Tradition and old school cooking skills occupy pride of place at the Isinglass English Dining Room in Flixton Road. Subdued period décor with high ceilings, original fireplace and well-worn Chesterfields create an intimate ambience of comfort. A menu which showcases the best of British produce offering flavourful seasonal dishes with organic ingredients sets the stage for an evening of traditional gastronomy

The menu features starters of cockles and muscles in a fennel broth, Welsh rarebit and black pudding, potted game with pickles, razor clams and venison; toad-in-the-hole is with wilted kale, Cumberland gravy and mash. Mains options include slow-cooked boiled beef and baby carrots, rare fillet steak with hand cut chips in a peppercorn sauce and corned beef with pumpkin seed pastry and mullet spiced beetroot. For those who like a wild touch to their meal, Isinglass offers dishes like burdock fritters, roasted nettles with goats' curd, and rabbit burgers served on English muffins. Lemon posset, blackcurrant and apple crumble tart or vodka jelly and ice cream rounds off the meal nicely. Christmas dinner includes traditional roast turkey with all the trimmings followed by pudding.