This Manc Can Eat

13/07/2025

Some tasty treats at Middfest 2025.

The pulled pork flatbread from Dasilva’s Kitchen was *chef kiss* 👌

12/07/2025

Be careful out there folks, There's sneaky tactics being used to take your hard earned cash.

I spotted this last night - Hungryll on Middleton Eats had a 50% off offer from Friday-Sunday. It caught my eye as typically these are the busiest days for a takeaway and such an offer isn't needed to keep orders coming in.

After clicking into the menu, it was immediately obvious that prices had been inflated and were higher than your typical Kebab or Burger pricing for the area. My thought process at that point was to check to see if they had an online menu or direct way of ordering to be able to compare and check if these prices were actually normal or inflated for the purposes of the offer and as a surprise to absolutely no-one, it was exactly that!

50% off should be 50% off your normal price NOT inflating prices by 50% to then knock it back off again and sell items at the normal rate. This is unethical and you wont be getting by business by having such sly business practices. I completely underdstand that prices on delivery apps are usually inflated a little as they naturally take a cut but to overinflate prices and then try and make out as if you're doing us a favour by having an offer on, just doesn't sit well with me.

Good food at a fair price, is that really so much to ask?

***** Update - Apparently this was done by the owner of the delivery app, without the restaurants permission and has now been corrected by the owner *****

11/07/2025

Facebook followers, I call upon your help to settle an arguement between me and the misses.

I'm not much of a cereal eater and almost always have toast with something for breakfast (egg on toast, sausage/bacon butty or beans on toast).

The misses is of the opinion I'm weird for eating stuff like that when we wake up and thinks its only acceptable to eat such things after 9.30.

Thanks to the kids, we're awake between 5.30-6.30 most days so I absolutely wouldn't want to wake up and wait 3-4 hours to have breakfast and my arguement is that Cafe's and Maccies etc all have a breakfast menu served early doors for a reason and its fine to eat hot food in the morning where as she thinks its more of a brunch thing/late morning meal.

Who's right here?

(Picture for attention)

09/07/2025

£7 quid of your hard earned money for a lifetime of pride and bragging rights 😉.

6 wings (or tenders) in 6 minutes with 6 minutes afterwards with no refreshment.

Complete it and get £10 cash, a £20 Hache voucher and your mug shared on this page in homage to your bravery and tolerance to spice!

TEST YOUR MIGHT! 💪🔥

Here we go!

I dropped off 2.25L of sauce with Zak earlier for the limited time collaboration with Haché MCR and their 666 challenge 😎.

6 wings in 6 minutes with 6 minutes afterwards with no drink.

Fancy your name in lights, forever immortalized on the "Flawless victory" wall of fame? Go and have a go if you think you can handle it. Be warned, it kicks like a mule! 😉

(I have a small amount of bottles of this sauce that I'll send to friends, family and followers that fancy giving it a go. Let me know if you're interested and I'll choose people at random).

08/07/2025

We fancied a burger for tea last night and well, around these parts there's no-one that comes close to the flavours Burger Eats Manchester has to offer so it was a no brainer to order from there.

It was my first time trying the Donner loaded fries from there and it was amazing. There's quite a few flavours that come through with each bite amd at different stages but the one I loved the most was the sauce they used. Its very similar to a classic Kebab chilli sauce but with a nice warmth to it that's complimented by the tang of the Jalapenos 👌.

On a personal note too, it was a welcomed surprise to see such a happy and smiling depivery driver. Usually delivery drivers have a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp and throw the food at me but the fella from Burger Eats had a smile on his face. Yeah, its only a 5-10 second interaction but it makes a difference - Enough for me to think about it whilst writing this and comment how nice it was to see someone enjoying what they do 🙂.

06/07/2025

Ian's Donatello's mixed kebab (Chicken & Donner) I felt ike it could have used a little more sauce and I thought the Naan tasted a little different to normal but it hit the spot nicely.

The grilled Donner with their chilli sauce is just *chefs kiss* 👌

04/07/2025

Thank you to one of my followers for suggesting I check this place out 👌

Heres some more photos of the massive breakfast barm from BLT Sandwich Shop. It had a toasted bottom which was a nice touch as it added a toast-like flavour to each bite and as there's a fair few fillings in here, it probably helped keep it all together.

I also saw a hot minted Lamb sandwich on the menu and well... I couldn't resist giving it a go! It's one of my favorite sandwiches and its a little different from every place I get it.
..Yes, I finished both of these at the same time, WITH EASE 🐽

03/07/2025

Here we go!

I dropped off 2.25L of sauce with Zak earlier for the limited time collaboration with Haché MCR and their 666 challenge 😎.

6 wings in 6 minutes with 6 minutes afterwards with no drink.

Fancy your name in lights, forever immortalized on the "Flawless victory" wall of fame? Go and have a go if you think you can handle it. Be warned, it kicks like a mule! 😉

(I have a small amount of bottles of this sauce that I'll send to friends, family and followers that fancy giving it a go. Let me know if you're interested and I'll choose people at random).

03/07/2025

A breakfast barm bigger than my hand... YES PLEASE!

01/07/2025

A work mate from Glasgow was in Manchester yesterday and he brought me 4 bottles of glass bottle Bru - the ELITE way of drinking it 😁.

I occasionally come across normal Bru and 1901 in glass bottles but I've never seen Xtra!

Not all heroes wear capes 🙌

29/06/2025

Adam's, Heywood - Adam's Challenge Kebab on Naan (£13.95)

***Food Hygiene rating: 2/5***

I spotted this place pop up on one of delivery apps recently and it didn't ring a bell as somewhere where I've been. Combine that with spotting a "Kebab challenge", a date with destiny awaited!

The Donner - Lets not beat around the bush. There's a lot of it and kudos for that but you eat with your eyes first and this looked like it'd been through the wash a few times. It was a lot lighter in colour than I prefer but it had a meaty, albeit greasy taste to it.

The Chicken - Soft, 1"+ cubes and was proper Chicken. The flavour wasn't as strong as it could have been but it was cooked nicely, had perfect white Chicken fibres on the inside and it was easy to see how deep in to the Chicken the marrinate went.

The Lamb - It was ok. Had a meaty taste and texture but nothing else of note. It may aswell have not been there at all.

The Seek Kebab - There was 2 of them in there and despite how they look (and I know what they look like in the photos 😂) they were actually amazing. They were well seasoned and had a nice zesty flavour to them, presumably from a bit of corriander in the mix.

The Salad - Its salad.

The Sauce - I asked for medium sauce and I guess I got what I asked for. It tasted like they had mixed yoghurt sauce and the chilli sauce together. Granted that probably makes a medium sauce as you're mixing mild and hot but this wasn't anything noteworthy and just tasted a little odd.

The Bread - It held its own! It wasn't anything noteworthy taste wise but it was definitely up to the challenge of keeping all of this together and not split. Kudos!

Overall - Its a lot of food for the money. I can't deny that this would probably feed 2-3 people and for a less than fiver each, it'll be a proper bargain. However, there's definitely room for improvement with the Donner as it was too greasy for my liking and just lacked anything standout. It wasn't the worst i've ever had, not by a long shot, it just disnt do anything beyond being a means to pad out the meal. A bit of seasoning here and there or grilling the meat after its been shaven off the elephant leg would go a long way in my book.

The other meats (other than the Seek) were all 'JUST OK' too. A sublime effort with the Seek doesn't quite make up for the Lamb that didn't really taste of anything, the effort should be consistent across the board.

I'll try here again with a different order and see if they'll grill the Donner - see if that makes a difference. I'll also need to find out more info on the hygiene score as 2 is a little sus. Until then...

6/10

29/06/2025

She's ready!

I'll be dropping off a batch of this with Haché MCR next week for anyone that fancies the challenge and win a prize. I've got a very small amount of bottles of this stuff that I'll give away to friends and maybe a bottle or 2 for any spice fans that might follow me.

To quote Fort Minor:
"This is ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name"

Though this will be a lot more than 50% pain 😉.

(Disclaimer: This is a one-time batch. Isn't for sale and I'm not making any form of money from any part of putting this sauce together. This was just done for fun and for the love of spicy food).