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Manchester International Festival: Day 3

• Richard Fair
• 30 Jun 07, 10:16 AM

I opened the front door this morning at exactly the same time as the woman next door. For a few seconds we both surveyed the day around us. 鈥淢iserable again鈥�, she said. 鈥淲ell I鈥檝e not been up long,鈥� I replied. But I鈥檓 sure my spirits will be lifted as day three of the Manchester International Festival turns its attention to food as .

For three hours this afternoon I鈥檒l be on-air stuffing my face with some of Manchester鈥檚 finest food, and not a Tesco in sight.

I once tried to eat my way around the world without ever leaving Manchester. I think I managed about twenty-five different countries before I had to break off for lunch in the 大象传媒 canteen. I got a real flavour of the diversity of food available daily. But the great thing about today is that I don鈥檛 have to drag my belly round town as all the food will be in one place, just outside the Festival Pavilion.

Meanwhile inside the Pavilion one of those famous chefs will be serving up his (just the weather for it). I was taught at catering college not to mess with food and I鈥檓 sure would batter me over the head with a number one ladle if I even suggested for one moment that he was 鈥榩laying鈥�. I think he has a more scientific approach to his work. But is it any good? Or is it a case of the Emperor鈥檚 New Clothes (or Chef鈥檚 New Big Hat perhaps), with no one daring to say it tastes like that grey stuff they used to put gravy on in school and called 鈥榣unch鈥�.

All this talk of food (apart from the school reference) has given me an appetite so I best get myself 鈥榠n the zone鈥� as they say. With a bit of luck Greggs over the road won鈥檛 have sold out of sausage rolls just yet.

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