Jan 15
Dear Friends, Wishing you all a very Happy Chinese New Year for 2012 and thank you for your continued support and friendship. 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 People born in the Year of the Dragon are healthy, energetic, excitable, short-tempered, and stubborn. They are also honest, sensitive, brave, and they inspire confidence …
Dec 31
A New Year’s Message to You All HELLO! We hope you have recovered from all the Christmas festivities and raring to go for 2011. At Sweet Mandarin there are early preparations to make the celebration of the year of the Rabbit a magnificent one. As we await this celebration, let us see what is in …
Dec 09
It was a pleasure to meet all the Team of Project One. As promised to Hayley and Sharon, here’s a little video keepsake of your Christmas do at Sweet Mandarin. The soundtrack is All I Want For Christmas – Hayley’s favourite Christmas track. Enjoy! If you want unique gifts for Christmas, buy a Sweet …
Dec 05
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you worse. Here is a short excerpt from my handwritten book that I look to when cooking for …
Oct 03
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you worse. Here is a short excerpt from my handwritten book that I look to when cooking for …
Oct 01
Its great being a short 10minute walk away from the MEN Arena because we get to meet all the stars that perform at the MEN Arena. If you are going, be sure to book your pre-concert dinner at Sweet Mandarin (click here ). Following her Arena show in May of this year, the Barbados-native returns …
Sep 02
Thank God for Peter Kay. I love the Bolton born comic and man-of-a-thousand-faces who loves Chinese food. Here’s my favourite joke (thanks Peter) ….. So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red rose and says “Your eyes sparkle like diamonds”. I said, “Waiter, I asked for …
Sep 01
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you worse. Here is a short excerpt from my handwritten book that I look to when cooking for …
Aug 15
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you worse. Here is a short excerpt from my handwritten book that I look to when cooking for …
Jul 22
Crazy but true. Hollywood descended on the sleepy Northern Quarter and now the movie is finally released today. Although we are less than 25 yards from the polished doors of the Arndale Centre, half of Manchester probably will never ever wander in the Northern Quarter – and although those members of the public are missing …
Jul 02
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you worse. Here is a short excerpt from my handwritten book that I look to when cooking for …
Jun 03
I know one day will never make up for all the universal joys and incredible memories of childhood that I’ve shared with my Dad but I wanted to thank you Dad, for being there for me, always, unconditionally and always fighting our corner. Together with the entire world – in celebrations of Dads all over …
Jun 01
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you worse. Here is a short excerpt from my handwritten book that I look to when cooking for …
Apr 04
Its great being a short 10minute walk away from the MEN Arena because we get to meet all the stars that perform at the MEN Arena. If you are going, be sure to book your pre-concert dinner at Sweet Mandarin (click here). The list of records Kylie holds at the Manchester venue is unprecedented. The …
Mar 24
Its great being a short 10minute walk away from the MEN Arena because we get to meet all the stars that perform at the MEN Arena. If you are going, be sure to book your pre-concert dinner at Sweet Mandarin (click here). Her only show in the north of the country during 2011, the US …
Mar 01
Its great being a short 10minute walk away from the MEN Arena because we get to meet all the stars that perform at the MEN Arena.If you are going, be sure to book your pre-concert dinner at Sweet Mandarin here. Get the lowdown on the Boyz with the men-arena.com’s top five Boyzone facts: 1: Following …
Dec 20
This video is dedicated to Dr Colin and Team who held their thank you dinner at Sweet Mandarin. Enjoy!
Dec 14
Sweet Mandarin welcomes Manchester Academy for the Beijing Masterclass. Enjoy!
Dec 01
Breathe. Breathe again. I’ve got some news my friends. I’m going to be starring on Iron Chef UK when it airs on Channel 4 on 12th – 17th 12.30pm – 1.30pm. This is like a dream come true for me. Thank you God. You’ve already given me an amazing blessing when Sweet Mandarin received the …
Nov 25
This video is a one off special – so make the most of it my friends – coz we got two left feet between the three of us in real life – so you’re never gonna catch us doing these ole Hip Hop moves!! We wish you a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New …
Nov 25
Go-Social Bootcamp launches with Manchester social event at Sweet Mandarin. CEO of Sweet Mandarin, Lisa Tse has been invited by the prestigious Go-Social Conference to speak about her expertise in social media marketing – namely Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Youtube. The audience which will be drawn from as far a field as Scotland, London and …
Oct 18
This first video demonstrates the work I do day in day out with my corporate clients, VIP clients and Cookery School clients. Sometimes, its easier to just show you what I get up to. As they say a photo tells a thousand words. So I guess this first video will tell you a million and …
Sep 13
I was chatting to my friends who are also my customers (its funny how customers become friends after a while) and getting their feedback on Sweet Mandarin’s takeaway offering – always listening and trying to improve our service. My friend Julia said many nights, she had gone home hungry – craving good Sweet Mandarin food …
Aug 30
To the ruler, the people are Heaven; to the people, food is Heaven’ My grandmother, Lily Kwok was born in a small village in Southern China in 1918, confounding the midwife who’d predicted that she must be a boy because she had kicked so hard in the womb. That independence, strength and energy stayed with …
Jul 15
Sweet Mandarin Cookery School teaches a Dim Sum Masterclass. Its been so busy that we’re full till October 2010 and I’ve had to add an extra date for the people who really really really want to learn. So here’s a date for your diary: 8th August. Its first come, first served. For more information, go …
Jul 08
We recently held a Thank You Dinner for our longest standing clients – those who through generations have frequented my Grandma’s restaurant, my Mum’s takeaway and now us at Sweet Mandarin. (Click here for the video created by an incredibly talented friend, Lisa Chan) As I was serving these wonderful folk, my heart twinged with …
Jul 02
When we received the news that we had made it to the Final of the F Word’s Best Chinese Restaurant Competition we were estatic (Watch us battle it out here). Thanks to our wonderful customers who nominated us, we were on the map a la Gordon. However, before Gordon, we were and still are are …
Jun 28
Today is my darling’s birthday. Happy Birthday :0) He shares his birthday with Henry VIII (you better not get six wives!!!) At Sweet Mandarin, we love and welcome birthdays. If you are celebrating your birthday at Sweet Mandarin, let us know and we’ll arrange to surprise the birthday girl or boy with a cake on …
Jun 27
Twitterers (T) (photo 1) Meet the Flickrs (F) (photo 2) could be come Jazz Hands Extravaganza (photo 3) I Tweet (a lot), I Flickr (quite a lot), I Eat (all the time). I host Tweet Up meetings for Twitterers and Flickr Up meetings for Flickr, so I’ve decide to link up these two groups. It …
Jun 24
#982 Sweet Nothing – Heart to Heart Sometimes, we all have off days, weeks, months or even years. During these low times, life feels stagnant, where we’re not quite ourselves and it feels like the world is conspiring against us. Some people internalise things and don’t express their feelings, their emotions, their thoughts – and …
Jun 22
#984 Sweet Nothing – The Crowne Plaza I found the location for Sweet Mandarin in October 2004 when it was a derelict car park. I’d been sweet talked by the developers that the area was being regenerated and that the Crowne Plaza would be opening literally next door to our building – at most a …
Jun 14
#992 Sweet Nothing – Eating a whole lobster all to myself. I love this diet that I’m on. Its called the See Food Diet. You eat what you see! I know that’s an ancient joke but it still tickles me. But seriously, it feels so ridiculously indulgent to sit there, roll your sleeves up and …
Jun 12
#994 Sweet Nothing – Going for dinner with friends, and secretly paying for the meal – I love the expression of my friends when they realise. They say that giving is better than receiving. I agree. Sometimes, when I go out with friends or family, I love to secretly pay for the meal – rather …
Jun 11
#995 Sweet Nothing – Singing to Jon Bon Jovi Videos all night long and occasionally getting carried away as I play air guitar – oh and hogging the sofa. Since I can remember I have always had a ‘secret’ crush on Jon Bon Jovi and he looks more and more handsome as he gets older. …
Jun 10
#996 Sweet Nothing – Winning a Tenner on the Lottery The way I get my six numbers for the lottery is to read out the numbers in a calm monotone voice to the fat baby and if he squeaks or starts to babble, that number makes it way to the hotlist. Of course, sometimes, the …
Jun 09
#997 Sweet Nothing – Receiving Orchids from a Private Admirer I’ve never received flowers before in my whole life. So when Valentine’s arrived I tried to block it out of my mind – that day is not for me, its for my lovebird clients. As I walked past the packed queues at Hallmark I turned …
Jun 08
#998 Sweet Nothing – Making one too many salt and pepper ribs – and having to eat it. Oh my word. There’s an extra rib frying and its got my name all over it. There are times when one is busy that things like this happen – accidently of course. Once cooked up, the only …
Jun 07
#999 Sweet Nothing – Meeting a client who has just flown in from Switzerland, taxi-ed from the airport to Sweet Mandarin and their sole purpose in visiting Manchester is to eat at Sweet Mandarin. When I set up my little restaurant with my two sisters in November 2004, many people were sceptical that this business …
Jun 06
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#1000 Sweet Nothing – The Last Ticket of the Night! My job is the head chef at Sweet Mandarin. That means, I generally have to cook. And cook. And cook. Thank God I love cooking. Since we’ve opened Sweet Mandarin the tickets have flown in as soon as the doors open until the doors close. …
Jun 05
I sometimes wonder where the week goes. I wake up, I work, I go to bed. Even on Monday which is my day off. However, there are so many sweet things that happen each day and I’m going to try to document them, even if to the outside world they are just minutae. Have you …
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