{"id":4109,"date":"2018-09-21T19:27:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T19:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4109"},"modified":"2018-09-21T19:43:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T19:43:12","slug":"platzki-restaurant-manchester-where-genuine-polish-hospitality-is-served","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/platzki-restaurant-manchester-where-genuine-polish-hospitality-is-served\/","title":{"rendered":"Platzki Restaurant, Manchester – Where Genuine Polish Hospitality is Served"},"content":{"rendered":"

An area of Manchester that I rarely visit is The Great Northern. This now modern complex boasts some fabulous restaurants, bars and a cinema.<\/p>\n

It’s quite close to the Manchester GMex, a stone’s throw from Manchester’s Opera House and parallel to Deansgate ending just before the skyscraper Hilton Hotel.<\/p>\n

So my wife and I decided to try out Platzki, a polish restaurant that one of our friends and work colleague Kasia told us about.. And believe me if she says something worth trying, you don’t ignore her!<\/p>\n

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I found it a little difficult to find because it is located on an upper level at the back of the shops on Deansgate, found by going up a staircase located between shops.<\/p>\n

Anna was very welcoming when we entered this cosy looking restaurant.<\/p>\n

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The open plan kitchen is efficiently run by partners Pchemek (shemek) and Lukasz (Lucash) who regularly change the menu we are told.<\/p>\n

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The tables and chairs resemble a cafe layout with a casual feel but disguise the quality of dishes that these two capable Poles produce.<\/p>\n

Unlike Manchester, when we visited it was raining and was a little cold, so we opted for a hot drink on arrival.<\/p>\n

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I tried the fresh honey and ginger. Ask for a strainer.. it makes it easier to drink… but it was lovely and refreshing.<\/p>\n

The presentation of the starters was a feast for the eyes and unusual to the palette and included a Beetroot Carpaccio served with horseradish dressing and Smoked Mackerel starter… original and delicious! We tried the grilled Oscypek smoked cheese too with a fresh homemade plum sauce.. fabulous!<\/p>\n

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For the main courses, which we’re told change every week, we tried the Braised Ox Cheeks in red wine on a bed of pearl barley and the Butternut squash and potato dumplings served with fresh thyme and infused butter sauce and finished with smoked cottage cheese.<\/p>\n

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Over on the sideboard were a selection of desserts too irresistible to ignore, so we tried them. I loved the one with poppy seed!<\/p>\n

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Overall Platzki is a pleasure for lunch or dinner. It’s perfect for pre-cinema or theatre, or when you’re out shopping in the city.<\/p>\n

Give it a try, you’ll not be disappointed. You can see their website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An area of Manchester that I rarely visit is The Great Northern. This now modern complex boasts some fabulous restaurants, bars and a cinema. It’s quite close to the Manchester GMex, a stone’s throw from Manchester’s Opera House and parallel to Deansgate ending just before the skyscraper Hilton Hotel. So my wife and I decided…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[192,301,128,265,488,15,226],"tags":[56,487,484,485,486],"class_list":["post-4109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bistro","category-european","category-food","category-manchester","category-polish","category-restaurants","category-uk","tag-great-food","tag-manchester-restaurants","tag-platzki","tag-polish-food","tag-polish-restaurant"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3874.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ZU0a-14h","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4109"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4159,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4109\/revisions\/4159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}