Allen's Fried Chicken
A classic. Allen's city centre branch closed a few months back, but there's still one in Cheetham Hill. Anyone who says they don't like Allen's Fried Chicken is a liar. The chicken gravy is particularly delicious.
Portland Plaice
Portland Street fish and chips par excellence. Very good chips and curry sauce. The Plague Doctors' post-pub eatery of choice. Also, make sure you leave room for a turkey stick.
NB Although they advertise outside that they serve “The Beautiful British Butty”, actually asking for this item results in in-store confusion
Wong Wong's
Princess Street's Chinese bakery. The egg tarts are pretty amazing, especially if you're lucky enough to catch them when they've just come out of the oven. The pork rolls, essentially sweet and sour pork in a deep-fried doughnut, are also very good. I defy anyone to finish a fried stick, which is a piece of deep-fried batter as big as your arm. However, at just £1, it's a good budget option.
Bubble Cafe
A Chinese cafe on Portland Street. They serve about 20 flavours of bubble tea, which, for the uninitiated, is best described as milkshake filled with balls of jelly. It has to be tasted to be believed. They also do a range of snacks including a pork and liver paste baguette, which I intend to try on my next visit.
Hunters BBQ
The only eatery in Manchester where the staff know Brother John by name, ‘Hey Johnny!’ they shout as he passes by in full costume. This is your best bet for a great quality and good value kebab, tell them Johnny sent you.
Katsouri's
Everyone knows how ace Katsouri's is, so I don't need to say anything other than if you go in towards the end of the day, they do buy one get one free on any sandwiches that are left over.
Little Aladdin's
Next to the more famous and fawned over Hunter's Barbecue in the Northern Quarter, Little Aladdin's quietly gets on with being rather marvellous. They're very good at the three curries for a fiver type deal, making it a favourite place for a pre-gig feed for the Plague Doctors.
Last time we were there the guy accidentally gave John the wrong thing, told him it was the wrong thing and made no effort to change it or apologise. A masterclass in customer service.
Topkapi Palace
After an epic evening at the Press Club, I visited this gaudy Deansgate kebab house, where they served me a three meat kebab in which none of the meats were identifiable. The meat came from a big tureen and was smothered in a weird gravy. Not recommended.
Loco's
Just down from the Cornerhouse, towards the G-Mex, this takeaway is mainly notable for the “Mister Monstrosity”; a particularly ridiculous kebab. It's a big naan bread, filled with donner meat, a skewer of red chicken, a skewer of yellow chicken, salad and sauce. It's far too much food for any sane person, but very good for drunken idiots. Heartily endorsed by The Plague Doctors.
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