One of the great port cities of Europe, Liverpool was once at the very crossroads of international commerce, a history reflected in its majestic waterfront architecture. Until relatively recently, as far as its restaurant scene was concerned, Liverpool languished in the shadow of its great north-western rival, Manchester. No longer. If the people have a reputation for being ribaldly suspicious of pretension, in the era of molecular cooking and its oddities, the city has developed something like a Liverpool cuisine.
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Where to eat in Liverpool: Culinary pyrotechnics and arresting flavours
One of the great port cities of Europe, Liverpool was once at the very crossroads of international commerce, a history reflected in its majestic waterfront architecture. Two famous bronze birds keep watch on top of the Liver Building, relative newcomers at just over a century old, one guarding the city itself, the other its maritime approaches.