A Trio of Christmas Dinners!
I've been lucky to have not one but three amazing Christmas dinners this year. The first one was the week before Christmas at Topaz Cafe in Ashton. I've blogged about Topaz before as it's a favourite lunch spot of mine and Matt's but they don't usually open in the evenings so this was a special festive one off. To start with Matt went for a lovely velvety smooth leek, chestnut and sage soup whereas I opted for Asian Tofu. I have to say that this was some of the most amazing tofu I've ever tasted. The texture was perfectly crispy on the outside yet soft on the inside. It was really infused with flavour and there was a very tasty coleslaw on the side. Our main was a cranberry and cashew nut filo with all the trimmings and a fantastic gravy. Dessert was a sticky toffee pudding with icecream and the meal was rounded off with coffee and truffles. Christmas dinner number two was organised by Manchester Vegan Society and was hosted by Martin the Mod ...