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Taste of London
Taste of London in Regent’s Park has launched! There’s new things to do, see and taste and the weather is perfect for it.☀️
Stalwart’s sustainable leather aprons are flying off the shelves thanks to their 20% discount code “Show me the leather” 😎
The lamb chop milanese at Big Mamma and black cod tempura bao at Flesh and Buns are delicious 🤌
Lots of drinks, fun, seating (in the shade), giveaways and goodies as expected 🎉
OJT EATS | Flesh and Buns (revisited)
Earlier this year, we had a great meal at Flesh and Buns (read about that trip here). The other day, we decided to pop back down for a quick and cheerful lunch.
These beef fat potato chips weren’t available the last time we went which was a shame but it did mean that we were definitely going to give them a try this time. I can see why they sold out that other day; crispy layers of fried potato with a cheese sauce; what more can you want?!
To be able to get our one of a 5 a day, we ordered the Mizuna avocado salad. It was a really fresh salad with avocado, cherry tomatoes, rocket and pickled ginger. The dressing was a citrusy soy dressing that kept things lightl.
Another dish we didn’t get to try the first time around was this beef hot stone rice. It’s basically a bibimbap with minced beef. The bowl came hot enough that after leaving it for a few minutes, we had a nice later of crispy rice. The toppings were tasty. I think it could’ve done with a sauce with it but otherwise, it was a solid dish.
We weren’t about to come to Flesh and Buns and not get any bao buns at all. I do still think it is a little stingy that you only get 2 buns for each flesh you get but we made do.
We enjoyed the crispy pork belly so much last time, we ordered it again. The skin was as crispy as we remembered and with it being pork belly, it was full of flavour.
This was a perfect light quick lunch in the middle of Covent Garden. The food is really tasty with a great variety of bao buns, starters and side dishes. That pork belly still remains our favourite dish but those beef fat potato chips run it pretty close!
Flesh and Buns, 41 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9LX
Cheers, JL
OJT EATS | Flesh and Buns
One of the first of the recent wave of bao restaurants in London was Flesh and Buns in Covent Garden. Opening up in one of the basements of what is now the KERB Seven Dials, it takes a very non-traditional approach serving up DIY bao buns.
Before we get onto the buns, we had a few starters. First up was this platter of sushi. There was a mixture of sashimi, a sushi roll and a bowl of ceviche. Simple and fresh fish makes for a good start to the meal.
A plate of korean fried wings. Covered in a sticky spicy sour sauce with a sprinkle of sesame seeds. The wings had a nice crunch to them and the sauce was nice and tangy. I’m not usually a fan of saucey wings but these were good.
A bowl of really well fried squid. Crispy and light, this was a very well executed bit of frying!
Corn tempura. As you can see, the small plates (at least the ones we ordered) have a bit of a trend of all being deep fried. These were fairly chunky sized balls of corn off the cob and batter.
Here are the buns of “Flesh and Buns”. Not quite as soft as pillowy as I’d have liked but not too bad. You only get 2 per plate of flesh which honestly just isn’t enough but at least you can order more.
You see what I mean about 2 buns not being enough? I’m not sure how anyone is expected to fit all of this fried chicken into 2 buns. The fried chicken was really quite impressive. Not too oily and super crisp and juicy. The sauce it came with was also really more-ish.
Crispy piglet belly. A slab of belly pork with a crisp layer of skin with a mustard miso and pickled apple. This was our favourite with the crispiness of the pork skin working really well in the soft buns.
This wasn’t bad either. A thin cut rib eye steak with pickles and mushrooms. This was a little tough and had a bit of a teriyaki sweet glaze to it. The meat itself was maybe a little thinner cut that I would’ve liked but overall, still tasty enough to eat without a bun.
We figured we needed a little bit of vegetables so went for this tenderstem broccoli. It came with these little puffed rice things that were a nice touch as it was good to have a little bit of crunch.
Now onto dessert. This was a salted caramel chocolate fondant. You can’t see here but cut into it and you had warm chocolatey caramel ooze out in an amazing mess. Really nice and the matcha ice cream that it came with also went down a treat.
Lastly were these kinako doughnuts. These were filled with a black sugar custard that had a great molasses flavour to it. The doughnut itself was pretty tasty too.
All in all, this was a really nice meal. Service was good and the food was tasty, even though I will keep on about not having enough bao buns. End of the day, we thoroughly enjoyed the meal and would be more than happy to go back again!
Flesh and Buns, 41 Earlham Street, London, WC2H 9LX
Cheers, JL
Flesh and Buns
The other day, we’d managed to get ourselves some tickets to Matilda, The Musical and so were looking for a place to have a quick pre-show meal. The theatre is just off Seven Dials in Covent Garden and so we decided to pop to the nearby Flesh and Buns for some food.
By the same guys that opened Bone Daddies and Shackfuyu, Flesh and Buns is a slightly fusion take on the ongoing trend of bao buns, but more on that later. First up was some corn of the cob as some starters. First of all, this was a much larger portion than we’d expected. These were 4 really hefty chunks of grilled corn smothered in lime shichimi butter and with some chives. It’s always a bit messy eating corn straight from the cob but this was tasty.
We also ordered seared butterfish with truffle oil. I really liked this! The butterfish was amazingly tender and melted in the mouth. The truffle just sort of wafted around the dish smelling so good! There were some fried onions scattered on top that added some nice crunch to it. A really good dish!
Our last starter was soft shelled crab. This was well fried and the crab was nice and fresh. This was a very well executed dish but also not the most exciting of dishes.
Now onto the flesh and bun bit of the menu. This place has broken down a bao bun into the filling or the “flesh” and the bao bun itself (pretty unsurprisingly, the “bun” bit of the title). You order them separately and you make them yourself. So we had to choose our flesh and we went with fried chicken and crispy pork belly. The one above was the fried chicken. It was juicy but not quite as well fried as the crab; it was a little bit oily and not as crispy as I’d have liked. The flavour and the juiciness helped make up for that though.
The other dish was the crispy pork belly. The crackling on top was delicious and so crispy. It came with a plum sauce that was nice and tangy and the pickled cucumber wasn’t too sour. I think i preferred this to the chicken.
Now these were the buns that came with our flesh. They weren’t quite as fluffy as the best ones I’ve had but they were mostly in Taiwan. These weren’t too bad though, especially for London.
The theatre was opening it’s doors by the time it came to dessert so we just ordered the yuzu tart that came with white chocolate ice cream, sugared almonds and chocolate mochi. I really liked the sugared almond flakes as they were crispy, crunchy and sweet. The ice cream was super rich but really decadent which I liked. The tart itself was also good with the yuzu not being too heavy and the whole thing sat on a very thin base of match crumb. I think I would’ve preferred a thicker maybe shortcrust pastry but I think that’s me being picky.
All in all, this turned out to be a nice place to grab a quick bite. Service was pretty quick which is what you want if you are rushing off to the theatre, it was close by and the food wasn’t too bad at all!
Flesh and Buns, 41 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9LX
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