Sunday Roast

  

 I’d heard great things about Hawksmoor from a friend that has done an exhaustive research on Sunday roasts in the London area so I was really looking forward to this visit. Others may argue that this place is not particularly famous for the roast although it is an excellent place for carnivores. Whatever rocks your boat, I highly recommend a visit as long (as you do eat meat that is) for either steak or Sunday roast.

My introduction to this restaurant was on Sunday with the Roast researcher so the choice was easy: the roast – where you are to select how you like your meat cooked, although the waiter will dissuade you about anything other than pink. We learnt that the meat is boiled for over 8 hours so it’s actually cooked for enough time – at this point I was a bit sceptical but that change the instant the meat melted in my mouth.

 

Not happy enough with our main course, we decided to have some dessert: apple and peach crumble with icecream, custard or cream and chocolate rollos. Here we were not as impressed with the crumble, as the middle bit was not warm enough – how can you have a crumble without burning your tongue with it? – but the salted caramel rollos were to die for - and that we did afterwards :-)

      

DETAILS:

Hawksmoor - www.thehawksmoor.com  - 157a Commercial Street, London E1 6BJ (for more locations check website)

The Drunken Monkey

Entering under a flashing neon sign that indicates that dim sum is served all day, we here now have a place for good drinks and good food, being served all day (just wanted to make that clear). The list of cocktails and beers is quite decent, with a lot of International brews that you can taste if you feel like trying something different. Although, I’d suggest that you go for the cocktails especially if you arrive early during the Happy Hour – happiness levels will indeed increase quite rapidly.

 

Once you’re warmed up with some drinks, I do recommend going for the food – actually you’d better have thought about that in advance so you would have a table. This place is really good especially if you’re out as a group – the more, the merrier. They offer a tasting menu (for a minimum of 4 people) for £17 and you’ll have enough food to stop a truck – but images are worth a thousand words so enjoy the views.

Of course we were not able to finish everything but we did try for a few hours but it’s honestly impossible – and we’ve done it with groups including a good number of males but there is always something left. Good thing they will pack up any leftovers to go if you want.

Special thanks to Camino for allowing me to use her phone to take the pictures :-)
 

DETAILS:

The Drunken Monkey - www.thedrunkenmonkey.co.uk - 221-222 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6PJ