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Sweet Mandarin Reviews 2004 Newspapers & Magazines The Independent Nov 2004 Just opened by the three high-achieving Tse sisters. Promises fast and funky Cantonese, with bento-box lunches for £4.95, dinner mains from £5 to £9.50, and wacky cocktails. Olive Magazine Dec 2004 Sweet Mandarin is a Top 100 Restaurant. Opened by three twenty something sisters, Lisa, Helen and Janet, Sweet Mandarin slides seamlessly into the Manchester restaurant scene. Cheshire Life Dec 2004 Sweet Mandarin is the hottest venue in town. Moving Manchester Dec 2004 Sweet Mandarin is easily the best Chinese Moving Manchester has had in years. No wonder the Northern Quarter really is becoming the hottest, hippest place to live in the city. Entrepreneur Magazine Dec 2004 Sweet Mandarin has been opened by Lisa, Janet and Helen Tse - a financier, an engineer and a lawyer by trade. City Life Nov 2004 Review by Jonathan Schofield Sweet Mandarin's service throughout was exceptional: warm, knowledgeable and committed. The hands down winners in our selection were the delightful and floaty wantons without a trace of cloying heaviness - quite the finest ribs (perfect for the kids) we've had in yonks as well as the claypot and the sizzling beef. The big earthenware pot, in which the first of these two came, was enticing in itself, whilst the mix of the chicken, spiced by the Chinese lapcheung sausage, ginger and so on was delicious. The sizzling beef was top quality too - chunky, with the flavours seared in at the table on the hot place. This is a good value place with worthy food, the looks and splendid service. Asian Times Nov 2004 Sweet Mandarin is the most innovative eatery. There is much more to these Asian Babes who are running the show than pretty faces. Lisa, Helen and Janet Tse (three twenty something sisters) have an ability to cook the freshest tasting Chinese cuisine and give it a trendy twist. Metro Nov 2004 Review by Emma Sturgess Sweet Mandarin is likely to be a lifesaver for city-dwelling types. Manchurian fillet of beef was an example of how this kind of dish should be cooked, with juicy, tender and tasty meat that raised a theatrical sizzle as it hit the hotplate. Mabel's claypot boasted a more complicated palette of flavours with ginger, lemon grass, silky mushrooms and spring onions lending to their scents to chicken pieces that were tender. Sweet Mandarin is a welcome arrival on the restaurant scene. Restaurant Business Dec 2004 Sweet Mandarin is run by three Chinese Angels. Committed to the dream of running their own business, three savvy sisters in their twenties are embarking on a challenging restaurant enterprise. Sweet Mandarin serves Lilly Kwok's curry (the sisters' grandmother). This is a secret family recipe going back over forty years and is renowned for attracting customers as far a field as Ireland, Scotland and even Spain. Another first for Sweet Mandarin is a drink with a real bite. The restaurant is the only one in the UK to offer Snake Blood cocktails which is incidently an aphrodisiac. Cool, cutting edge and stylish. The design of Sweet Mandarin reflects the attitude and outlook of its youthful owners to make the restaurant the trendiest eating venue in town. Caterer & Hotelkeeper Oct 2004 Sweet Mandarin is a stylish new Chinese restaurant. Pan-Asian in general, the restaurant attains harmony of taste, texture, colour and aroma by balancing the Chinese principles of fan and t'sai. Menu Magazine Oct 2004 Sweet Mandarin is modern, smart and stylish. The high-flying girls behind Sweet Mandarin are already successful in their chose spheres as an engineer, lawyer and financier, so no wonder Sweet Mandarin is also something special. Bar Hotel & Restaurant Nov 2004 Sweet Mandarin is the brain child of the Tse sisters. They follow in their parents and grandmother, Lilly Kwok's shoes and set the very best standards. Lisa was preparing banquets at the age of eleven. |
