About two weeks ago (almost!), the Manchester Local Guides decided to make use of the city wide deals that were going on! These January deals were open to all public and was initiated by a bunch of cafe/restaurant owners to entice folks to eat out and spend money; because of Christmas and New Year celebrations, January tend to be a super quiet month!
It feels like a distant memory as I’ve been super busy since then, but here’s a recap of the event!
Firstly, our event was attended by @ZoeOooe , @deadmanjones , @PeteMHW , Iain G and myself! We decided on Albert’s Schloss as none of us have been there before and it’s been on my hit list for yonkers now!! I’ve read the reviews of the venue before so had a pretty decent idea of what to expect and they are all pretty true; cosy, energetic, noisy, fun. In fact, you can read my review of the venue here!
What I didn’t expect was the type of food served! I know, I should have checked the menu in advance but I was just super excited for the venue itself. Anyway, the food was German based (that should have been obvious too!) and it’s not one of the cuisines that excites me (sorry folks!!). But they had Spätzle on the menu which I had only tried once in Dusseldorf and absolutely loved it! So, phew… and I really did like my dish although it was a bit too salty. Spätzle, by the way, it’s like a type of pasta and recently, I’ve got mad cravings for pasta! I don’t know why, I just do!
Anyway, we all had an awesome time with the food and drinks (the beer drinkers had loads of options to choose from!) and to our surprise, the venue had live entertainment every Wednesday where they have two pianists play/sing song requests from the audience! Needless to say, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves so much so that we stayed on an extra hour after our planed finish time. The only downside was that it was really noisy in there so conversations were a bit of a shouting match!
Here are some photos from our event!
I hope you’ve enjoyed this brief recap! If you’re ever in Manchester, this is definitely one of the places to drop by! Check out their website too to find out when their live entertainment is on!
Do you have a similar restaurant in your area? Have you been to it and what’s your take on German food! For all the German food fans out there, apologies for not finding German food exciting… but maybe you can suggest some dishes that you think I should try in future!
