Plus a belting banana rum cocktail and more

The big stories of the past couple of weeks have been the ongoing Colin the caterpillar saga and of course the shortest-lived super league ever. Fittingly, this week's hashtag MCR features footballers and caterpillars. There's much more besides and it's all good news. 

Scroll on for our weekly round-up of filthy, funny and full-fat social media content from Manchester's food and drink scene. 

You're barred, Jackson

We enjoyed this handy checklist of reasons to be chucked out of (and potentially never let back into) Bunny Jackson's. What we don't enjoy is that this conversation is still necessary. Just stop being dicks, ffs.

Marcus Rashfood

On the other end of the behaviour scale is everybody's favourite human, Marcus Rashford. A man whose selflessness never seems to cease. This time, he's teamed up with top chef and other all-round good egg Tom Kerridge (whose Manchester restaurant The Bull & Bear we can't wait to head back to). The pair have launched their Full Time Meals project to help adults and children learn to cook affordable, tasty meals as part of Rashford's broader efforts to end food poverty. As always, we applaud him.  

Peaky Blinder

More football news as Eric Cantona popped into beautiful boozer Peveril of the Peak to celebrate its reopening. You can now pull up a bench on the "terrace" outside its gorgeous green tiled walls for a nippy pint. 

Are you gonna eat your tots?

Never mind your triple cooked chips or spicy curly fries, tater tots are the fried spud side dish du jour. Those filth-mongers at Wholesome Junkies have divided opinion by rustling up a Marmite version. Yay or nay? 

Find-us at the Koffee Pot, say Birria Brothers

Here's another retro foodstuff you either loved or hated. Not content with making gravy dipped tacos a thing in the Northern Quarter, Birria Brothers are back with another big idea: Crispy pancakes. Their version is beef birria and cheese stuffed into a folded tortilla, breadcrumbed and then deep fried. 

Rainbow tomatoes

Claire Market Chef knows a thing or two about good produce, having run the excellent cafe at Smithfield Market for years. This snap of a delivery of unbelievably vibrant tomatoes absolutely lit up our timeline this week. One for you if the deep-fried stuff isn't your jam. 

One hake of a fish finger butty

The fish finger butty is a classic, hall of fame sarnie. Albert's Schloss's version features hake goujons, minted mushy peas, tartare sauce, shoestring fries and curried ketchup on challah bread with curry sauce and fries (or salad). They might be fishing for compliments with this one but we're already hooked.

Big in Yorkshire

Just a gratuitous picture of a massive, perfect Yorkshire pudding from Ancoats' Edinburgh Castle's Sunday roast menu. 

Chakalaka hits the headlines

Chakalaka NQ has long been our favourite spot for laidback, South African food and a few cocktails - even more so now their colourful little beer garden is open. But they were being name-dropped by the BBC last week as they waded into the Colin the caterpillar scandal - or were they?

Pasta-pillar

As we remain incredulous that this caterpillar business has held the public's attention far longer than the European Super League drama did, we had to chuckle at this pepperoni pizza version from The Pasta Project in Harpurhey.

I should cocoa, Ancoats

If there ever was a perfect cocktail for a sunny day in Ancoats, this is it. The Cocoa Cabana Bananarama combines spiced rum, banana, ice cream and homemade salted caramel with a cone on top. Belting.

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