Adventures in a Cake Shirt

I love my cake shirt. It was £14 in the ASOS sale (available here) and I would wear it every day if I could. Last weekend I surprised my boyfriend Ross with a birthday trip in Manchester, allowing two days of cake-filled fun.

Enjoying cake at Teacup on Thomas Street

Waiting for our food at the Nexus Art Cafe

Although this blog is meant to be about money-saving, I can't write about our visit to Manchester without mentioning Room Restaurant and the Manchester MacDonald Hotel. Both of these were far from budget, but were amazing places that make the trip special.

Room takes classic British dishes and deconstructs them to form tasty, interesting and completely new ones:

Onion Tart

Posh Fish and Chips

Surf and Turf

We also had a personalised assiette desert, complete with popping candy! Each course was really well presented and we couldn't wait to see what creation came next. On a slight money-saving note, they are currently having a Summer Champagne Sale, meaning £7 bellinis and a £19.95 bottle of champagne until 29th September.

We stayed in the Manchester MacDonald Hotel and Spa, which is close to Piccadilly Station. It's a really modern and classy 4 star hotel, complete with a relaxing spa.

In Picadilly Gardens, we ate yet more food at the Manchester Picnic.

 Hopefully more cakey adventures will follow!

Katie
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