Everyone worth their salt knows that
whilst mine is the undoubtedly the best
food blog in the North West, Cumbrafoodie
aka Alan Spedding, is the best food photographer.
You may or may not be aware that ‘Sped’, has a beautiful and talented
daughter Cory Spedding. As a youngling, in 2004, she represented the UK at the Junior
Eurovision Song Contest, coming second.
Hoping to fulfill her dreams as a singer /
actress, Cory was in Manchester to meet with an agent. This meant that dad /
chauffeur Alan had a couple of hours to kill around lunchtime, so I stepped
forward as his date.
We are both fans of Simon Rogan’s food but this
was the first time that Sped has visited Mr. Cooper’s since Simon showed us
around when it was just a ‘building site’.
We started with some nibbles and two excellent
starters ‘Raw beef with pickled paw paw, sweet tomato jam &
toasted rye bread’ and ‘Buttermilk fried oyster, kimchi
purée, pear & pickled fennel’.
To follow, I made sure Sped ordered the ‘Cumbrian rib steak, truffle pudding & purple potato latkes’, which to my mind remains one of the best
dishes being served anywhere in Manchester.
I went veggie with the ‘Roasted sweetheart cabbage steaks, teriyaki sauce, grated Wiltshire
truffles & hot wasabi mayonnaise’, which has to be one of the best vegetarian mains
being served anywhere in Manchester.
In fact, the cabbage dish is so good I’ve since
seen ‘foodie smartarse’ Thom
Hetherington, ‘fusspot’ Andrew
Stevenson and the ‘mad professor’ himself, Simon Rogan, singing the dish’s
praises.
Sped loves his puds, so we ordered three to
share. My fave was the ‘Carrot & olive oil cake with
blood orange sorbet’. Sped liked the ‘Caramel tart with mascarpone ice
cream’ – it’s a well known fact that
mascarpone is the best cheese to use when disguising a small horse but who knew
you could make ice cream from it too?
Home baked sourdough,
whipped butter & salt flakes
Blue cheese puffs,
celery & chilli
Pork scratchings &
apple gel
Raw beef with pickled
paw paw, sweet tomato jam & toasted rye bread
Buttermilk fried
oyster, kimchi purée, pear & pickled fennel
Cumbrian rib steak,
truffle pudding & purple potato latkes
Roasted sweetheart cabbage steaks, teriyaki sauce, grated Wiltshire truffles & hot wasabi
mayonnaise
Carrot & olive oil
cake with blood orange sorbet
Caramel tart with
mascarpone ice cream
Lavender dusted
churros, caramel & junket mousse
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These pics are pretty decent mind! I was left a bit cold by Mr Coopers. Think we might've got them on a bit of an off day.
ReplyDeleteI smiled all the way through that post sir.....Thank you kindly , you`re a star.
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