling Curry (£3.20) was delicious; fiery Kimchi & Chicken Fried Rice also hit the spot, whilst Sweet Potato Tempura, Sweet Chilli Chicken and Pickled Chilli Radish were all decent
side dishes.
Dim Sum @ Yang Sing
A return to Yang Sing for another
Dim Sum Sunday – the dishes in the second series of pictures were the
standouts.
Har Kau; Steamed sticky rice with Chinese
chorizo, homemade wind dried meat and baby shrimp in a bamboo pot; Steamed aubergine with minced hake,
dried shrimp and pork stuffing in black bean and‘Xiao Long Bao’ Shanghai style pork
dumplings
Double
cooked prawn dumplings in a chicken
broth; Lotus leaf wrapped glutinous rice
with shredded duck pork
and shiitake mushrooms; Baked char sui puffs and Honeycomb ox tripe in satay sauce.
*Mughli knew I was a blogger ahead of ordering but the rest of the disclosures remain valid. |
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