When I started this blog over Christmas it was really just a hobby and I didn’t think anyone would notice or read it for AGES. But of course, then I discovered Twitter, which enables you to reach a large audience very quickly. Around the same time Twitter has reached mainstream media and seems to get mentioned in the Press rather a lot by people who just don’t get it. Celebrities tweeting their daily trivia is just a small part of this network. I follow a few celebs but generally find it far more interesting to follow and converse with people who have similar interests to me and work in a similar field to me.

By far my most read blog post – and the one Sarah flagged up too – was the one about kebabs and reviewing my favourite chicken kebab from Persian Tasty Grill in Levenshulme. About the time I wrote it, kebabs seemed to hit the news: first the bloke who invented them died and then (shock-horror!) it has been discovered they are not very good for you.

When most people say or hear kebabs they mean doner meat, which is a squishy mish-mash of lamb meat, but let’s face it – it could be anything and you wouldn’t know. And anyone who’s read my post knows I’m not a fan of floor scrapings but I do like some marinated chicken cooked in a clay oven. If there was anywhere that used free-range chicken, I’d be one happy gal.

If you’re going to buy takeaway food, make sure it’s from somewhere clean. I read too many stories in the local papers about kebab shops and takeaways in Manchester, which have been fined by Environmental Health for being disgusting. In fact there was an article in the South Manchester Reporter (and here on the Manchester Evening News website) on Friday about Pink Garlic in Rusholme. It said the curry restaurant on Wilmslow Road had to be closed for three days for a clean-up, after they were found to have a mouse and cockroach infestation, and magistrates fined them £14,000. How pleasant – I’m so glad I’ve never eaten there.

So just to finish – thanks for everyone who has read, and hopefully, enjoyed my blog. It was set up to shout out all those great places in Manchester that I find, plus bring together all the offers and deals you can find. Although the focus is mainly on food and drink, it’s not strictly a food blog.

Any feedback or comments are much appreciated, and I will be also be looking for guest bloggers, and am happy to guest blog for anyone else (if it’s something I can comment or contribute too, of course).

My aims now are to sort out the design of the blog and get it looking all snazzy, and just to keep adding to it. Bye for now – I have many more posts to write up!

Carolyn@manchesterisace

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Manchester Is Ace’s rules to kebabs

1. Never ever get a doner meat kebab from the ‘elephant’s foot’. Don’t fool yourself, it’s not meat. It is most probably floor scrapings of body parts.

2. Stick with something grilled – obviously it’s slightly healthier but more importantly it’s freshly cooked

3. When it comes to sauces, more is better. Get it all. You want yoghurt sauce, mango chutney and chilli sauce.

4. Make sure it’s on a nan. This is never a problem in Manchester as all kebabs are served on a nan bread, or something similar. In other cities you’re more likely to get it served on a pitta bread, which is about a quarter of the size. Beware.

5. If you can go somewhere with a clay oven, do it for an all round better taste. Yum!

Click to read full review of Persian Tasty Grill on Stockport Road, Levenshulme

PERSIAN TASTY GRILL REVIEWED

Well I never thought I’d be writing an enthusiastic blog post about kebabs. Especially sitting here in my jim-jams waiting for Celebrity Big Brother (can’t believe I’ve been sucked into BB – how dire).

Here we go – The Persian Tasty Grill takeaway on Stockport Road is THE best place to get a chicken tikka kebab. Now I do not declare this on a whim. Some serious thought and research has gone into this wild claim.

I was introduced to these delights by my husband who has managed to convince me of their nutritional value, healing properties and all round goodness. He has been sampling the delights of kebabs all over South Manchester for around six years now. Previous to this my only experience of the ‘bab was someone at university buying me doner meat and chips and me being thoroughly disgusted.

The Tasty Grill opened fairly recently and was flagged up by Kebab Boy because it has a clay oven. This is very important.

For anyone who is not familiar with the Manchester kebab, you get a nan bread, grilled marinated chicken and then it’s smothered in salad and sauce. Oh yeah. At the Persian Tasty Grill, they also do grilled whole chickens and a grill special which consists of four lamp chops, kobeda (spicy minced lamb, I think) and chicken tikka. I can’t actually imagine anyone being that hungry, although I will definitely have to order it one day!

Here are three reasons why Persian Tasty Grill is superior:

1. They put marinated onions in the clay oven with the chicken and they are delicious
2. They give you salad and sauces separately so you can apply them to your own specification
3. It is a specialist kebab shop – these guys are experts!

TO SAMPLE:
Persian Tasty Grill, 879 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3PW
Tel: 0161 248 8263

INFO: free delivery within three miles, btwn 5pm and 12midnight. Minimum order £8.

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