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You can get a battered Christmas dinner at this Manchester chippy

Daisy Jackson - 22nd December 2021

A chippy in Manchester has started serving up a battered, deep-fried Christmas dinner.

The festive feast comes with all the trimmings, including stuffing balls and sprouts.

The Chippy on Burton Road’s Xmas Specials menu also features brie and cranberry parcels, and battered turkey goujons.

You can even get a ‘pig in a duvet’, a supersized peppered sausage wrapped in bacon, then battered and deep-fried.

The Christmas specials are available as individual items at the West Didsbury fish and chip shop.

Or, if you’re feeling tough enough, you can get the lot as a £26 ‘Blow Out Platter’.

The huge platter includes the turkey goujons, a pig in a duvet, brie parcels, sprouts, stuffing balls, chips and gravy.

The Chippy on Burton Road’s Christmas specials. Credit: The Manc Group

The Chippy on Burton Road’s Christmas specials. Credit: The Manc Group

There’s a veggie version too, skipping the turkey and pig, and a scaled-down turkey platter.

The Chippy on Burton Road even has dessert covered, with its battered Christmas pudding with ice cream.

You can get £5 off your Deliveroo order using the code THECHIPPY5 at deliveroo.co.uk.

Featured image: The Manc Group

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The UK’s best kebab is coming to Manchester as legendary shawarma bar announces Deansgate site

Clementine Hall

A brand-new shawarma bar is set to open its doors in Manchester this summer.

If you’re ever across the Pennines over in sunny Leeds, then you will have most likely heard of SQEW – a modern Lebanese-inspired eatery that has established itself as a cult-favourite amongst locals.

And it’s not just those Yorkshire folk who think it’s great, SQEW has recently been scooping up the accolades including most recently, Deliveroo’s Best Kebab of 2025.

The rumour mill has been turning for quite some time now but luckily for us they are in fact true, SQEW will be bringing its bold, elevated take on the kebab to 75 Deansgate, taking over the former Rola Wala site.

Owner of SQEW standing outside of his eatery in Leeds. — Images: The Manc Group

Images: The Manc Group

From humble beginnings to national recognition, SQEW was founded in 2015 by passionate chef and founder Mitch Renshaw, who wanted to give the often-overlooked kebab the love it truly deserves.

What began as a single idea serving slow-cooked meats and house-made sauces quickly boomed into a local sensation, eventually landing a permanent home in 2021 on Leeds’ Boar Lane.

Customers can expect a menu rooted in Lebanese flavours with a modern twist, all served with good old fashioned northern hospitality.

SQEW's new site on Deansgate. — Image: The Manc Group

Speaking about the expansion, Mitch Renshaw, Owner and Founder of SQEW, said: “Were absolutely thrilled to announce our move over the pennies. We’ve been searching for the perfect site since 2023, and when we came across 75 Deansgate we jumped at it. We have a few surprises up our sleeves for Manchester and can’t wait to reveal more.

Having spent the last few weeks in Manchester, I’m brimming ear to ear, the people, the culture, the operators, we just can’t wait to be part of it.”

The new site will feature an all-day shawarma bar concept with seating, takeaway, and delivery options – so you can get your SQEW fix however way you want it.

We’ll keep you updated with more details in the coming weeks, but you keep an eye on SQEW’s socials for more sneak peeks.

Read more: Bundobust and Madre announce bold new Indo-Mexican collaboration

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Bundobust and Madre announce bold new Indo-Mexican collaboration

Clementine Hall Madre and Bundobust are teaming up

Madre and Bundobust are teaming up

Two of Manchester’s best-loved casual dining spots are joining forces for a limited-edition collaboration.

Bundobust and Madre will be teaming up this summer to create a menu inspired by two world-famous street food cultures – India, and Mexico.

The Indo-Mexican menu will feature dishes like ‘Naanchos’, and plenty of other Desi-flavoured Mexican dishes.

It’ll be mashing up iconic ingredients, techniques, and flavours, with a menu of brand new spice-packed dishes and cocktails combining Desi and Mexican influence.

So, what can we expect?

Mexican street food classics chimichanga and quesadillas get the Desi treatment, while Bundobust’s Indian street food favourites like chaat get a little Latino heat.

All paired with spicy summer-time cocktails, as a homage to Mexican drinking culture, plus the return of Bundobust Brewery’s new golden Cerveza, SANJA Mexican Lager.

We can’t think of a better place to spend our summer evenings to be quite honest.

On the menu there are crunchy Indo-Mexican ‘naanchos’, topped with salsa verde, crema, tamarind, onion, coriander, and a punchy pickle masala.

Madre and Bundobust are teaming up

Naanchos, from the Bundobust x Madre menu — Madre and Bundobust are teaming up

There’ll also be a ‘Tikkadilla’ – a corn tortilla packed with oyster mushrooms, red tikka sauce and Oaxaca cheese, with a side of desi birria sauce for dipping.

That’s alongside masala chimichanga, birria-ani, and corn chaat.

Then you can wash that down with a cashew colada, an avocado lassi, spicy mango margs and loads more.

The Indo-Mexican menu will be available at all Bundobust and Madre locations from Monday 14 July until Sunday 17 August 2025.

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Featured image: The Manc Group