{"id":4439,"date":"2019-03-25T21:03:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T21:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4439"},"modified":"2019-03-25T21:03:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T21:03:32","slug":"australasia-manchester-down-under-again-but-even-better-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/australasia-manchester-down-under-again-but-even-better-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Australasia Manchester, Down Under again, but even better this time!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you’re a foodie like me you just love flavours, textures, colours and presentation. In fact, you go out of your way to find restaurants that can consistently impress you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t confess to being the trendiest person in the world, but a real hot spot for a growing breed of restaurants, businesses and all things in vogue is<\/g> around the Spinningfields area of Manchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re unfamiliar with this part of town it’s just off Deansgate close to the Manchester Magistrates and Crown Courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when my wife and I decided on a midweek date night in central Manchester, we chose Australasia, literally down under!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The entrance to Australasia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This part of Manchester is really up and coming and our choice for the night was rewarded with a fully packed venue in the middle of a working week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We last visited Australasia Manchester in March 2017, and it’s funny how both my wife and I remembered the visit because while we enjoyed it, we both recollected that the food at that time was very sugary, but I think that was in part because we over indulged<\/g>, but not this time. In fact, we sent our compliments to the chef .. the meal was really good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had a few new dishes on the menu since I was last here, such as the roasted baby aubergines with caramel miso and katsuobushi for \u00a36.75 and the Mongolian lamb cutlets with Asian slaw for \u00a310. Both dishes<\/g> were superb and highly receommended<\/g>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love to try vegetarian food too, especially as all too often it is accused of being uninteresting. On this occasion, I tried the sweet potato tempura with chilli & soy sauce for \u00a36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also added Bok choi with oyster sauce and sweet potato & rosemary mash, both \u00a34.50 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The colour scheme in the restaurant is really clever, keeping to creams and browns, but adding dimension through the use of textures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oh, and we also tried the black cod roasted in hoba leaf for \u00a329 which was to die for!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We finished our meal with saffron poached pear, basil, strawberry and soya vanilla ice cream, suitable for vegetarians for \u00a38.00 and a chocolate dome with peanut, honeycomb and salted caramel sauce for \u00a39.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We finished our meal with a mint tea.<\/p>

Australasia is a great concept and one which delivers a relaxing place to enjoy great food in a friendly environment.<\/p>

They offer a very varied menu from Sushi, Tempura and mains to suit all palettes.<\/p>

My wife enjoyed a cocktail called Banana Pancakes made with Absolut Vanilla, banana liqueur and coconut cream blended with milk, cream and banana.<\/p>

If you’ve not been to Australasia recently then you need to get down under for a great meal and fun night out.<\/p>

You can see more about this restaurant here<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n

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