Quick! Eat This: UK Edition

Quick! Eat This: UK Edition

A few quick picks from around the UK

 

Anything from Mary’s Milk Bar, Edinburgh

Mary is a sweetheart and everything she produces for her shop tastes like heaven. For a pick me up on a cold day opt for her hot chocolate float- hot chocolate with added ice cream- I recommend adding in a scoop of salted caramel

19 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2HS

Pork Roll from Oink!, Edinburgh

This place serves up a whole roast pig a day, opening from 11am to 5:30pm (5pm on Sundays) or until they sell out. Choices are easy- pick your size, your bread, add your pork, pick your accompaniment/sauce. I opt for the ‘Oink’ size with brown roll and haggis though to be honest you can’t go wrong with any option. Get in early if you want some crackling too. 

2 locations: 34 Victoria St, Old Town, Edinburgh EH1 2JW and  Royal Mile 82 Canongate Edinburgh EH8 8BZ

XXL Pressed Sandwich from Nic’s NYC Deli, Glasgow

Pulled pork, ham, roast chicken, pastrami, turkey, bacon, Monterey jack and Swiss cheese, jalapenos, pickles, sweet fried onion and choice of sauce. Need I say more?

4dh, 50 St Enoch Square, Glasgow G1 4DH

BBQ Pork Belly Buns at Kurobuta, London

Close runner up is the miso glazed aubergine. Excuse me, I’m drooling. 

3 locations: 312 King's Rd, London SW3 5UH, 17-20 Kendal Street Marble Arch, London, W2 2AW, and at Harvey Nichol's 109-125 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7RJ

Fudge from The Fudge House Edinburgh, Edinburgh

I’ll let you pick your own flavour, you can’t really go wrong. 

197 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 8BN

Ice Cream from Scoop and Crumb, Brighton

Feel very lucky if they have the Swedish Ginger biscuit flavour on rotation while you’re there, it’s delicious. If you’re hungry or celebrating an occasion go for one of their sundaes- definitely a worthy treat! 

5-6 East St, Hove, Brighton, Sussex BN1 1HP


 

London Eats Le Bun

Last month I had the opportunity to check out Le Bun at the Zetter Hotel with my partner in crime (Note: 'opportunity' in this situation means anxiously fought for a booking on opening day)

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Le Bun has been a firm favourite of house Red Headed Baker whenever checking out Street Feast at Dalston. Hearing that they were popping up again this year at the Zetter, we had to make the pilgrimage north east to get our fix. 

The heart of Le Bun is American meets French (or vice versa) and the theme is definitely truffles. At their street stall our favourite dish is hands down the Truffle N Waffle, waffles with deep fried chicken and truffle butter. I have dreamt of this dish, it is that good. Unfortunately the Truffles N Waffles only makes an appearance on Le Buns weekend brunch menu at the Zetter which left us quite devastated but they turned out tempting options for dinner service too. 

The 'must have' Truffle Double Double.

We feasted on the Truffle Double Double, the steak frites, hot wings and the fries with truffle mayo.The wings were enormous and utterly delicious. Spicy like we like it, and messy as they should be. Once again, Le Bun does chicken well. More chicken please! The burger offered up the truffle taste we craved with truffle mayo lathered on top of two juicy beef patties, veal jam and cheese all served up in a brioche bun. 

Served along side the steak was the Le Bun steak sauce which my partner in crime dissected like a surgeon, trying to figure out every ingredient (can you solve the riddle Le Bun?) I preferred it on the frites, happily stealing truffle mayo from my fries to smear on my share of the steak. I think I drew some (amused) looks at my frites eating technique, straw fries don't lend themselves to cutlery so I adopted a more scoop and stuff method that proved successful. 

We left happy and almost full, hunting a sweet treat to finish our evening off as unfortunately there are no dessert options on the dinner menu. Le Bun is definitely one to check out and we're already planning our return, this time for brunch and our Truffles N Waffles fix!

Le Bun's residency at The Zetter lasts until the 20th of December. They are open for lunch and dinner Monday to Saturday 12 noon-10pm and for brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 11am-5pm. To book visit: http://www.thezetter.com/zetter-bar-and-lounge

Bonus- Le Bun has now popped up with their food van at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. They are serving a small selection of dishes including the Le Truffle Cheeseburger and the Truffle Double Double. The van is located near the Hyde Park Corner entrance, opposite the ice skating rink. A perfect location if you want your Le Bun fix but don't want to fight all the Winter Wonderland crowds.