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Ice cream fires my imagination – it’s an experimental cook’s dream. Cream, sugar and eggs set the stage…

24th May 2016

Elsa Lee

Manchester Food Blogger

British / Irish Chinese
Reviewing food
Supporting local businesses
Passionate about sustainability

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Salted caramel crumble mince pies 🎄 and peach a

Salted caramel crumble mince pies 🎄 and peach and almond cake (vg) 🍰 from @nibble_nq!

I first fell in love with Nibble NQ when I tried their salad boxes and their Not Just Avocado On Toast is one of my favourite dishes, highlighting how tasty food can be made from local ingredients. 🚜❤️

Showcasing the plastic box in this photo that I brought with me to store the treats I bought. ♻️ I usually carry a backpack around and am thankful it is currently in fashion now. I usually keep a plastic box, a reusable coffee cup and my own cutlery in it. 🌱💖

Sustainability is important to me and bringing my own things means that single-use items can be reduced (however small my impact is). ♻️💚

Sometimes, when I can't finish my meal in a restaurant I will scoop the leftovers home with me. I know this can appear odd or unseemly, but food waste contributes to climate change 🌍💚 and, after all, I did pay for my meal.

Usually, I try to order within the remits of what I hope to finish but sometimes this is impossible when eating out at certain places. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Do you bring your own reusable items when you are on the go? 💚

#ElsaEats #MincePies #EcoLiving #EcoResponsable #ManchesterCafe #NorthernQuarter #NibbleNQ #NibbleCafe

Korean hot dog 🌭 are new to the Manchester Chri

Korean hot dog 🌭 are new to the Manchester Christmas Markets 🎄. They are run by a new Chinese business @crunch_korean_gansig. Find them at Piccadilly Gardens from 11am on the right side near Primark. Cash only! 💷
(Entrance to the market near Bella Italia).
Swipe for menu and prices! ➡️

I tried the potato 🥔 half and half, which contains half cheese 🧀 and half frankfurter with potato on the outside of the batter. I loved the cheese half so much, I think I'll get the plain potato cheese next time!

Sugar is added by the staff, but you can choose not to have any. Sauces were on a tray and you helped yourself to these. 🖐️

The Korean "hot dog" has seen a rise in popularity worldwide on the back of increasing awareness of South Korean 🇰🇷 culture in general. When London opened Bunsik, it saw long queues daily.

Korean hot dogs were available since the 1980s from South Korean stall vendors. Called locally "hot dog" 핫도그, they are closer to the American 🇺🇸 corn dog.

Traditionally, the sausage is dipped in batter (no cornmeal), deep-fried and topped with sugar, mustard and ketchup. Since the 90s, a popular variation includes the addition of potatoes on the outside. 🥔💖

From @maangchi:
The potato hot dog are "also called a Mandeugi hotdog (만득이 핫도그). There were a popular series of jokes in Korea in the 90s about a guy named Mandeugi who was always chased by a ghost. I don’t know who first called this a Mandeugi hotdog but everyone in Korea knows it. It’s also called an “ugly hotdog” (못난이 핫도그, monnani hotdog) because the outside is lumpy. And also it is called a goblin’s club hotdog (도깨비방망이 핫도그, dokkaebi-bangmangi hotdog), because it looks like a club covered in spikes"

If you've tried this, let me know what you think!

#KoreanHotDog #KoreanCornDog #CornDog #ManchesterChristmasMarkets #KoreanStreetFood #曼城 #ESEAEats @asianleadershipcollective

Pumpkin curry is the perfect food for this time of

Pumpkin curry is the perfect food for this time of year! This Burmese recipe was taken from @meemalee's cookbook Mandalay. The full recipe can also be found on @kaveyf's website: https://www.kaveyeats.com/mimi-ayes-golden-pumpkin-curry

I've made some amendments to this:
Cut my ginger into matchsticks instead of slices (I prefer this way of eating ginger in curries)
Used bay leaves instead of curry leaves
Used miso instead of shrimp paste
Omitted the fish sauce
Added tofu puffs

With the amendments, the dish is vegan friendly. I imagine you can also add chickpeas to this instead of the tofu to make it more sustainable.

I made this when I was over the worst of the really bad flu I had in October. I was left with a persistent cough which showed no sign of leaving. I sought comfort food and had the pumpkin from @VegBoxPeople to use. I actually attribute this curry to the increased recovery of my cough.

If you don't follow Mimi Aye and Kavey (on Instagram and Twitter). then you really should. They both have amazing food-related content. Not just this, but both are amazing women in their own right. Humorous and approachable.

Mimi Aye also celebrates Burmese culture and speaks about the military coup happening in Myanmar/Burma as a diasporic Burmese.

Also, give the following Mancunian Burmese businesses a follow! @rice_over_everything @NilasBurmeseKitchen

#ESEAEats @AsianLeadershipCollective #ESEAJoy #BurmeseFood #PumpkinCurry #TofuCurry #VeganCurry #VegetarianCurry

Hello! It's been a while since I've shown my face

Hello! It's been a while since I've shown my face on the grid. Hello also to my new followers! My name is Elsa (obviously) and I like eating. I was born and bred in Belfast but came over to Manchester for studies. I've been living here since.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Salted egg noodles. I bought the packet from Taste

Chef Diao in Manchester. This place opened recentl

Chef Diao in Manchester. This place opened recently on Oldham Street, replacing what was once Penang.

The owner of this place was an ex dim sum chef from Ocean Treasure in Middleton and House of Beijing in Ardwick, so we can expect some good dim sum. However, for my first visit, I went in the evening so went for other stuff (you can order from their dim sum menu at any time currently, but I'm used to eating my dim sum for brunch/lunch).

We ordered several dishes from one menu, which is only in Chinese (something I would like to see translated into English!). This consisted of several casserole pot dishes and a vegetable dish.

The food was overall good. Service was going through teething issues, but the staff are friendly so bear with them until they iron these out.

If you check them out, let me know you think!

#ChefDiao #ChineseFood #ChineseRestaurant #SharingPlates #Casserole #ESEAEats @asianleadershipcollective

Strawberries and chicken 🍓🍗? It's a winning

Strawberries and chicken 🍓🍗? It's a winning combo and one I enjoyed from @yardandcoop.

The Strawberry Daze Salad features Yard and Coop's amazing buttermilk fried chicken thighs of course 🍗. This is served with a salad containing pickled strawberries 🍓, salad leaves 🥗, hummus and goat's cheese 🧀. All dressed with avocado salsa and chimichurri sauce. 😋

The combination of sweet and salty is one I adore in many things. Salted caramel, fruit on a cheeseboard, so why not chicken and strawberries? It was really good! 💕

And because there are no fries with this dish, I could finish the entire plate and not feel bloated. Good for fighting food waste and probably better for my stomach overall. 😌🌍

💖Share if you'd give this a go!💖

#YardAndCoop #ChickenSalad #StrawberrySalad #Buttermilk #ChickenDinner

Dalgona candy! 🍯 Get this free (whilst stocks l

Dalgona candy! 🍯 Get this free (whilst stocks last) from @anicesip_cornexchange throughout October when you buy two regular drinks! 🧋🧋

Dalgona #달고나 is a traditional Korean candy made from sugar and baking soda. They are usually sold in small stalls and were really popular throughout the 70s-80s, but slowly declined later. 📉 It has seen a more recent boom due to the popularity of the Netflix show, Squid Game. 🦑

Dalgona candy stall vendors were everywhere but especially outside schools. Usually, there are three patterns to choose from, triangle, star or circle. 🔺⭐🟢

The goal of trying to break the candy to reveal the remaining shape with just your fingers 🖐️ (the use of a toothpick 🪡 was adopted later) became a popular game amongst kids. If you can complete the shape without breaking it, you can then win another candy from the vendor. 🙌🙌

The candy tastes pretty similar to honeycomb and I can confirm that breaking the imprinted shape out of the disc of candy is harder than it looks on TV❗❗

Despite having the name dalgona coffee ☕, this popular drink in 2020 does not actually contain dalgona. Dalgona coffee was coined by actor Jung Il-woo 👨🏻 because he thought the drink tasted like dalgona candy.

You can order the dalgona coffee for yourself at A Nice Sip, as pictured on the left in the 2nd photo (served hot or cold and also with or without extra toppings). 🧋

Will you be trying this?

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#DalgonaCoffee #Dalgona #SquidGame #DalgonaCandy #SquidGameCandy #ESEAEats #ESEAJoy

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