Twenty years ago, at the age of 22 Aiden Byrne was awarded a Michelin star. He is the youngest chef in Britain to earn such a reputative award.
Owning some restaurants, since last year he has also been patronising Manchester House, the restaurant featured in BBC's "Restaurant Wars: The Battle for Manchester" (comparing Manchester House with The French patronised by Simon Rogan).
Today we had lunch there. We were very happy when we saw Aiden Byrne was there, and he was very nice. My husband and Aiden talked for few minutes, discussed about cooking duck and chips (!!). Okay, Aiden is a Michelin star chef, but to be very honest with you, Mr B's chips are tastier!! Lol.. Later, Aiden presented us 2 dishes for free!! Very generous!!
The food, the ambience, the service, all was superb. We had a blast. We are thinking to return to try their Tasting Menu -we were told it would take at least 3 hours to complete 12 different dishes. Of course, I don't mind :)
The restaurant is located on the 2nd floor. After meal we went up to the Lounge Bar on the 12th floor for drinks.
PS: this lunch was my present for MOH which he accepted delightfully. Though he said that I was indulging myself ha ha ha..
Open kitchen. Nice to see them working, very busy.
There he is!! Aiden Byrne was there. A lovely man. He smiled
when he saw me taking photos.
We arrived early, we were first guests to arrive.
Loved the place. Well, loved everything.
The balcony outside, on 2nd floor.
Amuse bouche: brioche & turnip soup.
My starter: smoked eel with pearl barley etc.
My starter: smoked eel with pearl barley etc.
His starter: duck etc.
His starter: duck etc. You can imagine how much work they put into one dish! Every element of
this small dish has certain 'power' creating great combination.
Two chefs are exchanging words. Mr B & Aiden Byrne.
Aiden Byrne showed him a tool (not visible here) to slice vegetable thinly. The tool costs £500.
I thought it was a laminating machine, looked like it lol..
Ha.. this is a dish Aiden Byrne gave us free of charge. Yippie!!! Rice cracker with cèpes,
seaweed, smoked anchovies and caviar.
Rice cracker with cèpes, seaweed, smoked anchovies and caviar.
Rice cracker with cèpes, seaweed, smoked anchovies and caviar.
This is another dish Aiden gave us for free: Cauliflower panna cotta and salt cod mousse.
Cauliflower panna cotta and salt cod mousse. Small but powerful. Stir it to mix the content.
Spoon it. It bursts with delicate yet strong flavour.
My main: monkfish etc.
His main: lamb etc.
His dessert.
My dessert.
If you are in a group of 6 people, you can reserve the chef's table, right in front of the kitchen.
When we asked for the bill, Emma presented this box.
Tradaa.... macaroons!
Nice touch smile emoticon
Old fashion flush in the ladies.
Polished brass.
Manchester House Lounge 12, on the 12th floor. They have extensive range of cocktails.
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