Cocktail of the Week: The Cosmopolitan February 4, 2021
Valentine’s or Galentine’s, everybody needs a pink drink to celebrate with! The Cosmopolitan is the perfect classic to sip on whilst you stare lovingly into each other’s eyes…or maybe just at Netflix. I mean it’s not like we’ve not seen enough of each other in lockdown, right?! Fresh, zingy, sweet and citrusy, it’ll liven up your Valentine’s night in for sure.
If you give it a whirl, don’t forget to tag us @proofchorlton in your photos!
Recipe
25ml lime juice
25ml Stolichnaya citron vodka
25ml Triple Sec or Cointreau
60ml cranberry juice
A wedge of lime
Method
Add all your ingredients into your chosen shaker – tupperware or jam jar will do if you don’t have a fancy shaker. Squeeze the wedge of lime and drop it in with everything else for an edge of bitter oil to give the drink a punch.
Shake hard with lots of ice.
Strain into a martini glass and serve straight up. Garnish with a slice of orange zest – flame it first to bring out the zesty goodness.
Enjoy! x
VALENTINE’S NIGHT IN
If you want some delicious food to go with it, take a look at our 4 Course Dinner & Drinks Kits for Valentine’s (order by 10th Feb) or we’ll make your Cosmos for you as part of our Just Gimme The Booze box. Take a look.
Conversations with…The Crafty Cheese Man September 10, 2020
Here we go with round 2 of our ‘Conversations with…’ series, letting you get to know who’s behind our new food menu a little better. If you’re a big fan of all things cheese, you’ll want to read this…Conversation with @thecraftycheeseman.
The man behind the cheese, Jonathan, started his business just before lockdown to champion the incredible, passionate people working in the cheese industry. He works directly with quality cheese-makers in the North, connecting them with like-minded businesses who’re interested in speciality, locally-sourced ingredients to create a community of fantastic people who work to help each other out.
Though he might be a crafty Southerner, it’s the North that brought him to cheese. From training staff at Booth’s supermarket in all things cheese to making his own Blacksticks Blue, Jonathan has gained a passion and knowledge for cheese that makes him the true (Northern) cheese man he is!
Now he works on The Crafty Cheeseman from an old dairy in Preston that used to make cheese 10 years ago. He supplies from some of the best cheesemakers in the country like Dewlay Cheesemakers, a 4th generation family run business making delicious Lancashire cheese, and JJ Sandham in Garstang, a quaint traditional cheesemakers, most famous for smoking up to 4 tonnes of cheese a day!
You can find his cheese, like the Garstone White and Dewlay’s Lancashire cheese, on our menu in our Cheeseboard, our Three Cheese Terrine and our Rarebit. His speciality cheeses also feature in our daily specials, like the recent Burrata with tomato carpaccio, pickled beetroot & hazelnuts. Dee-licious!
Jonathan has also just been nominated in the Manchester Food & Drink Awards (go vote for him!) for his home cheese deliveries during lockdown, something he plans to do much more of in the future… That’s after he’s finished telling us his cheese jokes and generally talking too much. We love you Cheese Man!
Eat Out To Help Out – Extended! September 4, 2020
Phew! August was a busy month! We hope you enjoyed making the most of the Eat Out To Help Out offer and, if you chose to support us, then thank you, we really appreciate it.
We’d love to keep the community spirit going and make these Covid times a little more enjoyable so we’ve decided to continue the offer but we’re asking you to Meet Us In The Middle.
Throughout September…
25% off food & non-booze
Monday.Tuesday.Wednesday.
STRICTLY bookings only.
We really hope this offer will allow you to continue enjoying yourselves and seeing loved ones. Covid can’t tear us apart!
Covid-19 Secure Policy September 4, 2020
We want you to feel as safe and as comfortable as possible when visiting us. As such we have put into place a Covid-19 secure policy that is line with the government guidelines. Please read before visiting so that you’re aware of our policy.
We strive to give the same level of relaxed service and ambience whilst ensuring the safety of our staff as well as our customers but please bare with us if service is a little slower whilst our staff take on the extra steps to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus.