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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

Cafe Chaology order

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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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Get down to @therefugemcr for some lovely Burmese

Get down to @therefugemcr for some lovely Burmese food, or pick up some awesome chilli oil under some much-needed shade. This week, @may_noods of @rice_over_eveything will be serving up rice bowls with plans for noodle bowls next week.

The food of Myanmar/Burma prides itself on 3 tastes: sour, salty, and spicy, although the careful balance of 3 of the 5 tastes (including sweet and umami) can be seen across its cuisine. This can be seen more acutely in the pork and mango curry May is serving which features pickled mango, salty pork and spicy chilli oil.

Pork and mango are especially popular in savoury dishes, as surmised in a popular rhyme:

"A thee ma, thayet; a thar ma, wet; a ywet ma, lahpet" (အသီးမှာသရက်၊ အသားမှာဝက်၊ အရွက်မှာလက်ဖက်။).

"of all the fruit, the mango's the best;
of all the meat, the pork's the best;
and of all the leaves, lahpet's the best"

Lahpet is pickled tea leaves and is commonly served at the end of a meal. Maybe one day, I'll get round to trying this.

Have you tried Burmese food before?

#BurmeseFood #MyanmarFood #ChilliOil #ChiliOil #PorkCurry #AubergineCurry #EggplantCurry #HeatwaveUK #UKHeatwave #RiceOverEverything #MayNoodle #MayNoods #RefugeMCR #Refuge #SeekTheShade #BurmaFood @eatmcr

#AD New on the blog! I interview @foodstuffmcr. Li

#AD New on the blog! I interview @foodstuffmcr. Link in bio. Use the code FEEDME15 to get 15% off on one order until the end of July. Additionally, for the month of July, there is free delivery on Mon-Wed 11:30am-2pm.

Foodstuff is new to Manchester but has already been established in Cambridge and Bristol. They pride themselves on:

- Delivering delicious food to you
- Giving restaurants a better commission rate. Some delivery companies charge as much as 40% whereas they charge a lot less!
- Giving delivery people a National Living Wage
- Eco-friendly delivery. All methods of transport don't use pedal power at the moment.

Read my interview with Nok Vickers, Manchester city manager for Foodstuff and find out more about this brilliant business.

As for this meal from @vrevmcr, it was really good and all vegan. The Mac and cheese is easily a favourite and honestly the best dairy free mac and cheese I've ever had!

Let me know if you give them a try!

#SupportLocal #WhatVegansEat #VRev #VeganBurger #VeganWhopper #VeganMacAndCheese #ManchesterVegan #VeganManchester #DairyFreeMacAndCheese #NorthernQuarter #FoodStuffMCR #FoodStuff #SupportIndependents #ManchesterIndependents

One of these Portuguese tarts is vegan. Guess whic

One of these Portuguese tarts is vegan. Guess which one? Both of these beauties are from @sunrise_patisserie, who trade in markets around Manchester like @_makersmarket @altymarket.

When I first heard that Sunrise Patisserie did vegan Portuguese tarts, I knew I had to go and try them for all my lactose intolerant, dairy-free and vegan friends.

I bought one of their original tarts and one that was vegan and bit into both. And my conclusion? The vegan tart is not as rich and creamy as the dairy one, but it is still a hella good tart! If you have been missing this texture or Portuguese tarts in general since making the move away from dairy and eggs, then these are definitely your go-to!

And if you are wondering which tart pictured is vegan, it's the one on the right!

Do you love a Portuguese tart? Or do you not get what all the fuss is about?

#SunrisePatisserie #PortugueseTart #EggTart #CustardTart #EggCustardTart #VeganTart #WhatVegansEat #SupportLocal #ManchesterVegan #StreetFood #葡撻 #蛋撻 #素食

Ice cream within cookie top bun from @lazysundaeuk

Ice cream within cookie top bun from @lazysundaeuk! This new ice cream parlour serves common East and South-East Asian flavours, reminding me of my travels to Hong Kong.

This combo was special from the last bank holiday weekend (how long ago did that feel?!). The bun is commonly known as a pineapple bao or pineapple bun (菠蘿包) due to the cookie topping resembling the outside of a pineapple. This was paired with milk tea ice cream by the staff, a nod to the fact that the bun itself is commonly served with Hong Kong milk tea.

HK milk tea in itself is different from the typical English brew as it is sweetened with condensed or evaporated milk. The creation came from the British colonialism of the area where of course, tea with milk and sugar was drunk by the Brits. Locally in Hong Kong, it is simply known as "milk tea, 奶茶", to differentiate from traditional Chinese tea which is served without milk.

Other common East and South-East Asian flavours on their menu include:
- Brown sugar
- Cereal milk
- Coconut (vegan)
- Earl Grey Biscoff
- Honeydew milk
- Mango mochi
- Matcha tea (available vegan and dairy)
- Taro
- Thai tea
- Vietnamese coffee

But they are looking to shake things up. Which one will you be trying? Which one would you like to see? Yakult/Calpis ice cream anyone?

#ESEAEats #ESEAJoy #IceCream #PineappleBun #PineappleBao #MilkTeaIceCream #AsianIceCream #ManchesterIceCream #IceCreamParlour #MCRIceCream #LazySundae #菠蘿包 #菠萝包 #雪糕 #雪糕菠蘿包 #雪糕菠萝包 #奶茶雪糕 #抹茶雪糕 #VeganIceCream ##冰淇淋菠蘿包 #冰淇淋菠萝包 #冰淇淋 #純素

New on the blog, link in bio! Balanced eating, My

New on the blog, link in bio! Balanced eating, My British Chinese perspective.

This is the right amount of greens on a plate, right? Stir-fried kale with red pepper flakes and mushrooms, root veg mash and @lindamccartneyfoods sausages. Veg from @vegboxpeople.

I've always been fond of vegetables growing up. In fact, in my formative years, mum had trouble getting me to eat anything that wasn't green. Read up on my blog how my mum got me to eat non-green foods, what is yeet hay (熱氣) aka hot qi, and does the dessert stomach exist?

#ESEAEats #ESEAJoy #YeetHay #BritishChinese #IrishChinese #BalancedEating #熱氣 #Asian #Chinese #DessertStomach #Flexitarian #FlexitarianDiet

Throwback to this bowl of delicious noodles from t

Throwback to this bowl of delicious noodles from the @pippyeats x @therefugemcr takeover by @eatmcr, featuring one of the best Cantonese roast duck in Manchester from @jadecitymcr and fresh egg noodles from @komuginoodles. I do love a good collaboration between local Manchester independents. 💕

Wok-fried greens, enoki mushrooms, Pippa's own chilli crisp and spring onion sauce complete this dish.

It was also great to see @cookingwithmamaz and @rice_over_everything slinging noodles on the day, both of whom are independent businesswomen in their own right serving up food and sauces across Manchester. Girl gang representing! 👩👩👩💕

Check them all out in their own ventures!

#SupportLocal #IndependentBusinesses #ESEAEats #ESEAJoy #RoastDuck #ChineseFood #DuckNoodles #GirlGang #FreshNoodles #燒鴨 #燒鴨面 #新鮮麵 #AsianFood #LunchInspo #NoodleLover #NoodleLife #TeamNoodles #NoodlePorn #翠華大酒樓 #翠華

Not Just Avocado on Toast by @nibble_nq. When eati

Not Just Avocado on Toast by @nibble_nq. When eating out and trying to eat more plant-based for brunch, I normally see a slew of avocado on/in things and frankly, I'm bored with it. This dish is a saviour and one I've ordered a few times.

Plus, avocado is not the best fruit sustainability-wise as they use a lot of water to grow and most are grown outside Europe.

For £8, you get a "guacamole" made from pea and watercress, chillies, spring onion, coriander on top of sourdough, rye or gluten-free bread. I'm sure the coriander can be omitted if you have the genes which make it taste of soap.

You then pick from two choices on top of this:
Roast veg with salsa verde and chickpeas
or
Bacon and fried eggs

I always go for the former because honestly, you are not missing anything flavour wise.

Are you an avocado lover or an avocado hater?

#HealthyBreakfast #Chickpeas #HealthyBrunch #NibbleNQ #PeaGuacamole #NotAvocadoToast #SupportLocal #ManchesterBreakfast #ManchesterBrunch #EatTheColors #GoodMorning #NorthernQuarter #GirlGang #BreakfastForLunch #BrunchDate #BrunchGoals #RyeBread #GlutenFreeManchester #VeganManchester #ManchesterVegan #WhatVegansEat

Shakshuka/shakshouka. There are so many recipes fo

Shakshuka/shakshouka. There are so many recipes for this but usually, I just use what I have to hand in the house. It's a warming dish that brings comfort on cold days.

Whatever onions I have in the house
Garlic
Cumin
Cayenne pepper
Paprika/nutmeg (optional)
Bell peppers
Tomato puree/paste
Tin of tomatoes or chopped fresh tomatoes or a mixture
Chickpeas (optional)
Chillies (optional)
Parsley/coriander (optional)
Eggs

Fry everything together until it's not too runny and not too dry. Then make a well for however many eggs you want to add. I like to finish mine under the grill but you can bring the heat down on the stove and slowly cook the eggs in this way.

Did debate making a recipe post but this is too slapdash for that. Just try it and make your own adjustments. The name shakshuka is Maghrebi Arabic for "a mixture", and that says it all, really.

Have you ever tried shakshuka before?

#Shakshouka #Shakshuka #Breakfast #Brunch #VegetarianBreakfast #InstaBrunch #InstaBreakfast #BreakfastLover #BrunchLover #BrunchClub #BreakfastTime #BrunchTime #CosyBreakfast #ColdWeather #HyggeFood #BrunchIdeas #BreakfastIdeas

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