Just a quick piece here about my lunch experience at the Rosy Lee Tea Rooms in Manchester. Short and sweet you might say, and broadly speaking it certainly was. I think I should first make it plain that I am by no means at all an authority on the culinary experiences of Manchester, of which I am sure there are many and varied. I know of a couple of staples and that's about it. In my experience, a city is either synchronized intrinsically with a wonderful, ever-moving, flowing atmosphere that welcomes you effortlessly, or an oppressive, angry, vast grey place that threatens you somehow at every turn.To this day I do not know which niche Manchester fits in, if at all, and therefore I haven't really experienced a vast array of it's culture, including it's culinary culture.
Yet when I was invited to lunch at the Rosy Lee tearooms I joyfully approached it with an open mind, and I was thus rewarded with a lunch experience that, whilst only lasting a couple of hours, was nevertheless pleasantly memorable. Yes the service was perhaps a bit stunted, and the dining space itself could perhaps be better arranged, but that's about it for niggles. The feel of the place was sufficiently modern and different, the staff were welcoming, the atmosphere steadily built to bustling, and the food itself was immaculately presented and tasted marvelous. Their version of a Sunday roast was both sufficiently classic, with a few nice flavour twists subtly added in, and my crumble of a pudding was quite delectable.
All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable time, and one I would highly recommend and be pleased to repeat.
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