What local dishes to try in Manchester?

[rossywilliam]

Visiting Manchester and love food! Which local dishes or eateries are a must-try for an authentic taste of the city?

 

[Snow White]

In Manchester, one should have traditional local meal such as Lancashire hotpot, black pudding, meat and potato pie, and eccles cakes. There is also very good fish and chips and a robust cafe culture, and contemporary variations of British comfort food throughout the city.

 

[Caspian]

Savoury local dishes to be sampled in Manchester include Manchester Egg (fried sausage-wrapped egg), Lancashire Hotpot (rich stew of lamb and potato), Bury Black Pudding (blood sausage), Manchester Tart (jam, custard, coconut), Eccles Cake (currant pastry), Fish and chips with mushy peas, Rag Pudding, and Parched Peas. These are pure Mancunian taste.

 

[drothycerda]

The local specialties when visiting Manchester are:Manchester Tart: A pastry made of shortcrust crust, raspberry jam, custard and Coconut.

• Eccles Cake: pastry that is filled with flaky pastry and filled with spiced currants.Bury Black Pudding: Blood sausage (Savoury).
• Pasty Barm: A pasty made of meat and potatoes enclosed in a roll that has been buttered.
• Manchester Egg: The pickled egg stuffed in the black pudding and the sausage meat.

 

[Ela]

There are also some local foods that Manchester has to offer. Not to be missed are the Manchester Egg (a pickled egg in black pudding and sausage), traditional Manchester Tart (with custard and raspberry jam), hearty Bury black pudding and traditional Eccles cakes sweet pastries. To seek a wide variety of flavours, also visit South Asian cuisine of Curry Mile.