One Plus Chinese Restaurant

There was a time in the UK when Chinese restaurants mostly catered to British tastes, but today in Manchester you can find a wealth of authentic dishes from different provinces. DIY restaurant One Plus Chinese is a prime example, proving popular with Manchester’s Chinese community and students alike.   

The twin specialities here are hot pot and barbecue, but you’ll also find a great hand-stretched noodle and rice bar in the basement. Chinese hot pot is a fun, sociable way to eat, where you’re presented with a bowl of boiling hot soup stock available in a range of flavours before choosing your ingredients from a ‘sushi-style’ conveyor belt and dropping them in. When they’re cooked, you remove and dunk them into your selected dipping sauce (steady yourself, there are lots and lots and lots to choose from). Alongside familiar favourites like king prawns, scallops, chicken and beef, you’ll find seaweed, tofu, and all kinds of noodles and wonderful mushrooms to drop into your pot, plus delicious offal – don’t know it til you’ve tried it – like pig offal, duck intestines, and beef tripe.

Just like the hot pot, with Chinese BBQ you’re in the driving seat. The kitchen serves up a range of options including beef steak, pork belly and chicken breast, which you then cook for yourself over hot coals placed in the middle of the table. For a sociable occasion like work parties or graduations, the communal nature of hot pot and bbq makes One Plus Chinese Restaurant a superb choice.