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Pollen Bakery in Ancoats

Pollen Bakery has quickly become one of my favourite places to brunch in, or get a takeaway treat…

25th September 2019

Aubergine Katsu

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#AD / The Counter House in Ancoats

I find it can be difficult to balance good food with healthy eating sometimes. I do like stodgy…

19th February 2019

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CHA-ology snacks

Tea based snacks are something that is very popular in Asian countries and I was very excited to…

8th September 2015

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Matcha charcoal cake from @aromebakery. Chosen by

Matcha charcoal cake from @aromebakery. Chosen by mum and split 3 ways so that we can eat more variety of stuff later on. This was a good one to have. Highly recommended.

Hong Kong is a gastro dream for me and it's impossible to eat everything I want to.

I have such a sweet tooth but sweet as in not too sweet. The highest accolade a dessert can ever get in East and South East Asian countries. IFYKYK

#MatchaCake #MatchaCharcoal #ElsaEatsHK #HKFood #HKFoodie #NotTooSweet #ESEAEats

New York style pizza from @nellsatkampus 🍕 Fle

New York style pizza from @nellsatkampus 🍕

Flew back into Manchester on a weekday afternoon, absolutely ravenous for some scran and then remembered that Nell's does a weekday deal! Between 12 and 4pm, 14" pizzas priced £13.50 and under are £7.77. (You can pay an extra £2.22 for the other flavours!)

1) 🍕 Normally I can't finish one solo, but I just about finished one this time. Sis and I ordered a pizza each and had 3 slices of each.

2) 🧅😛 Whimsy. Mozzarella, smoked Lancashire cheese, mushrooms, artichoke and red onion, parm, chives. So, so good. Was the favourite for both of us.

3) 🧄💚 Eat Your Greens! Roast garlic cream and smoked Lancashire cheese, topped with seasonal leafy greens and roquito peppers, finished with chilli, evoo & parm. The greens were mostly kale, not sure if they switch this up with what happens to be fresh in the market.

Which of these two would you go for? What other Nell's flavours are your favourites?

#PizzaLover #ManchesterFood #ManchesterPizza #VegetarianPizza #ManchesterVegetarian

Sourdough croissants from @theteapotbakery 🥐 1

Sourdough croissants from @theteapotbakery 🥐

1) A selection of croissants in a box. It's 4 for £12 or £3.20ish for one

2&3) 💚 Pistachio croissant. Decently filled but maybe not my favourite place for pistachio croissant.

4&5) 🧄🧈 Garlic butter croissant. What's not to like with this combination?

6-8) 🫐🧀 Blueberry cheesecake croissant. Think this my favourite of the selection

9&10) Caramel sesame croissant. Interesting flavour but second to my top choice.

The choice of flavour combos won me over for this independent business. They do savoury as well as sweet croissants as well as a few other pastries a selection of vegan croissants too!

Trading all over Manchester at mostly @_makersmarket

#ManchesterCroissants #ManchesterBakery #ManchesterVegan #VeganCroissants #PistachioCroissant #BlueberryCroissant

Ad 🍕Lunch at the refurbished @wearezizzi at @co

Ad 🍕Lunch at the refurbished @wearezizzi at @cornexchangemcr.

1) A range of mains we ordered

2-4) 💖 The space has been redesigned by Scottish artist @natashanumbernine and incorporates faux tree structures, warm lighting and wall art which match the newly designed menus.

5) 🍝 Pasta crisps. These were smoky and a nice one to nibble on whilst deciding on what to order

6)🍴 A selection of starters including calamari, meatballs, aubergine parmigiana croquette and the carrot, cucumber & veggie sticks with bread from the Bambini/kid's set menu. Tops for me were the meatballs

7) 🍕 Rustuca Half & Half Duo Verde. A white based pizza with pesto and spinach base, it contains goats cheese, figs, balsamic vinegar, bufala mozzarella, roquito peppers and cauliflower. I absolutely loved this pizza and would definitely prefer it again.

8) 🍄 Truffle & Pancetta Carbonara. Wild mushrooms in a pancetta, pecorino cheese and truffle infused sauce. Our server highly recommended this and this was also a table favourite.

9) 🐻 The Bambini pizza had little ears which the little one adored. For a moment we feared it might not get eaten but it eventually went down a treat.

10) 🍫 Kids gelato. I had a taste of this and thought the chocolate ice cream was really good! It had a good depth that had a bit more bitterness compared to regular chocolate. The kid ate all of this up!

I've not been to Zizzi's in ages but I've never been disappointed by a visit. The menu is diverse catering to a wide range of dietary requirements. Staff were super friendly and very accommodating to my friend's kid. Definitely one to consider if you want a reliable chain.

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Dim sum at @onlyyumcr 🥢 Went with @mcrfoodie a

Dim sum at @onlyyumcr 🥢

Went with @mcrfoodie and @thechinesefoodie to check out the dim sum here, as there aren't that many reviews.

1) 🤤 We ordered a lot of different things! I'm just going to highlight a few favourites next:

2) 🥚 The egg tarts are pretty good! Really flaky pastry and the egg custard was silky smooth

3) 🌶️ XO turnip cake. A nice change from the regular turnip cake, the additional sauce and toppings were spicy and umami. The turnip cake itself was very well made, so the regular one should also be tasty.

4) ❤️ Red rice rice noodle roll with Chinese doughnut / youtiao. I know of only a few places that serve this and the fact this place does is a plus for me!

5&6) ❤️ Fried taro puffs. One of my mum's favourites so I like to order this. The filling was really good. Not dry which it can sometimes be.

7) 🍄 Cordycep flower (a type of fungus) dumpling. Another one I don't see often, so this was nice to eat.

8) 🥜 Teochew dumplings. Another one that had an excellent filling of mincemeat, peanuts and chives.

Only Yu is the only Manchester restaurant I've visited that offers you some water to wash your bowls and cutlery in. 💧

This is explained in greater detail in my blog post (see link in bio for "How to eat dim sum" or visit here http://www.elsaeats.com/how-to-eat-dim-sum/)

Which of these dim sum dishes do you think you'd love? 😍

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Orecchiette pasta with mince, olives and peas 😋

Orecchiette pasta with mince, olives and peas 😋

September is East and South East Heritage Month. Today's post is a subtle nod to this.

The peas are an odd addition, but mum used to make something similar when we were growing up. The peas were an easy way of adding extra nutrients (and colour!) to a dish, so often I would do the same 💚

Made everything in a wok, because this saves on using multiple pots. When I first came to Manchester for university, my parents packed me with a rice cooker and a wok. They reasoned that with a wok, you don't need both a frying pan and a pot 😏

So this meal has double the feelings of home, despite not actually being an Asian dish in any way 🥰

Funny how that is

#ESEA #ESEAJoy #ESEAHM2023 #ESEAHM #ESEAHeritageMonth #ESEAHeritageMonth23 #ESEAHeritageMonth2023 #PeaPasta

Mango sticky rice sundae from @lazysundaeuk 🥭🍚🍦

Caught up with a friend and checked out Lazy Sundae since it was nice and I've not been in ages. I opted to go for their 🆕 August special this time, which was this

This was a really nice dessert, but probably not quite "mango sticky rice". I couldn't taste much coconut flavour in the ice cream and puffed rice was used instead glutinous rice. Mango puree was used at the bottom and could have benefited from mango chunks (or more of them if there is usually some). 🥭❣️

If you reframe your knowledge of mango sticky rice and think "mango puffed rice sundae", I think this, 'll be more accurate 🧐

Definitely come to the parlour and try the other flavours on offer! Many of them are flavours I know and love from my visits to Hong Kong. You can ask staff to try a bit of any flavour before dedicating yourself to a scoop 😋

They are found on Tib Street but they are also opening in Arndale soon! Don't forget their sister company @heysipcha, where you can also get a few scoops to take away 🍦

#ESEA #ESEAEats #ManchesterFood #ManchesterFoodie #MangoIceCream #MangoStickyRice #MangoDessert

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