(L to R: Helen, Janet, Mum (Mabel) and me around the family table – check out the floral table cloth and Sugar Puffs!)

My earliest memories was hearing the click-click of my mother’s heels on the tiled floor, the white clouds of steam billowing out as the wok lid was lifted and the incredible aromas that made my stomach growl. We grew up in a family firm that was built on decades of graft and hard-earned experience, and we were expected to give up our weekends and evenings to help in the family takeaway. Schoolwork, a thousand little frustrations and missed Friday night parties evaporated as we sat down to eat.

(L to R: Mother, Janet, Me, Helen, seated Grandmother, Lily Kwok)

My mother has that knack of melting away problems with a smile despite the fact that she has been through a lot (racist attacks, the isolation of being an immigrant family) but it is a tribute to my mother’s extraordinary character and toughness that she didn’t let these experiences get to the core of her.  She has a forgiving heart and has learnt not to be bitter. If the world were run by mothers, the world would be a peaceful place.  My mother is my heroine and my inspiration in returing to the catering trade.

For all mothers and your endless love, I dedicate the Mother’s Day menu and our book, Sweet Mandarin to you.  Here are three ways to make your mother smile all year around.

Press Release – Download here press-release-mothers-day.doc

1. Treat your mother to a lovely dinner at Sweet Mandarin.

Click here to see the special mother’s day menus starting at 17.50 pounds sweet-mandarin-mothers-day-menu.pdf

2. Buy you and your mother a fun cookery class experience at Sweet Mandarin and bond over good, delicious food (75 pounds per person)

3. Buy your mother a copy of our inspirational memoir, Sweet Mandarin (which is about grandmother-mother-daughter relationships)

Best wishes and sweet dishes

Lisa

Web: http://www.sweetmandarin.com

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Address: 19 Copperas Street, Manchester M4 1HS

Email: sweetmandarin@gmail.com

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