Food & Drink

Being welcomed into the almost-hidden tinted façade of Spinningfields’ newest offering, Tattu, it’s hard not to feel like you’ve been extended an invite for dinner from a Chinese triad.

Actress and winner of Celebrity MasterChef 2010 Lisa Faulkner will be joining the festival for the first time alongside boyfriend – and MasterChef presenter – Aussie chef John Torode, who is back after wowing audiences last year.

Manchester’s ‘buzzing food scene’ is soon to have a new kid on the block – a Peruvian supperclub from the founders of the UK’s first Peruvian online food shop.

This evening, new Piccadilly microbrewery Alphabet will take over the taps at Northern Quarter drinking den Port Street Beer House to officially launch their selection of seven beers.

Sandwiched next to a Ladbrokes and a Dixy’s, Elixir is a bar that you’ve probably seen but not heard. But you need to get acquainted – last week it played host to Manchester’s latest supper club, the three-night-only excellent pop up dining experience Underground Paris.

The city is abuzz with new restaurant openings so let MM’s resident foodie guide you through what’s hot.

Deliveroo are cooking up a foodie revolution in Manchester by bringing the city their fusion of restaurant-quality food and meals-on-wheels in a bid to change attitudes towards takeaways.

Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) will play host to over 40 real ales and ciders at Bolton’s Ukrainian Club from Thursday April 9 – Friday April 10.

The team behind the award winning Kosmonaut bar in NQ is looking to change the general disappointment of ‘gourmet fast-food’ by adding to Stevenson’s Square’s ever-growing foodie scene with their next offering – Ply.

Manchester’s gin lovers have the opportunity to indulge themselves this weekend as the UK Gin Festival returns to the city for the second year running.

MM caught up with 23-year-old founder Jordan Gallimore over a quarter pounder to find out what makes her new eatery so different from the rest.