I have sampled food from Nasi Lemak plenty of times over the past 12 months, but more recently,…read moreduring their visits to Levenshulme Market hosted by The University of Manchester, occurring every Tuesday during the semester for anyone and everybody nearby to enjoy. Nasi Lemak offers unbelievably tasty Malaysian street food, and I recommend Satay Chicken. skewered chicken in a delicious spicy marinade. Also, the rempah chicken is a very popular fried chicken. Delicious!

I have previously tried the food from Nasi Lemak before my recent visit to Nasi Lemak, now in The…read moreKitchens. I was only recently at the Yelp event at The Kitchens and got to try the food from all the different vendors including Nasi Lemak. I had the rempah chicken (which is Malaysian spiced fried chicken) with noodles. The chicken is just so tasty - you can really taste the juicy chicken. And the sauce is lovely - nice spice to it. (Its worth just mentioning that if you are a vegetarian, you have some options such as the mock chicken. I have had mock chicken before - both from Nasi Lemak and other places - and its pretty hard to tell the difference - the taste and also the texture). I recommend checking out Nasi Lemak!

Bizarrely, Stockport although not known for its adventurous dining scene has long established…read moreCambodian (in Marple) and Malaysian (in Hazel Grove) restaurants, and now two fine dining places in the heart of the old town. Added to this now is Little Lanka, which I believe is the only Sri Lankan restaurant in Manchester (there seems to be one in Glossop). Added to our long-existing outstanding pubs, Stockport is really doing well! The same can't be said for this location, which has had two restaurants (Nepalese and vegetarian Indian) close since 2015. It's a a bit of a trek from Stockport station and parking is hit and miss - street parking is limited although we got a spot literally outside the front door, not metered, on a Saturday night. The 192 takes contactless now, so the bus is also an option! Consistently with reviews on tripadvisor, we got a lovely welcome here. The menu is full of unfamiliar dishes and it's not easy to get an explanation, but luckily google has plenty of handy images and explanations! We started with the parippu vadai and spicy fish cutlets. The parippu vadai is like a fritter (which isn't obvious from the menu). The cutlets are actually more like breaded balls. I thought they were super tasty although bf preferred the fritters (we got 3 of each so this worked out well for the 3rd!). Both came with the same two dips - emly (tamarind) chutney and red chutney - which were outstanding. For a main course I got the fish hoppers. You get a bowl of fish curry, a bowl of coconot sambol and then two piles of noodles that seem to come in discs. I didn't have enough curry for the noodles but couldn't have eaten all the noodles anyway, it was a very substantial portion. The curry tasted great but by the end I was a bit sick of disposing of fish bones, I would suggest a meat version if you're not feeling energetic. Meanwhile bf absolutely loved his lamb koththu - this is also complete (i.e. carbs included) dish because it involves strips of roti mixed in with the meat, egg and sauce. This may be why you're advised to order a small portion of curry on the side, to make sure your meal is not too dry, but bf said he would have been fine without. On the table next to us, the couple said the king prawn devil dish was amazing so I will try that next time. Bf got some King beer which he said might actually make him like lager. For dessert we had a caramel sweet which was interesting but I'm not mega keen on any of the Indian sub-continental desserts I've tried - don't love the spice factor. They do have natural yoghurt with honey and ice cream as well though, and will be further expanding the menu. I'd recommend a trip out to Stockport to try this place: it's good value, different from what you'd get elsewhere and overall we were really happy with the taste and lovely presentation of all our dishes.

Great food and service , meat , fish , vegetarian and vegan options . The pumpkin curry is amazing…read more. From the starters to the desert menu there is plenty to choose from here . Recommended

It's really difficult to put this amazing restaurant into a category. It doesn't serve average…read moreChinese cuisine, it serves some of the best Chinese cuisine I've tasted in Manchester, and it doesn't stop there. Laughing Buddha offers all kinds of Asian cuisines including Thai, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Singaporean and even Mongolian. The menu (once you get over the quantity of dishes and the squashed typesetting) offers the most varied and unusual choices I've ever seen. Where else can you try Shanghai Pork Pies (£4.90), Duck with Minced Prawn Stuffing (£12) or Mongolian Lamb (£10.80). Not only that, they have 9 different varieties of spare ribs and no less than 19 sauces to choose as accompaniments to your meal. Unpretentious decor, authentic cuisine, and no sight of MSG anywhere. Winner.

I can't actually rate this place highly enough. 5 stars doesn't seem to do it justice. If you're…read moreafter delicious, authentic Chinese then look no further. It is very slightly on the expensive side but after you've tried the yummyness you'll understand why. I've made the horrible mistake of trying new take-aways and always leave disappointed if it's not from here. Don't make that mistake.

Service is great. I got right in after being told no by a snooty Italian place across the square…read more Appetizers and mains are solid good food. Place is busy which is a good sign. If you like unpretentious, Asian fusion food and happen to be in Manchester, this is your spot.

After a heavy Friday night on the drink it was time to start thinking about where we could eat that…read morewould be quick and easy. We were sat next door to Tampopo so it was the obvious choice. We were seated straight away and considering it was half 9 it was relatively busy! We were served by a devil (halloween themed) and considering the outfit the server was lovely. We ordered a bottle of fizz and a coke, the soft drink did get lost on route however was soon rectified. I opted for the duck dumplings to start and pitting them against Wagamamas own I was left slightly disappointed. The dumplings had a sticky texture and weren't quite full to the brim with duck and didn't have much of a taste alone but needed a good dip in the soy sauce to add flavour. For my main I opted for the chicken katsu curry (I was hungry!) It arrived promptly and was a super tasty combo of sticky rice, deep fried chicken with a mild curry sauce. I would say it was on par with Wagamamas version even served with the same side salad topped with ginger. I wouldn't come here for a special occasion but its perfect for a quick and reasonable dinner!

I love that they have free parking and is right next to an Asian grocery store. Service was very…read morefriendly and helpful. We were quickly seated for lunch on the weekend. Even though it was pretty full, it's not as noisy as some other Chinese restaurants. Food was very tasty. Our favorite dish was the rice roll with fried dough. It was perfect with scallion and soy sauce. We ordered five dishes and the bill came out to about $30. Can't wait to get more dimsum from here! Note they do charge for tea and gratuity.

I was surprised that I only gave three stars . Service was good , ambiance what you would expect …read more It probably deserved 4 stars I just had a very dry mouth afterwards which makes me wonder about MSG I had tea, dim sum and Singapore noodles . Enjoyed the dim sum a lot , only ate half the noodles

Stays at one star and it's really disappointing as these folks know how to do very much better…read morebecause we had much better here. It's hard to imagine how they could do much worse. I ordered a sweet & sour pork Cantonese style and it was rubbish. The pork had already been cooked to within an inch of its life before it was battered and deep fried so it was an awful eat. Likewise I had a crispy seaweed which wasn't crispy and actually unpleasant. My wife opted for chilli chicken, which was almost as bad as my food. What they do is a deep fried batter to chicken ratio with chicken very much in the minority and it's not chicken breast either. So I think that's it for this place as we've had a few lousy meals when we didn't update this review - if your focus is on producing food as cheaply as you possibly can with no expense spent you'll run out of customers.

Our go to Chinese take away - good food & they deliver…read more In Sale the take away options, like the sit in restaurant options, are few if you want something decent and edible. Even fewer of the decent places deliver and surely this is the point of a take away? If I can be bothered driving somewhere I probably have the energy to cook instead. A take away for me is the cure for a hang over or a necessity after a horrendous and exhausting day. That said onto the review. Yooneek is a standard Chinese take away. The food is good (few times slightly less so but generally reliable and tasty) and they deliver. The menu had a lot of good options and the price is reasonable. We had chicken in black bean sauce, Cantonese chicken with noodles and egg fried rice. They threw in free prawn crackers which is always nice. Everything was tasty as usual and the food arrived in 30 minutes as they said. All you need from a take away.

Lovely atmosphere once you walk in. It wasn't busy so our food came in less than 10 minutes. The…read morestaff are amazing and kind. The food was the best I'd ever had I went here 5 days ago and I'm craving the dish that I had. I'll be definitely coming back again.

I came here once before seeing a movie as it's conveniently located near the Vue. The atmosphere is…read morevery chic and trendy with lovely decor and the menu has a lot of variety although very small number of healthy choices. I had the gyoza, Japanese salad and edamame. The portions were very small for the price and it wasn't very filling, the salad didn't taste nice either and the gyoza were tiny compared to what you get in Chinese and Japanese restaurants. The staff were friendly and service was efficient, but small portions for the price made this place more pricy than it's worth for an Asian restaurant, and the food was not that good either.

Umami must hate the dreaded "W" word. You know, "W***m**a." But then, seeing as the restaurant…read moreseems to be almost entirely modelled on the famous Japanese noodle chain, they can't really complain. Sitting in an underground premises on Oxford Road, Umami reflects the students swarming all around the local area. A slightly budget w***m**a but with same bench tables, open kitchen and scribbling-down-your-order-on-your-paper-place-mat kind of vibe. They do great lunch deals, which include a starter and a main for just £4.95, which really is a steal. I went to Umami with two friends for a quick lunch and we all taken in by the lunch deal. For my appetiser I had the king prawn gyoza dumplings. They came with a tasty dipping sauce and were served really quickly. For the main course, I chose the ngaulam gaeng keow wan (I wrote it down!) which is basically a thai green curry. It came with lots of cucumber which isn't really my thing, but it was hot both in a spicy and temperature way so it really did the job for me as it was freezing outside! At times, I did feel that it was so spicy the taste of the dish was lost, but I guess that depends on individuals' tastes. Umami is just fine if you're a student and fancy a quick, cheap bite to eat. It's not as good as Wagamama though. Oops. I said it. Wagamama. And again.

Service here is at times physically as well as verbally aggressive which is...disconcerting…read more Express means express. It will not be acceptable if you are not ready to order. It will be acceptable to serve your main course before you have finished your starter. Lunch deal - £5.95 for 2 courses is good value and I had decent gyoza (3 pcs) and what was essentially won ton soup which wasn't particularly flavourful except I thought the dumplings themselves were quite good. There is a full menu too and basically this place is pretty good, overall though I do prefer eatGoody (it's Korean food though) which is also marginally closer to my office.