Wednesday 23 March 2016

Carters of Moseley #MichelinStar

You know I like to keep things simple these days on the blog, don’t you? Somehow, I feel guilty about doing so. Food, this good deserves more effort of my part… but all I can think to say at the moment is:

I liked Carters very much when I visited back in October last year… now I love them. The service is absolutely delightful and the food is faultless. Enjoy.


Chicken Liver Cereal


Ogelshield Gougeres



Smoked Cod’s Roe Cracker, Fish Floss, Seaweed


Blood Cake, Bramley Apple


Skrei Cod’s Tongue, Dill



Sourdough, Butters




Flamed Mackerel, Radish, Evesham Wasabi



Cotswold White Chicken, Bread Sauce, Calçots



Skrei Cod, Fermented Garlic, Monk’s Beard



Tamworth Pork, Trotter Grains, Crackling


Sheep’s Curd & Blood Orange



Yorkshire Rhubarb Jelly & Custard





Wednesday 16 March 2016

Chef Ben Spalding @ Burnt Truffle

If you are looking for another reason to back ‪@StickyWalnut’s KickStarter to help fund @HispiBistro‪, then consider this…


They promise to bring their ever popular ‘Guest Nights’ to Manchester.


Here’s some pics from the one I recently went to at @BuRntTruffle by the hugely talented @ChefBenSpalding… one of the best 50 quids I’ve ever spent!




A Series of Nibbles


Chocolate Squid


Hackney Wild Bread & Viking Butter


Mr Kohlrabi vs IPA


The 40 Ingredient Salad


Hot & Cold Soup


Confit Salmon & Keta


Mutton, Wild Garlic & Salt Baked Turnip


Whipped Spiced Bread, Sea Buckthorn & Smoked Clotted Ice Cream


Lemon Orange Yoghurt

To bring this kind of shiz to Mcr… back ‪Hispihere!





Saturday 12 March 2016

Burnt Truffle & Hispi from the team behind Sticky Walnut

Back in January when I enjoyed this lunch at Burnt Truffle, I already knew that the team behind Sticky Walnut and ‘Burnt’ were planning to open in Chorlton and that restaurant would be called Hispi.


I also knew that, like Burnt, Hispi would be partially crowd funded through KickStarter. My plan was to not post a blog about my visit until the KickStarter campaign had kicked off – that way, I could help to get the word out and share more with the people of Manchester of the type of excellence that Hispi will bring.


Each month, my blog typically gets 20,000 to 50,000 views – many of these people looking for somewhere decent to eat out in and around Manchester… if half these people, pledge the price of a cup of coffee then we’ve made it!


Mancs, if you truly appreciate good food, my message is simple, back Hispi, make it a reality!


Although, act quickly because it seems I’m pretty much too late… within 24 hours of the video going live, the pledges had started rolling in. At this point, meeting the target has to be a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’…


For me, backing the project and backing Burnt has made me feel part of it. Every time I dine in Burnt, I think to myself, “I helped to make this happen.”


That feeling alone if worth the money it costs to pledge and support. Be part of making Manchester’s restaurant scene better here… Hispi KickStarter Page.


This is what my wife and I ate at  Burnt Truffle in January, back Hispi and you could be eating similar food in Manchester later this year!


Sourdough with Truffle Butter


Beef Tartare, pickled mooli, puffed rice, crispy shallots & smoked mayonnaise


Calves’ liver terrine, black pudding, apple & fried egg


Loin of venison and ragu, red wine & garlic puree, baby onion & savoy


Welsh lamb & crispy shoulder, caponata dressing, courgette & basil


Chocolate marquise, blood orange, caramelised pear & pistachio


Vanilla crème brûlée



Madeleines




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