After 25-years, there's one thing people wish hadn't changed at the Trafford Centre

It's hard to believe the Trafford Centre has just celebrated its 25th birthday.

So much has the giant shopping and entertainment complex become part of the city's furniture, it's almost impossible to imagine a time before Manchester's Trafford Centre. To celebrate the milestone birthday, the Manchester Evening News recently ran a story on how it nearly didn't get built.

We also looked at the evolution of The Orient, the Trafford Centre's mammoth food court and how its eateries have changed over the years. M.E.N. readers shared their own memories in the comments and there was one feature of the early Trafford Centre many wish had never changed.

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It seems the one attraction you miss from when it first opened in 1998 was the Rainforest Cafe. The cafe now feels like such a distant memory, but one many of you still fondly remember to this day.

The jungle-themed restaurant chain was founded by Steven Schussler and launched in America, with the first location opening in 1994. By the late 1990s, the chain opened its first international location in London, and a site in Manchester soon followed.

Part theme park, part restaurant, the Amazon-inspired attraction was based in The Orient and housed tropical foliage, a talking tree and animatronic animals. While enjoying meals like the spaghetti-based Wallaby Wok or Jurassic Chicken, it wasn't unusual to hear a thunderstorm noise or cascading waterfalls in the distance.

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But you didn't have to have a youngster in tow to enjoy the atmosphere or the food. Customers will remember staff, known as "safari guides",