WHOLE Lobsters 15 quid in a five star hotel.
Gordo has just come back from an early evening dinner prior to finishing up his stories for the end of the week at home in front of the radiogram. He is a little gobsmacked.
Gordo went into the Alto restaurant and found that Miles has sacked off all the food menu, and is now serving, wait for it, yes, just the 10oz rib eye steak or a whole lobster.
Why?
Well he thinks Stephen Miles, grumpy gaffer at the Radisson Edwardian, has gone gone mental. That's not just for being a Spurs supporter.
Gordo spotted a flier on the way up Quay street, proclaiming: '10oz rib eye steak or whole lobster. £15. With frites and a green salad'.
Fabulous Lobster Claw
Blimey.
Well readers, Gordo went into the Alto restaurant and found that Miles has sacked off all the food menu, and is now serving, wait for it, yes, just the 10oz rib eye steak or a whole lobster. £15. With frites and a green salad.
No catch.
That is all the Alto restaurant serves. They aren't up-selling you with anything else, that's it.
They have literally thrown the menu away, and just stamped the wine list with 'STEAK' or 'LOBSTER".
Gordo had the lobster and a pot of tea.
They even give you extra bowls of fries and salad if you ask. FOR NOWT. If you are reading this from outside the region and have not watched Corrie, NOWT means nothing. A word that gets Gordo's juices going.
And it was bloody good.
Maybe the chefs should crack the claws. Gordo, mind you, cracked his with one hand. The lobster was small and sweet as a nut. Don't go thinking that lobsters should be big. 1lb 2oz is Arabella Boxer's maximum size recommendation and she nicked that from 3 star chef Michel Guerard. Bigger, they get tougher.
Good salad, well dressed, the first bowl of chips just off crisp, the second, bloody perfect.
Go.
But not when the football is on. This is Gordo's favourite bar to watch it from and you lot can go and bugger off.
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Spontaneous wander-in rating: 8/10 (all Confidential paid for reviews are impartial)
The Radisson Edwardian Hotel is at The Free Trade Hall, Peter Street Manchester M2 5GP. 0161 835 9929
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