Category: STREET FOOD

March 12, 2013

Solo lunch at Patty & Bun

Last Friday I had a very early meeting out of town, and I was back in London by 11.30AM. Having been up since 5.30 AM, I was ~~slightly hungry~~, starving. After a brief Twitter consultation, I decided to head down to Patty & Bun for a solo lunch treat. Well, I had originally invited my friend A, but she politely declined my offer to spend her lunch break ~~working~~ shopping online .

Patty & Bun opened on the 30th November on James street, close to Selfridges and St. Christopher’s place; well-known to the foodie community after a few pop-up ventures in Soho and at Feast festival.

I arrived at the restaurant at 11.58, exactly 2 minutes before they opened the doors, to a small queue of hungry punters. Once in, I grabbed myself a stool in the tiny 30 seat dining room, and gave an in-depth scan to the menu. Only to be distracted by a very evident fact.

Quite interestingly I was one of the only two girls in the restaurant. Girls, if you are up to meet new boys, this is THE place to have lunch on a Friday!

Back to the food… They offer 6 different burgers: ARI Gold Cheeseburger, Smokey Robinson, Jose’ Jose’ Chilli, Hot Chick Chicken, Lambshank Redemption and Portobello ‘Dig it’ Mushroom.

I decided for the ARI Gold: Beef patty, Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, Pickled onions, Ketchup, Smokey P&B Mayo, Brioche.

Hands down, this is one of the best burgers I have ever had in London. A juicy patty in a soft, fluffy brioche. So tasty and messy. Exactly what I needed!

The rosemary salt chips with skin were crispy and nicely seasoned. Just perhaps a little cold, and the portion not as generous as I would have expected. Clearly the burgers are the heroes here.

I will go back. Recommended!

March 11, 2013

Feast London @ Tobacco Dock

It has been the talk of Twitter town in the past 5 days. Feast London, four days of foodie heaven. A selection of London’s most exciting new food ventures and street food heroes in the beautiful setting of Tobacco Dock in Wapping.

Here a few images of my Sunday afternoon visit with my friends K and P.

Flowers and candles on the shared tables.

The prize for most elegant chefs goes to… Dishoom!

Classic Mac and Cheese from Anna Mae’s southern street food

Beijing pancakes from MeiMei’s Street Cart

Finally my pancake… after a 35 minute queue!

Pretty and delish macaroons from Le Petit Paris

It was snowing… a little too cold for ice-cream.

Naturally flavoured and coloured handcrafted meringues.

Where to find them:

Dishoom, read my review of restaurant here.@Dishoom

Anna Maes, Southern food. @Anna_Maes

MeiMei’s street Cart, Beijin pancakes. @mmStreetCart

Patty and Bun, here is my review of the restaurant. @pattyandbunjoe

Meringue Girls, @Meringue_Girls

February 24, 2013

The Orange Buffalo, the best wings in town

Last week, after a crazy morning running around, K from NuffnangX and I met for a really spicy lunch in Brick Lane. And before you wonder, it wasn’t to sample Indian specialties, but The Orange Buffalo‘s hot wings. Huge, crispy, freshly fried chicken wings, tossed in deliciously spicy hand-made orange sauces, served with celery sticks and blue cheese dip.

The Orange Buffalo, tucked away in Ely’s Yard car park, off Brick Lane, is a recent addition to the food-truck scene. They serve free range Buffalo wings in four levels of spiciness: Original, Woof-Woof, Van-Gogh, and Viper.

K opted for the original and I felt brave enough to go for Woof-Woof, a mid-level. Being ~~hungry~~ greedy and wanting to try the full ‘Orange Buffalo’ experience, we also ordered curly fries and onion rings.

Sat down in the freezing cold, we scoffed our face with the divine freshly fried crispy yet juicy wings, covered in this sticky, messy, tangy and sweet hot sauce; perfectly washed down by Ginger beer.

The chips and the onion rings were to die for, crispy on the outside, with a soft middle, deliciously dipped into the rich hand-made blue cheese sauce – I am still salivating at the thought.