Manchester’s very own French-Canadian snack bar Blue Caribou is now delivering make-at-home Poutine Kits right to your front door.
After unfortunately having to temporarily close up shop earlier this year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Blue Caribou decided to set up its unique poutine delivery service for food lovers to try their hand at making from the comfort of their own home.
It’s safe to say that it’s well and truly gone down a hit with the residents of Greater Manchester and beyond.
There’s also plenty of sides and extras available to order for delivery as well if you fancy taking your homemade poutine to the next level.
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Unfamiliar with the phenomenon that is poutine?
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Poutine is a dish that originated in the Canadian province of Quebec – emerging in the late 1950s in the Centre-du-Québec area – and consists of french fries and cheese curds topped with a brown gravy.
It’s basically comfort food at its finest and you can now experience this taste of Montreal in Manchester.
Blue Caribou
Blue Caribou: Snack Bar du Québec is an independent eatery that prides itself on being the UK’s only authentic French-Canadian snack bar serving the “best poutine outside of Montréal”, alongside a whole host of Québecois classic dishes.
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If the name rings a bell at all, then you might recognise Blue Caribou from season 2 of the hit BBC show Million Pound Menu.
You can browse and buy each of the Blue Caribou at-home Poutine Kits via its website here.
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Blue Caribou currently ships order once a week via Royal Mail’s 24hr service. Items are dispatched on Wednesdays for next-day delivery, but depending on service levels in your area, they may be delivered on the second day instead.
All orders are packed in insulated packaging and will remain in a cool condition for more than 48 hours.
Inside Plere, Chorlton’s sunniest new bar with great wines and tinned fish
Daisy Jackson
Chorlton’s sunniest street has a new addition, with the arrival of wine bar and small plates restaurant Plere.
The new opening comes from couple Lee and Fiona, who’ve taken up a unit on Beech Road that’s been vacant for a few years and turned into a beautiful, light-flooded neighbourhood venue.
Plere takes its name from the Latin term ‘to fulfill’, and that’s exactly what this new spot has been doing ever since its arrival last month.
Plere’s menu is made up of easy small plates, including charcuterie and cheese plates, Portuguese tinned fish, and hummus, all served with quality bread from Holy Grain.
There’s a decent selection of craft beer too, including their own lager on draught in collaboration with Cloudwater, and tonnes of different wines available by the glass.
Inside Plere in ChorltonThe sunny terrace at Plere
There pavement terrace is a proper little sun-trap too, so it’s perfect for enjoying a pint or two in the Manchester sun.
With DJs spinning vinyls until late across the weekend and a solid team on the bar, this is a new opening you should get behind.
On launch weekend, Lee and Fiona wrote: “We are completely overwhelmed by all the lovely comments and amazing responses from you all on our opening weekend.
“Thank you so much for making us feel so welcome, we look forward to seeing you soon.”
The cosy Peak District pub serving a pick’n’mix sausage and mash menu
Daisy Jackson
There’s a Peak District pub that’s turned one of Britain’s most beloved comfort foods into a full-on pick’n’mix.
Tucked away in the postcard-perfect village of Castleton, Ye Olde Nags Head is serving up a fully customisable menu of sausage and mash dishes.
We’re talking near-endless combinations of proper pub grub.
You start by choosing your sausages from a daily rotating selection (not a sentence you hear every day, but we’re into it).
Expect classics like Cumberland alongside more adventurous options like venison and mustard, or even wild boar and orange, plus a veggie sausage daily.
Then it’s onto the mash – you can go for flavours like cheese and onion, wholegrain mustard, or even black pudding mash.
Classic cumberland, mustard mash, and mushroom sauceVeggie sausage with cheese and onion mash and classic gravyTucking in
To finish? A choice of rich, hearty gravies and sauces to bring it all together, whether that’s a classic onion gravy, a peppercorn sauce, or a creamy wild mushroom sauce.
And if that wasn’t enough, you can even upgrade your bangers and mash pick’n’mix by having it all served inside a giant Yorkshire pudding.
Ye Olde Nags Head is a historic 17th-century pub, with a roaring fire in every room and cosy bedrooms upstairs.
Inside Ye Olde Nags Head pub in the Peak DistrictYe Olde Nags Head pub is near Mam Tor
It’s one of those flagstone-floored, beamed-ceilinged, mismatched-furniture type pubs that welcomes everyone in every state, whether you’re caked in mud from a hike or popping in on a coach tour.
Another of the pub’s specialties is the Derbyshire Breakfast, a hearty plate of sausage, smoked bacon, black pudding, free range egg, grilled tomatoes, field mushrooms, baked beans and fried bread.
The pub also offers takeaway breakfast butties, so you can use it for both a pre-hike stop and a post-hike pint.
Given it’s just minutes from the ever-popular Mam Tor hike, this is one pub you’ll definitely want to add to your next Peak District day out itinerary.
Emily Sergeant -
14th September 2020 
