A-Z

·  Abdul's (Rusholme)

·  Afghan Cuisine

·  Al Quds

·  Al-Faisal

·  Al-Madina

·  Cafe Marhaba

·  Camel One

·  Caspian

·  Chappati Corner (Cheetham Hill)

·  Chillis

·  Falafel

·  Hunter's BBQ

·  Jaffa

·  Janam

·  Jazeera

·  K2 Curry Lounge (Cheetham Hill)

·  Kabana

·  Kabana (Cheetham Hill)

·  Kashmiri Spice

·  Kebabish

·  Kebabish Original (Rusholme)

·  Kebabish Xpress

·  Kobeda Place

·  Lahore Karahi (Cheetham Hill)

·  Lahori Kebabish (Cheetham Hill)

·  L'al Quila Express

·  Little Aladdin

·  Pasha Restaurant

·  Qila Khyber (Strangeways)

·  Rusholme Chippy

·  Rusholme Kebab House

·  Saajan Express

·  Saajan Halal

·  Saajan Halal Cafe

·  Saajan Original (Fallowfield)

·  Sadaf

·  Sanam

·  Sangam Fast Food Bar

·  Spice Kitchens

·  Taftan

·  Tastemaster's

·  This & That (Original)

·  This & That 2

·  Top Quality (Cheetham Hill)

·  Turkish Delight

·  Venus Foods

·  Yadgar 

·  Zam Zam

·  Zam Zam Tandoori

Turkish Delight

Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton.

First trip on 09/07/2010
This is an authentic Turkish kebab place right in the centre of Chorlton. The lamb shish kebabs are very good here, subtly flavoured and not at all dry. The chef's special is packed with donner, kofte (similar to seekh) and chicken mince. The special is a bit greasy, but the lamb donner meat is homemade (not the factory produced elephant's foot) and very tasty. The lamb kebab costs £4.50 and the chef's special is £5.20, so the prices are higher than you would pay in Rusholme. The salad is fresh, and the sauces are interesting - with a hot tomato sauce served with the chilli sauce and yoghurt. There is seating on the pavement at the front, and this is great place to eat on a nice day. The only slight issue is the packet bread. We were offered pitta or 'naan', and we opted for the latter. It turned out to be a tasty flat bread that was warmed on the grill.

Scores out of 10
Meat 8.5
Bread 7.0
Salad/Sauces 8.0
Service/Setting 8.0
Average 7.9

Jam Street Cafe

Upper Chorlton Rd, Whally Range.

Jam Street is a cafe throughout the day and a bar in the evenings - although alcohol is available before noon. Located on the same block as the Hillary Step in Whalley Range, this is also not far from regular Chorlton haunts such as Pi and the Marble.

It serves a decent fried breakfast, and has a very limited dinner menu (usually just one dish called 'tea'). It only has one real ale on hand pump, and there is a bit too much emphasis on the quirky cafe side of things. However, there is a great beer garden at the front, and drinking here in the evenings is generally a pleasurable experience. Also, the shabby cafe look makes a change to some of the polished bars that have sprung up in Chorlton recently.

Jerk Junction

170 Manchester Rd - Whalley Range/Chorlton.

Visit on 08/07/2010
This place was formerly known as Rhythm 'N' Rice. It is very close to the junction of Upper Chorlton Rd and Seymour Grove - hence the name. The food in here is West Indian, with main courses that include Curry Goat, Jerk Chicken and Ackee & Salt Fish, Oxtail etc. The standard smaller and side dishes are the usual stuff: fried dumplings, patties, rice and peas etc. We went for the classic Curry Goat with rice & peas. It was superb - essentially rice and kidney beans cooked in coconut milk, the goat was on the bone, making it succulent and very tasty. The portions were large, and they justify the £5.50 price tag. We ate on the decked terrace area - which is a pretty good place to watch the world go by. The staff were pretty surly; it's hardly Starbucks - "can I get you guys a mocha-frappaccino" style service. In fact almost no words were exchanged at all - but this is fine by us and not all that different form the usual Curry Cafe experience, in any case the food more than makes up for this. We feel that this place is worth checking out - perhaps next time we'll try the jerk chicken and pork from the barbecue.

Janam

Halal Takeaway
Portland St

02/07/10
This one took us a while to get to at lunchtime, but obviously we had to get there as it's one of the more well known kebab places in the town centre. However, unless you work nearby it's not easy to get here before dark - well at least without paying for parking. 

Anyway - back to the plot. Janam has a mixed menu, primarily consisting of pizzas, kebabs and fried chicken - but they also do samosas, spring rolls, onion bhajis and a few other things. The kebabs seem to be somewhere between the Turkish and Pakistani types - not heavy on colourings and with the more Turkish type salad, but with fresh bread, not pitta - hard to classify really.

The service was good and quick, aided by the choice of chicken doner, which is already cooked. The bread seemed to be coming off a converyor belt-like production line at regular intervals, so although it wasn't cooked on the spot it was fresh. It was soft, pliable and tasty, but not overly doughy and a bit of a high point. The meat was mixed - a bit gristley but pleasant and moist - possibly a tad greasy but never mind. Salad and sauces were good, and there was an offer on meaning all kebabs came with a free drink or chips. £3.70 didn't seem too expensive given the town centre location - lack of seating might be an issue if you were banking on eating in. As a result Janam will probably never be a 'destination' venue - the food's not quite good enough to go miles out of your way for, and there's a good chance you won't be able to eat in. However, if it were more convenient, we'd eat from here more often.

Scores out of 10
Meat 7.5

Bread 8.0
Salad/Sauces 8.5

Service/Setting 6.5

Average 7.6