Manchester’s famous South American resident Peru Perdu is rolling out the red carpet for a bumper programme of interactive dining experiences to celebrate Christmas and New Year.
The Cotton Factory’s wildly-popular, bright-pink Peruvian concept restaurant is hosting a glorious mix of special events for the holidays – ranging from exclusive festive menus and guest dishes to drag brunches and Doggy Christmas Dinners.
A full month’s worth of dining events come to a head on December 31 – with an action-packed event ringing in 2022.
A spectacular Veuve Clicquot Champagne tower will take centre stage at Peru Perdu on NYE / Image: Peru Perdu
For New Year’s Eve, Peru Perdu is inviting private dining specialists PAMPAS into the Princess Street venue for a decadent night of champagne, supercut steaks and festive-infused dishes with Peruvian and Uruguayan twists – including “the UK’s first ever mince pie empanada”.
PAMPAS’ Bring Me Christmas menu is described as an “adventurous selection of experimental dishes served family style” – featuring wet aged steaks, ceviche with three types of fish, tiger milk fried chicken, and hearty potato pie with black truffle gravy and greens.
Peru Perdu will be dressed to the nines for the occasion – with a spectacular Veuve Clicquot Champagne tower taking centre stage whilst a party soundtrack booms out from the DJ booth. Guests can also pre-order a tall glass of bubbly to enjoy for the New Year’s chimes at midnight.
Spots for the NYE dinner at Peru Perdu cost £85 per person and include a glass of Rochbouet Argentinian sparkling wine on arrival. You can also upgrade and pair a wine with each course for an extra £40pp.
There’s a chance to win four FREE seats at the NYE event (with a glass of Veuve Clicquot from the champagne tower) by entering Peru Perdu’s Instagram competition. Keep your eyes peeled for details over on @peruperdu_mcr.
Peru Perdu is hosting a dazzling range of festive events this December / Image: Peru Perdu
Peru Perdu has also announced an eclectic mix of interactive dining experiences in the countdown to 2022 – including menu specials, a Veuve Clicquot Festive Drag Brunch, and a furry friends Sunday Christmas dinner.
From Tuesday to Sunday right throughout December, a variety of Christmas feasts will be available – priced £85 per person including paired wines, as well as two-course menus at £30pp and three-course menus for £35pp.
On Saturday 18 December, Peru Perdu will host the intoxicating festive-themed Veuve Clicquot Drag Brunch from midday to 4pm – with a tasty two-course set menu and a glass of Veuve Clicquot on arrival (£35pp).
Doggy Christmas Dinner events invite guests to bring along their pets / Image: Peru Perdu
The venue will be open to pet pooches every Sunday before NYE – with Doggy Christmas Dinner events inviting guests to bring along their furry friends to tuck into meals alongside them. Whilst owners enjoy a South American inspired roast, pooches can get stuck into a complimentary dog Sunday roast and bone gravy (available when two or more guests are dining). The Doggy Christmas Dinner on December 19 will be a particularly special occasion, as Peru Perdu hosts the ‘Best Dressed Christmas Pooch’ competition – with the three smartest dogs winning free meals for their owners!
It’s all happening down on Princess Street this month…
To get yourself booked in for NYE or any December event at Peru Perdu, email [email protected], call 0161 549 0005 or use the website contact form.
Stay-up-to-date with menus, announcements and competitions by following @peruperdu_mcr on social media.
Read more about what’s happening in Manchester’s food and drinks sector here.
Featured image: Peru Perdu
Food & Drink
Northern Quarter favourite The Pen and Pencil announces massive 10th birthday party and huge offers
Daisy Jackson
The Pen and Pencil, an absolute staple for brunches and drinks in the Northern Quarter, is celebrating a major milestone this month with a huge party and some unbeatable deals.
The bar and restaurant will be marking 10 years on Tariff Street in September – and it’s only right that we all pile in to celebrate with them.
This spot is one of the city’s original bottomless brunch venues and is similarly famed for its happy hour offerings, and opened in 2015 to bring a taste of Manhattan to Manchester.
Pen and Pencil took its name from the infamous New York City bar that was seen in Mad Men.
And now as it turns 10 years old, it’ll be throwing one big party on Saturday 27 September, featuring 10 hours of DJs, free pints of Red Stripe at 10pm, and a special bottomless brunch offering.
Those DJing on the day will include Drag Race UK’s Banksie, as well as Les Croasdaile, Mark Hogg, Danny Ward and A Deeper Groove.
Pen & Pencil has amazing deals for its 10th birthdayPen & Pencil is a Northern Quarter OG
The Pen and Pencil 10th birthday party will kick off from 2pm and run until late – but if you can’t make that one, there’ll be celebrations all week (and, indeed, month) long.
On Tuesday 23 September, you’ll be able to play for double prize money in The Pen and Pencil quiz, as well as enjoying happy hour drinks all night.
Then on Friday 26 September, it’ll be an all-night happy hour, with free tequila shots at 10pm and music from DJs Nev Johnson and Gareth James from 7pm.
All September long, there’ll be 50% off food every Monday, two-for-£10 cocktails every Wednesday, £10 burgers every Thursday, happy hour all night on Fridays, 10 dishes for £10 and two bloody Marys for £10 on Sundays, plus DJs on Fridays and Saturdays.
There’s a new colourful art installation outside the venue inspired by the bar’s New York roots.
Owner Kevin Connor said: “We’re really excited to be celebrating being part of the Manchester community for ten years!
“New York’s Pen and Pencil was a classic steak and cocktail joint, and we’re proud to have created our very own iconic Northern Quarter hangout. We hope everyone will join us in celebrating ten years on Tariff Street.”
Walk-ins are welcome for The Pen and Pencil 10th birthday party on Saturday 27 September, but booking is encouraged – book your spot HERE.
Featured image: The Manc Group
Food & Drink
Manchester restaurant to give out FREE katsu curries to people called ‘Kat’ or ‘Sue’
Emily Sergeant
In what is a small stroke of genius, a restaurant chain has decided to give out free katsu curries to anyone called ‘Kat’ or ‘Sue’.
Throughout September, award-winning restaurant chain Banana Tree – which has a Greater Manchester site down at Salford Quays – is shining the spotlight on its popular katsu creations, and as a clever way of celebrating National Katsu Day on 27 September has announced a pretty unique giveaway.
That’s right – the restaurant will be serving up katsu dishes to people called Kat, Sue, and every delicious variation of the names in between.
Anyone named Kat, Katie, Katherine, Sue, Suzy, Susan, Suzanne – or close enough to qualify, the list goes on – can head to their local Banana Tree restaurant, and all they’ll need to do is show proof of name and they can enjoy a free katsu dish of their choice, worth up to £16.75.
The chain’s kastu lineup includes three star dishes.
First there’s the much-loved Katsu Curry, as well as the all-new Katsu Burger, which is made from either a crispy chicken or veggie fillet, spicy mayo, puffed noodle crunch, and a drizzle of Katsu sauce tucked into a soft Shokupan bun with a side of salt n pepper chilli chips.
Then there’s also the intriguing newcomer, the Katsu Carbonara – which is described as being a daring East-meets-West mash-up and ‘unapologetically’ Banana Tree.
Banana Tree is giving away free katsu curries to people called ‘Kat’ or ‘Sue’ / Credit: Banana Tree
With each of these dishes usually priced around the £16 mark, the giveaway isn’t just a way of marking National Katsu Day, but it’s also a way to sample the some of the restaurant’s biggest crowd-pleasers entirely free of charge.
To avoid any confusion on who makes the cut, Banana Tree will reveal the full qualifying list of name variations on Instagram soon, so keep your eyes peeled.
“Our Katsu range is one of our proudest creations, so National Katsu Day felt like the perfect moment to have some fun with our fans,” a Banana Tree spokesperson said ahead of the giveaway.
The free katsu offer is available for four days only from Monday 22 to Thursday 25 September, and you just need to head to the Banana Tree website to sign up to the Big Flavour Club here.
The Manc -
9th December 2021 
