Looking for lunch ideas? A popular street food restaurant is giving you the chance to scran its stunning bao buns for just £1 each.
After bursting onto the flourishing local food scene back in March of last year, and taking over a three-storey space inside the iconic Great Northern Warehouse, just off Deansgate in the heart of the city centre, Suki Suki has easily gone on to become one of Mancs’ favourite places to head to if they want to grab a quick bite to eat.
The venue’s extensive menu is full of market-style street food dishes, all inspired by the bustling streets of East Asia.
Coming from the same family behind beloved Manchester restaurant, Namaste Nepal, the Pan Asian Street food eatery is known and loved for its fluffy bao buns, flavourful noodles, and fresh dumplings, alongside a menu full of loads of fun cocktails and craft beer.
Suki Suki is offering £1 bao buns for one day only tomorrow / Credit: The Manc Group
The stunning venue is housed within an exposed brick archway, and is delicately decked-out with Herringbone booth seating, high bar stools, ambient lighting, and rattan finishings too.
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But why exactly is it launching the unmissable £1 offer? Well, in case you didn’t know, this Thursday (22 August) is National Bao Day, and in a bid to properly mark this tasty occasion, Suki Suki will be slashing the price of its popular bao buns from 12pm to 6pm.
Available while stocks last, there’ll be loads of options of the fan-favourite buns to choose from.
For meat lovers, you can choose from flavours like Korean Chicken, Teriyaki Pork Belly, and Hoisin Duck, while seafood fans can take their pick from delicacies such as Soft Shell Crab, and veggies and vegans can tuck into Spicy Tofu baos.
If a £1 bao sounds right up your street, then you’ll want to run not walk down to Suki Suki at Great Northern from 12pm tomorrow (22 August) and get stuck in.
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A tiny new train station pub has opened at Manchester Oxford Road
Daisy Jackson
A tiny craft beer pub has opened at Manchester Oxford Road, making all those inevitable train cancellations a little sweeter.
The new boozer comes from the same team behind some of the UK’s best train station pubs, who already have bars at Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria.
The Oxford Road Tap has plenty of charming nods to its proximity to the great British rail network.
There’s the big red National Rail sign that they’ve restored and turned into a beer tap, an arch over the bar that mimics the shape of the station, and even a departures board so you can work out how many more pints you can squeeze in.
You’ll find plenty of British craft beers behind the bar as well as a great selection of European lagers, plus spirits and wines.
The bar from Bloomsbury Leisure Holdings Limited has taken over the former cycle hub at Manchester Oxford Road.
The small building is directly opposite the entrance to the busy train station on the southern side of the city centre.
The Oxford Road Tap pub is now open in Manchester. Credit: The Manc Group
This will be the third site for the pub group in Manchester.
They already operate the Piccadilly Tap, that two-storey beer bar on Piccadilly Approach with a heated rooftop space and outdoor patio.
The team are also responsible for the more recently-opened Victoria Tap, which took over the former bin store at Manchester Victoria.
That particular pub has a heated beer garden constructed just inches away from where the trams tootle past and has a departures board where time is measured by pints (got 10 mins til your train leaves? That’s one pint, sir!)
Oslo-born Doug’s Hamburgers is opening in Manchester, serving adult ‘Happier Meals’
Daisy Jackson
Critically acclaimed burger joint Doug’s is heading to Manchester for the first time, serving up grown-up ‘Happier Meals’.
The burger brand started life in Norway but is led by a very northern team – they’re also behind Madre, Medlock Canteen and London’s Breddos tacos.
Doug’s is an Oklahoma-style burger restaurant with a menu of classic burgers made with hand-pressed patties from premium dry-aged beef (it’s the thinly-sliced onions inside each patty that makes it Oklahama style).
A classic cheeseburger is the brand’s signature dish, featuring a smashed patty, onions, cheese, mustard, ketchup, pickles and Doug’s special sauce.
There’ll also be fried chicken sandwiches, hot tenders and fries, plus breakfast buns served all day.
The ‘Happier Meal’ is an adult twist on a fast food favourite – you get a burger, fries, and a martini.
You can get deep-fried pickles with your burger at Doug’s in Manchester.Doug’s Hamburgers is coming to ManchesterCredit: The Manc Group
Doug’s spot in Manchester will be its fourth restaurant.
It’s set to open on Oxford Road above the recently-announced Amber’s nightclub, open seven days a week from 11am until midnight.
The flagship restaurant on Oxford Road is designed by R2A studio and will be opening this December in Circle Square for eat in and take-out.
Doug’s is opening on Friday 20 December and will be handing out free burgers – just head down from 12pm to claim one.
Emily Sergeant -
21st August 2024 
