That looks amazing!Home made Baklava
For dinner: Smoked mackerel, grapefruit and feta salad
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For dinner: Smoked mackerel, grapefruit and feta salad
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No pics again I'm afraid but home made nachos were the order of the night. Gouda cheese, red and green chillies, minced beef, avocado, sour cream and vine ripened tomato. The dish was meant to be a snack before dinner but the four of us were utterly stuffed and we cancelled dinner plans after. Kind of felt like student days of old 
Tbh a lot of their food is pretty good. I've not eaten much of it lately but my main memory is of their deserts - which are all awesome, even though I don't have a massive sweet tooth. Sticky toffee pudding....
That looks immense. I love that kind of combo. Ceviche isn't a million miles away and that's another thing I need to eat more of.
Tbh a lot of their food is pretty good. I've not eaten much of it lately but my main memory is of their deserts - which are all awesome, even though I don't have a massive sweet tooth. Sticky toffee pudding....
That looks amazing!
For dinner: Smoked mackerel, grapefruit and feta salad
That looks immense. I love that kind of combo. Ceviche isn't a million miles away and that's another thing I need to eat more of.
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Best salad; Chicken, black pudding, bacon, asparagus, fried egg, various salady things.
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Potato cam ahoy!
Night out at a Drunken Butcher event in Chorlton. "Around the world in 8ish steaks"
Pretty tasty though as often is the case I don't think this guy's good home cooking translates so well to a large crowd (60+ people in the venue).
I also forgot to get pics of the first two courses. The fillet carpaccio was awesome.
Left: skirt/hanger (I forget) with a lemongrass, garlic and chilli dressing
Middle: Sirloin with some kind of BBQ sauce - the sweet/savoury balance on this was really good despite me worrying about how it would turn out.
Right: Skirt with chimichurri. Skirt was amazing. My home made chimichurri is better
Various kinds of steak all cooked to perfection. The only let down was that the amount of people being served meant that the steak got cold - a fairly major let down tbh :/
More steak along with DB's beef dripping chips. The chips definitely need work in terms of texture but the flavour is absolutely amazing - way more meaty than you'd expect even for beef dripping chips. I reckon some kind of bacon fat and/or marrow is included.
The gravy is actually a mixture of two gravies on offer - one was a mushroom sauce and the other a red wine/beef gravy. They were both amazing and actually the best things served. I'm *really* into my gravy and have very high standards so the above is actually an understatement. If you love incredibly rich gravy then I recommend trying some DB dishes if only to try it.
Finally a suet-crust beef and vegetable pie with a big ol' bone sticking out of it. It was suggested that we dip some chips in the marrow hole (which we did, and it was delicious). The pastry was awesome on this but the meat and vegetables were so-so. I don't think stewing meat is the DB's strong point so I feel I could have done better at home. If I'd cooked some ox cheek and he provided gravy and pastry though.... it would've been amazing.
All in all I was a bit let down even though the food was arguably very good. I do really want to go to one of his events where it's just 8-10 of us in his house as I think it would better showcase his cooking abilities. All that said, every single steak was cooked perfectly and that's something I couldn't replicate at home so definitely hats off to the guy.
Night out at a Drunken Butcher event in Chorlton. "Around the world in 8ish steaks"
Pretty tasty though as often is the case I don't think this guy's good home cooking translates so well to a large crowd (60+ people in the venue).
I also forgot to get pics of the first two courses. The fillet carpaccio was awesome.
Left: skirt/hanger (I forget) with a lemongrass, garlic and chilli dressing
Middle: Sirloin with some kind of BBQ sauce - the sweet/savoury balance on this was really good despite me worrying about how it would turn out.
Right: Skirt with chimichurri. Skirt was amazing. My home made chimichurri is better
Various kinds of steak all cooked to perfection. The only let down was that the amount of people being served meant that the steak got cold - a fairly major let down tbh :/
More steak along with DB's beef dripping chips. The chips definitely need work in terms of texture but the flavour is absolutely amazing - way more meaty than you'd expect even for beef dripping chips. I reckon some kind of bacon fat and/or marrow is included.
The gravy is actually a mixture of two gravies on offer - one was a mushroom sauce and the other a red wine/beef gravy. They were both amazing and actually the best things served. I'm *really* into my gravy and have very high standards so the above is actually an understatement. If you love incredibly rich gravy then I recommend trying some DB dishes if only to try it.
Finally a suet-crust beef and vegetable pie with a big ol' bone sticking out of it. It was suggested that we dip some chips in the marrow hole (which we did, and it was delicious). The pastry was awesome on this but the meat and vegetables were so-so. I don't think stewing meat is the DB's strong point so I feel I could have done better at home. If I'd cooked some ox cheek and he provided gravy and pastry though.... it would've been amazing.
All in all I was a bit let down even though the food was arguably very good. I do really want to go to one of his events where it's just 8-10 of us in his house as I think it would better showcase his cooking abilities. All that said, every single steak was cooked perfectly and that's something I couldn't replicate at home so definitely hats off to the guy.
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Yeah. I guess the idea was that it was a 'sharing platter' or something but it was irritating. If they'd at least have warmed the wooden boards up first it might have helped.
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Steak looks immense! Maybe a cast iron warmed receptacle would have been better
Yessshhhh! Looks great!
Chicken tikka, ham and jalepenos
I had a 50% off Dom's coupon so I went with the usual Medium Deluxe and 2x Pepperoni doughballs (I love these!)
It was good, though I think he went a bit overboard with the jalepenos. Had to pick a few off the last couple of slices, the burn was getting a bit much.
Those doughballs look excellent. Don't think I've got around to trying them yet. Might need to change that one of these days
Those doughballs look excellent. Don't think I've got around to trying them yet. Might need to change that one of these days
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I see you've dropped the sausage from your pizzas. Good shout.
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Judging by the size of one slice I'd have a punt on no.
If he has, I don't think we'll hear from him again tonight.
If he has, I don't think we'll hear from him again tonight.
Interesting choice of toppings...
Each to their own of course. Did you manage to finish it all?
It's my go to pizza toppings of choice, also had bbq sauce
and nope I had three slices, the wife had one. Breakfast tomorrow is sorted !!!