tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51547539454223281012026-10-19T00:00:50.819+01:00Good gobble!A blog about gobbling delicious food.Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.comBlogger405125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-43974086119107899812016-03-06T18:48:00.000+00:002016-03-06T19:03:36.678+00:00Fischer's Baslow HallBailey and I are very lucky to have the most wonderful brother/ brother-in-law-to-be/ sister-in-law-to-be/ amazing friends in the form of Steven and Lisa. This generous twosome were so excited by our recent (now not so recent) engagement that they only went and snapped us up a voucher for us to go stuffing our faces at a blimming MICHELIN STARRED RESTAURANT! Obviously a slap up meal is the best Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com2Baslow, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45, UK53.251380999999988 -1.6223709999999353.232378499999989 -1.6627114999999302 53.270383499999987 -1.58203049999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-39112089356950551422015-08-03T13:41:00.003+01:002015-08-03T17:39:17.032+01:00Astrid & GastónSo this is a little odd - we haven't written a single blog post for the last year and we said we'd decided to knock the blogging lark on the head, but here I am writing up a meal we went for during last year's summer holiday! Why am I bothering then? Well, one of my biggest culinary regrets of all time is that I failed to follow the advice of several Peruvians who told me not to leave the countryJuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-89234781396321817512014-08-11T15:14:00.000+01:002014-08-11T15:34:18.130+01:00Antalya CaféThe Curry Mile is somewhere we ought to be proud of in Manchester. There aren't many other destinations in the city which boast over 70 different eateries across so many different cuisines; a great example of Manchester's boiling pot of cultures. We love the Curry Mile mainly because it's home to one of our favourite restaurants, the mighty Mughli, but we're also fully aware that there are loads Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-77365020168395628282014-07-28T20:03:00.000+01:002014-07-28T20:07:24.524+01:00Crispy Lemon Sherbert CakeI recently decided it was time to make my old favourite Crispy Lemon Cake as per my lovely late nan Gwen's recipe. However, me and my cake-mad friend Hayley had been discussing ideas for sexy 80's party cakes (Bake-O-Rama meets Club Tropicana, coooooo-ooooool) in a rather worrying amount of detail. We'd set each other a challenge to bake up a storm and send each other pictures so I Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-17534048095327815102014-06-08T19:30:00.002+01:002014-07-25T23:40:45.382+01:00Street Food Reccy to LeedsThere's been an awful lot of talk about street food lately. And it's fair to say Manchester has been getting a bit of a kicking for being "lightyears" behind the likes of London and Bristol. While I'd be on the front lines supporting anyone who wanted to start any sort of street food revolutions around here, for now it would be counterproductive for me to sit here crying into my veggie lasagna Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-76868653513766825472014-05-27T15:11:00.000+01:002014-05-28T13:07:30.220+01:00The Samuel Fox Country Inn
Recently Bailey and I were in sunny Sheff Vegas over the weekend to celebrate jointly the birthdays of both me and my dad. My mum loves going out for countryside drives so we decided to hit up a country pub for our lunch. In the interest of trying out somewhere new (both in terms of eatery and 'little Peak District town'), we chose The Samuel Fox Country Inn in the Hope Valley mining Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-69963762687851753592014-05-25T09:42:00.001+01:002014-05-27T13:35:53.345+01:00Integrity and Manchester ConfidentialYesterday, Mark Garner, aka Gordo, asked me to write an objective summary of the perceived issues we have been aiming to highlight in recent weeks surrounding the advertising policy of Manchester Confidential. He promised that if I were to present an "honest, fair and not insulting" viewpoint, he would publish this on his website, and also respond. I decided against submitting this directly Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-9717683404324638542014-05-20T18:38:00.000+01:002014-05-20T18:44:18.669+01:00Channa Curry
The only curry recipe I've ever used to turn out not too bad is Ottolenghi's Two Potato Vindaloo. Seeing as I know absolutely nothing about Indian cooking (I'm desperate to learn! Please teach me!), I'm no good at coming up with new ideas so always tend to just stick to this trusty recipe and adapt as necessary.
This time I was having a huge chickpea craving and was dying to make a Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-50419600125773193372014-05-18T12:48:00.000+01:002014-05-18T22:41:20.851+01:00Recent Tea AdventuresBeing a Yorkshire girl I've always loved tea - a milky cup of builder's and I'm in heaven. However I think there are occasions when it's good to be a bit more adventurous with your leafy consumption, especially with so many places in Manchester to go and get a cuppa. With the help of self-confessed tea-snob Hungry Hoss (who has kindly given me loads of good advice - and tea!), I've beenJuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-17180295002006741592014-05-01T14:38:00.004+01:002014-05-28T13:44:45.350+01:00DIY OR DIE
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}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));I wasn't always in to food. Obviously I consumed food from a very early Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03767084112947083238noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-25449262025162748662014-04-18T12:14:00.003+01:002014-04-19T01:13:51.977+01:00My favourite vegan dishes of Manchester So Lent, and therefore my stint as a vegan, is coming to an end and I would be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to tucking in to a big fat salmon steak with gorgeous crispy skin... However, I would also be lying if I said it had been as terrible and torturous as everyone expected - I haven't had to survive on tasteless leaves and berries, put it that way. In fact, I've been surprised at Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-63699232088324763572014-04-15T15:40:00.003+01:002014-04-15T22:01:03.838+01:00Nasi Lemak at Frienship InnFor indecisive diners with a huge hit-list like me and Bailey, deciding where to eat out is already difficult enough as it is without throwing "must be showing the football" onto the list of criteria - a position we found ourselves in last Sunday when meeting up with our friends Kate and Chris for a lunch/footie-based catch up. 'Good food and football' sounded like an oxymoron to me, but we Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-2156814912290675212014-04-11T11:16:00.000+01:002014-04-12T00:16:30.355+01:00Phetpailin
Since I went on that Twitter saying that Phetpailin is ace and that it blows Chaophraya out of the water, I've had quite a few people ask me about what makes it so great. Firstly I'd like to point out that I can't take credit for discovering this little gem; like most good things it was those Manchester Foodies who sniffed it out years ago, and I am so pleased that they did Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-9211308963685797022014-04-09T11:07:00.005+01:002014-04-10T09:06:57.517+01:00Rama's Bridge RestaurantAhhh Mother's Day. For most families, this seems to mean eating a crappy set menu always featuring prawn cocktails and a dry roast dinner in an overcrowded country pub. Can't think of anything worse. Fortunately for me, one of the many advantages of having a Colombian mum is that we generally don't do what other families do on occasions like this, I can't even remember the last time I saw my mum Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-53925547511028379932014-04-06T11:59:00.001+01:002014-04-06T12:05:14.036+01:00Black Soya Milk Rice PuddingLike most of my vegan cooking adventures, this story begins with yet another visit to the mystical world of WH Lung.
On this occasion I was looking out for a little something to satisfy a Sunday afternoon sweet tooth, especially seeing as being a Lenten vegan I've been quite short of options when it comes to desserts. I spotted some exciting looking pudding rice but it was the even more Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-10656643876223858502014-03-24T19:31:00.001+00:002014-04-15T16:03:14.292+01:00ArianChorlton! The land of the dog lover! The kingdom of good boozers! The realm of the overpaid BBC executive! We do like Chorlton! We get over as often as we can for a good pub crawl but it's not very often it ends up being our dining destination. For whatever reason it seems to have a high proportion of great pubs compared to great restaurants with the exception of the fantastic Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03767084112947083238noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-4467953768101291072014-03-23T08:57:00.000+00:002014-03-24T18:54:23.466+00:00The Swan InnBailey and I have been making a concerted effort lately not to waste our Sundays moping around complaining about going back to work. We also have that guilty feeling all the time about not making time to see people that we really want to see often enough. Therefore, we were really pleased to have a much needed catch-up with our teacher friends arranged... Going down the pub for a spot of Sunday Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-45327687229760930202014-03-16T10:29:00.001+00:002014-03-16T10:34:45.708+00:00Vegan Teriyaki Tofu with Miso VeggiesIt's just over a week since I became a fully fledged vegan for Lent and things couldn't be going any better. I honestly haven't missed dairy and all of the restaurants / food traders I've visited have been genuinely happy to accommodate me. Bailey has also been bringing me daily vegan treats from Village Stores which has been lots of fun... admittedly some have been downright revolting but&Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-58645123286060946252014-03-15T13:26:00.000+00:002014-03-16T09:45:14.096+00:00UmezushiOne of the many geeky topics Bailey and I enjoy discussing is the age-old 'service vs food' debate. Can a restuarant's bad food be redeemed by excellent service? And can bad service ruin a meal even when there's excellent food? We've always concluded that service is more important than you'd think - while we're obviously all about good food, if the staff seem to give a shit we're far more Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-27000883256582873022014-02-21T12:33:00.000+00:002014-02-21T12:35:45.974+00:00Cauliflower Velouté with Truffle and Cauliflower Leaf OilSeeing Debbie work wonders with leftover cauliflower and knock Simon Rogan's socks off on Tuesday's episode of the The Taste reminded me that I had this little Cauliflower Velouté recipe knocking about in the blog drafts.
I made this for our Christmas Day starter as we wanted to start our dinner off with a soup, but more posh. It was a good choice as not onerous or difficult to make at Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-27296009261249187032014-02-17T07:26:00.000+00:002014-04-12T00:19:16.327+01:00Red's True BBQOh look those bladdy blaggers are going to more restaurant openings and stuffing their greedy faces with free food, blah blahhhhhh! Contrary to popular belief I can tell you that for us as well as the majority of bloggers I know, freebies are not our raison d'être; Bailey and I actually dislike going for them as they're rubbish and awkward and we try to choose very carefully about which ones we Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-62829031198262110802014-02-16T08:18:00.000+00:002014-02-16T08:49:37.235+00:00Season's EatingsWhile Levenshulme may be considered by some as one of the more 'woefully downtrodden' areas of Manchester, what a lot of people don't know just yet is that it is becoming something of a foodie hotspot. The success of Levy Market is bringing food lovers in from far and wide, Incredible Edible Levenshulme is gearing up to line the A6 with communal organic fruit and veg, there's the Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-41083375529185300632014-02-09T16:36:00.000+00:002014-04-13T08:52:59.901+01:00SanskrutiDespite being the worst type of vegetarian and essentially a bit of a fraud (one of those non-committal pescatarians), I love veggie food and am always excited to hear about any new veggie-friendly additions to our fine city's dining scene. I am also a huge fan of South Indian cuisine, with the likes of Chaat Cart, Dosa Xpress and Sindhoor having served me up some of my Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-19235215754158162122014-02-02T19:22:00.001+00:002014-02-03T14:10:55.561+00:00Seoul KimchiAfter the gut-busting highs of the Christmas feasting, Bailey and I were feeling overweight and gross. What was needed was a good, hearty and healthy meal. A quick call for recommendations on Twitter for the best East Asian eateries would surely do it... the venue we settled on? Seoul Kimchi, a wee Korean joint I first heard of through Hungry Hoss way back in 2012. Shameful and tragic that Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154753945422328101.post-23897725112820840242014-01-12T12:07:00.000+00:002014-01-12T12:25:03.218+00:00AladdinWhen choosing a restaurant to take my dad Roy Morris to, there are a few things to consider. He isn't a man who concerns himself with style over substance. He isn't a fashionista. I once witnessed him eat his Christmas dinner with a dessert spoon. Instead, we ask ourselves: will the eatery produce flavours he won't have tried before? Is it authentic? Is he likely to feel like we have discovered aJuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811956197890457664noreply@blogger.com1