I tried sweetcorn in a cup from a stall on Market Street - it wasn't at all what I expected
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIf you shop in Manchester, you’ll no doubt have walked past one of them hundreds of times. Bright green and yellow with cartoonish artwork on the side, Magic Corn's sweetcorn stalls seem to be marketed at children but surely most hungry kids would prefer a Maccies or something equally unhealthy.
I can’t say that I’ve personally ever had a particular hankering for a cup of sweetcorn while out and about in town, but the stalls have been there for years - Magic Corn was founded in Malaysia in 1988 and arrived in the UK in 2006.
READ MORE: I tried Hungry Horse's bonkers new menu - with a 2,300-calorie Vimto Camembert loaf and a 'cheesecake kebab' On a cold, wet, windy February afternoon, I made the short journey from Farnworth to Manchester to see if I had been missing out all this time.
As I walked down Market Street, there were a couple of familiar sights; buskers - check, plenty of shoppers - check. However, a stall inexplicably selling sweetcorn in a polystyrene cup was sadly nowhere to be seen.
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