The Ivy Spinningfields Manchester

The Ivy Asia - We celebrated my brother's 30th with dinner at The Ivy and ordered so much food. Ivy Asia is truly spectacular and I preferred the menu to that of the brasserie and the roof terrace, the idea was similar to tapas where each diner orders 2 or 3 plates.

Between us, for starters, we enjoyed a wide spectrum of food such as yellow fin tuna tataki, prawn steamed dumplings in miso foam, Bao buns, fried chicken gyoza, cripsy duck salad and more. This was a feast and we had more food on the way! My personal favourite was the popcorn chicken Bao bun, the bun was so fluffy! After this the tuna tataki in the first picture were fantastic, so delecate and flavoursome.

Enjoying food in such a beautiful and decedent restaurant was an experience in its self, that famous green floor was captivating.

We ordered a main course each and didn't share as much as we did the starters I posted yesterday. I opted for the Duck Massaman curry with cashew nuts, a mild curry but full of aromatic flavours with a creamy texture. A portion of kimchi fried rice on the side was a proper good shout as it was the best fried rice I'd had and could've eaten it on its own.

The curry is in the third picture because quite frankly the picture I took isn't as good as the sea bass used as the thumbnail. That was the Thai Sea Bass with coriander, lime and chilli and the small bit I tasted was beautiful

Other dishes our party ate were the Teriyaki Salmon fillet, miso marinated chicken, scallops with barbecue pork belly and avocado with crispy tofu. I had a taste of the avocado which was slightly charred and bloody amazing

Basically we ate a lot of food and none of us had one bad thing to say. The wine flowed well and we had a great time! Definitely rate Ivy Asia as one of Manchester's best restaurants.