The dessert is said to be delicious, but has a pungent aroma
A recently opened street food dining hall in the city centre has just added a highly divisive dessert to its menu. Hello Oriental, Manchester’s underground three-storey food hall and market, has introduced durian fruit ice cream to its roster, a fruit that is perhaps best known for its memorable smell.
While the smell alone would put most people off, it does in fact have many fans, which is why Hello Oriental has decided to stock the “divisive” dessert. It is said that once you get past the smell, you’ll find it to be one of the most addictive flavours to cross your tastebuds.Located just off Oxford Road, around the corner from Hatch, Hello Oriental is the new one-stop shop for Chinese and Vietnamese food.
Recently described as a ‘northern powerhouse’ by The Times food critic Marina O’Loughlin during her visit to Manchester, it serves up everything from Chinese roasts, delicious dim sum, hot pho, baos and healthy summer rolls. Signature street food dishes at Downtown Oriental span the tonkatsu soft shell crab burger and downtown loaded fries to katsu curry chicken fries and sourdough prawn toast.