Mar 06
The written character for mother love is composed of two elements: love and pain. I had always thought this emotion was felt by daughters for their mothers especially when I was growing up and often reluctantly had to help in the family catering business giving up my weekends, social life and teenage years, but looking …
Oct 10
Sweet Mandarin is a 10minute walk to the MEN Area. Perfect for a Pre-concert meal. Book here Michael McIntyre will perform a six-night residency at the Manchester Arena as part of a brand new autumn UK tour. Tickets for the Wednesday 24 – Monday 29 October shows are on sale now, priced £35.00. Please note, …
Jul 06
Sweet Mandarin met with Seb Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and Daly Thomson to talk about the impact of the Olympics on local businesses and Sweet Mandarin’s work with schools. Sweet Mandarin works with over 174 schools promoting healthy eating and food technology programmes (click here …
Jul 01
Sweet Mandarin is a 10minute walk to the MEN Area. Perfect for a Pre-concert meal. Book here Pop duo Roxette will play the Manchester Arena this summer as part of their first live UK shows in more than 17 years. Tickets for the Wednesday 4 July Manchester concert are on sale now, priced £35.00. Performing tracks …
Jun 12
Sweet Mandarin is a 10minute walk to the MEN Area. Perfect for a Pre-concert meal. Book here Californian trio Blink 182 return to the Manchester Arena on Friday 15 June for the first time since 2004′s sold-out appearance to perform hits from their pop punk back catalogue including I Miss You, What’s My Age Again, …
Apr 15
Sweet Mandarin is a 10minute walk to the MEN Area. Perfect for a Pre-concert meal. Book here JLS need no introduction. On 20th April 2012 they grace the MEN Arena. They are self-made legends. They inspire us to cook our heart out. Enjoy a match made in Heaven. Dine at Sweet Mandarin, stroll to the …
Apr 02
In this Sweet Nothing, I will explore with you about the Shanghai Dumplings that we serve at Sweet Mandarin, an award winning restaurant in Manchester (www.sweetmandarin.com) run by three twentysomething sisters (including me). As a British Born Chinese, I have lived a very British way of life being educated in Manchester and Flinders, an Australian University. However, …
Mar 30
Sweet Mandarin is a 10minute walk to the MEN Area. Perfect for a Pre-concert meal. Book here Award-winning rapper and actor Drake will play his first headline Manchester Arena show on Sunday 1 April. Tickets for The Club Paradise Tour are on sale now, priced £35.00. Since breaking onto the rap scene in 2006, Drake …
Mar 20
Sweet Mandarin is a 10minute walk to the MEN Area. Perfect for a Pre-concert meal. Book here Florence + The Machine will perform at the Manchester Arena on Thursday 15 March as part of 2012′s Ceremonials UK tour – the first chance her Manchester fans will have to hear the new album performed live. Tickets, …
Mar 17
Sweet Mandarin is a 10minute walk to the MEN Area. Perfect for a Pre-concert meal. Book here Legendary Motown artists The Four Tops and The Temptations return to the Manchester Arena joined by very special guests R&B disco kings Tavares and seminal sixties girl band The Crystals. Tickets for the Friday 23 March show are …
Mar 04
I’ve grown up a Manchester United fan. My mum fed the footballers as their careers rocketed and they still frequent Sweet Mandarin -and she swears it must be our curry that is their secret ingredient to success. So when I met Sir Alex Ferguson it was an amazing day. In actual fact, I was going …
Feb 17
Brilliant news to hear that Victoria Pendleton has broken the world record. We met Victoria who joined us on the Sweet Mandarin Cookery School and she was such an enthusiastic cook – really keen to cook delicious Chinese cuisine and a fast learner. Â She was also very humble about her achievements and we are so …
Feb 16
Sweet Mandarin is a 10minute walk to the MEN Area. Perfect for a Pre-concert meal. Book here Since The X Factor returned to our screens in August, we’ve been treated to more drama, more craziness, more fun and more judges’ putdowns than ever before – and things are only going to get more intense. But …
Jan 30
Sweet Mandarin is a 10minute walk to the MEN Area. Perfect for a Pre-concert meal. Book here Strictly Come Dancing 2011 winner Harry Judd will lead an all-star celebrity line-up at this year’s live Manchester shows. Fellow finalists Australian acting and singing superstar Jason Donovan and local actress Chelsee Healey plus ex-Eastenders legend Anita Dobson, former footballer …
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 25
Dear Friends, I don’t know where the year went but its nearly Christmas already. Wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We are closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day – my only two days off in the whole year and I can’t wait :0) Some dear customers …
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 …
Nov 14
Hold on! I don’t mean that Kiss. The Kiss band don’t belong on this list. Nah. That’s not sweet. Rewind. That’s better. Now your talking. This is more the Kiss I’m talking about. Sweet, tender, loving. Sunset or no sunset. Do you keep your eyes shut when you’re kissing and is it therefore sweeter?
Nov 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 …
Oct 13
Contact Lisa to book your Christmas Do at Sweet Mandarin click here or 0161 832 8848
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 29
A couple of days ago, a young lady by the name of Alicja dropped off an invitation for the opening of the Holiday Inn Express which is 30 footsteps, yes 30 footsteps away from Sweet Mandarin. So tonight, we went to meet the team and look at the hotel and rooms. I must say, Bob …
Sep 10
We met Sion (@RevHoly) and Jo (@basketcasejo) on Twitter (@sweetmandarin). Sion and Jo are celebrating Sion’s birthday with a masterclass at Sweet Mandarin Cookery School. On the Intermediate course, they learnt Sweet and Sour Chicken bonus dish Salt and Pepper chicken balls (Sion’s favourite), beef green peppers and blackbean, Singapore Vermicelli, Steamed fish with ginger …
Sep 07
CING stands for The Creative Industries Networking Group – and boasts some of the most connected people on social media i.e. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn. So when they invited me to join their panel of speakers to share how Sweet Mandarin uses social media, it was an opportunity that I couldn’t turn down. I …
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 02
This is what our previous guests have said about their Sweet Mandarin Cookery experience… ‘I have just returned from our one day cooking course with Lisa Tse and wanted to say thanks for such a fantastic day!! We were very much made to feel involved in everything and can’t wait to try out the recipes …
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 …
Aug 06
I have joined Empire Avenue https://www.empireavenue.com/tse who else is on there? Please connect with me. Also huge thanks to Aron Stevenson for guiding me through this new social media. Aron – you are a star! Best wishes Lisa {EAV_BLOG_VER:EAVB_EYTMUEVIYA}
Aug 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 …
Jul 23
Given that Captain America was filming around the Northern Quarter (where Sweet Mandarin is located), I enjoyed taking a stroll on the set of Captain America to deliver delicious Chinese cuisine and even found myself a walk on part (lol -as I’m walking into Meyers Bros I’m going to say ‘I wonder if they do …
Jul 22
Facebook Competition Announcement ‎8 CHANCES TO WIN A MEAL FOR 2 AT THE AMAZING SWEET MANDARIN SIMPLY ‘LIKE’ OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU COULD BE ONE OF THE 8 LUCKY FANS TO WIN A TASTY MEAL FOR 2. CLICK HERE AND ‘LIKE’: http://www.facebook.com/sw​eetmandarins “For those not in the know, Sweet Mandarin is a restaurant in …
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 21
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). Heavy metal legends Iron Maiden will return to the M.E.N Arena next summer …
Jul 21
Congratulations to all the Graduates. We see new friends coming in and old friends are about to leave. Graduates now have a big decision to make in their life track. Some of them will start their career next summer while others will plan for their further study. Time flies. Three years at university transform a …
Jul 05
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). Manchester’s M.E.N Arena has been revealed as the host venue for the world …
Jul 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). Blink 182, the Californian trio return to the Arena for the first time …
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