I’ve had my fair share of unusual dining experiences in my short time covering restaurant openings. There was the chef who insisted on feeding me to ensure I ate the dishes “correctly”, or the the time in Frankfurt where the chef invited his girlfriend’s family to eat my dessert, and the time I powered through six-course menu devised solely of mushrooms despite harbouring a deep fear of - you guessed it - mushrooms.
However, my latest excursion might just top all those prior - and for all the right reasons. On a cold, drizzly October night the last place I expected to be whisked off to was Oldham. Now don’t get me wrong, the borough has some brilliant places to eat, but it’s not the first place I would think of when it comes to high-end Japanese dining.
Accompanied by only a handful of other journalists, I found myself in what was essentially someone’s home, sampling some of dishes from the soon-to-launch menu from MUSU - the new luxury Japanese restaurant set to open in Manchester city centre next month.
