SIMON ROGAN swept the board in the latest Good Food Guide. For Manchester this was good news. His French at the Midland has brought capital city fine dining to the north west and boosted the whole scene. Given the depth and range of our cooking presently in 2013 we've never had it so good.
Smoked eel torte, lovage and pork belly starter for £6, madam? Cumbrian rib steak, truffle pudding and purple potato latkes for £19, sir?
Now Manchester Confidential can reveal the menu for the next Simon Rogan venture at the Midland, Mr Cooper's House & Garden -named after the beautiful and renowned walled garden of said Mr Cooper that exactly occupied the site of The Midland Hotel in the early nineteenth century.
This restaurant and bar complete with herbal cocktails flavoured by plants from Rogan's Lake District farm will aim to provide 'good food, cooked with flair and imagination'. Price wise it comes in under The Restaurant Bar and Grill or Grill on the Alley.
The menu reads well, steady rather than spectacular, perhaps even understated, but certainly mouthwatering.
Smoked eel torte, lovage and pork belly starter for £6, madam? Cumbrian rib steak, truffle pudding and purple potato latkes for £19, sir?
Yes, bloody please.
There's a children's menu too including fresh fish fingers with wedges, herby hot dogs, Nick's shorthorn meatballs (all £5.50) and chocolate pizza (£4) and apple butterscotch pie (£3.50).
Mr Cooper's House & Garden opens on Thursday 12 September. It occupies the large corner restaurant and bar at the junction of Mount Street and Peter Street in the Midland Hotel. Bookings are being taken on 0161 236 3333 and www.mrcoopershouseandgarden.co.uk
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