Big British Food Map The laden tables of Liverpool and Manchester

Date Published:

17/06/2008

Andrew went mad for it in Manchester and Liverpool

Bat out of hell

Saw this the other day but only just got round to downloading it off my camera. Check out the biker lady doing a 1000 miles in 24 hours for charity. Rock on!

Go to work on an egg

Inspired by Andy Morrison's love of the egg - not that I needed a reminder as I love 'em - I've decided to go for eggs for breakfast this week. This time last year the 'go to work on an egg' 1950s advert was actually banned on TV as it didn't 'promote a varied diet'. The British Egg Information Service simply released the ad on their website (hurray for the internet). Anyway first up, omelette, that's Andy's bacon on the side too. I love a good omelette, nice and runny in the middle. Tomorrow I'm going for probably my ultimate egg breakfast... what is it? Well, wait and see. Thursday and Friday I'm off to Liverpool.

Sending the soldiers in

Behold! The dippy egg. Surely the best way on Earth to enjoy them?
Admittedly I'm a big fan of poached too, but boiled egg and soldiers is top of the tree for me. Spent the rest of the day in Manchester checking out This and That curry cafe and the Earth Cafe, as well as having lunch with Susan Hartley, food blogger for the Manchester Evening News. More on that later - tomorrow, Liverpool.

Swimming laps through Liverpool

I arrived in Liverpool, European city of culture, to a torrential down pour - a veritable monsoon which left me soaked. When it's raining this hard, doing any gastronomic adventuring and photography is difficult. I found a few interesting gems, however - more on them soon.

Tonight I'm having dinner at The London Carriage Works, Hope Street, and tomorrow having a chat with its head chef, Paul Askew. The rain didn't seem to dampen the sprits of the lads and lassies out on the town in the evening, though, and the bars, pubs and clubs were doing a roaring trade.

A sip too far

Friday night in Liverpool, like any other town in the UK, is full of people letting off steam and toasting this month's pay cheque. Just like this poor lass, for example, having a Naomi Campbell moment - which I'm sure was do to with the slippery cobbles, rather than the booze.

A joint and a half

Spent the morning sorting out the next leg of the trip, then the afternoon filming Paul Askew in his kitchen cooking one of his favourite starters as well as a main course. The video'll be ready soon, but here's a sneak peak. Yes, that's an entire side of Bowland beef from Lancashire he's about to take apart. In the evening I headed back over to Cheshire for some family time.

My brother-in-law and I took my niece, Hannah, to see the Indiana Jones movie. Her skipping rope is now a bullwhip and she's going by the name of Indi-hannah Jones. Hilariously the popcorn cost as much as the ticket to see the film.

Last week Andrew was in Staffordshire.

Next he's off to Bury and beyond.

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