Ben Arnold

Greater Manchester County, UK

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The Tibetan chef in a cowboy hat serving handmade dumplings at Chorlton Water Park - Hidden Gems

1 week ago | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

Chorlton | Eating & Drinking | Hidden Gems | Manchester | Street Food | Video Momos, monastery vibes and a cult following at one of Manchester’s most beloved food trucks... By Ben Arnold | 18 June 2025 Share this story You don’t need directions to find Tibetan Kitchen (well, sometimes you might).
The late-night kebab house that became a Rusholme legend

2 weeks ago | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

Eating & Drinking | Street Food | Takeaways Since 1977, Rusholme Chippy has been feeding generations and has become a part of Manchester’s culinary and cultural DNA… By Ben Arnold | 13 June 2025 Share this story Ask a taxi driver in Manchester where to get the best kebab in Manchester (often the best way to discover such things), and there’s a very good chance you’ll end up at the Rusholme Chippy.
Circolo Popolare - the 'cool crowd' has landed in Manchester

3 weeks ago | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

Eating & Drinking | Restaurants Inside Big Mamma’s joyful mission to serve Italian food with soul... and and more than a bit of drama too... By Ben Arnold | 4 June 2025 Share this story About 15 years ago, Tigrane Seydoux and his friend Victor Lugger found themselves knocking on the door of Lorenzo Bagatto in San Daniele, Northern Italy, a town built on the fortunes of one product in particular. Prosciutto.
The library reborn: Stockroom is a cultural playground for all

1 month ago | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

Arts & Culture | Co-working Spaces | Leisure | Lifestyle | Living and Working Bold, bright and soon to be buzzing with life—Stockroom is reimagining what the modern library should be... By Ben Arnold | 23 May 2025 Share this story What was once a run-of-the-mill retail unit in Stockport’s Merseyway shopping centre – Top Shop, to be precise – is now alive with music, movement and murals. And, apparently, cocktails.
Tom Cruise's biggest and most daring stunts

1 month ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Ben Arnold |Victoria Luxford

Tom Cruise puts his life on the line to perform cinema's most memorable stunts. (Warner Bros./Paramount)Few actors conjure up the same sense of Hollywood magic as Tom Cruise. For over four decades, he has remained one of the most popular and exciting stars in the business. Part of that reputation is forged on the excitement and innovation of the stunts in his movies, with Cruise being well known for performing the set pieces himself.
DDR-Haushaltsgeräte: Per Gesetz unkaputtbar

1 month ago | mdr.de | Ben Arnold

Elektrogeräte aus der DDR funktionieren teilweise noch heute tadellos. So wie der alte Gefrierschrank von Dietmar Götzmann. Sein neuer Gefrierschrank ist dagegen gerade mal ein halbes Jahr alt und bereits kaputt. Das Gerät kühlt nicht richtig. Wasser tritt aus. Fünf Grad plus misst das Thermometer. Tauwetter im Tiefkühler. Zum Glück hat Götzmann noch seinen alten Kühlschrank, gekauft 1982 per Ehekredit. Das ist Qualitätsware aus der Mangelwirtschaft.
Northern Quarter kebab spot Bab opens new basement bar

2 months ago | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

Eating & Drinking | Restaurants | Street Food There's new babs and burgers too... By Ben Arnold | 2 April 2025 Share this story Bab, the elevated kebab joint in the Northern Quarter, has opened a new bar in its basement. Billed as a ‘dining space by day and party destination by night, expect a cosy and casual downstairs space with a welcoming Manc atmosphere’, say the place’s owners.
District chef Ben Humphreys to take on the kitchen at the Edinburgh Castle with new Thai BBQ

Mar 20, 2025 | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

Manchester chef Ben Humphreys is all set to bring Bangkok-style dining to the Edinburgh Castle – taking on the kitchen with his wife Bo.Called Bangkok Diners Club, it will open up next week mixing the Thai flavours he championed at his previous project – the Michelin Guide-listed District on Oldham Street – with US BBQ methods. The menu will feature elements from both central Thailand and the Isan region in the north, where Bo is from, as well as throwing in an in-house smoker.
“I love hotpot… I’m a bit obsessed with it…” Chef Mary-Ellen McTague on opening her new restaurant Pip

Mar 19, 2025 | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

“Food that has a bit of a story to it is far more interesting than food that doesn’t,” says Mary-Ellen McTague, the Bury-born former Great British Menu star, chef-patron of restaurants like Aumbry in Prestwich and The Creameries in Chorlton and alumnus of Heston Blumenthal’s three Michelin starred The Fat Duck. The food at Pip, her new place – on the ground floor of the newly-opened Treehouse Hotel Manchester – will have a story. Some of it might even be a story that goes back a bit.
A 'herd of life-size puppets', Edgar Davids and the Royal Ballet at MIF 2025

Mar 11, 2025 | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

Arts & Culture | Festivals | Music The biennial arts festival returns in July... By Ben Arnold | 11 March 2025 Share this story The line-up for the 2025 Manchester International Festival has been unveiled, featuring giant puppets which will roam the region, an exhibition of football prowess and art from Juan Mata and Edgar Davids and the first ever collaboration between MIF and the Royal Ballet.