Aaah! Aaagh! Aah-aah. Oh, oh the humanity! Aaagh!
Newman (Seinfeld episode “The Pothole”)
This is definitely the year of Taiwanese buns. The Taiwanese street food, kind of a burger, popularised in NYC by David Chang’s Momofuku it’s surely but slowly coming their way into London. So when I heard that chef Ross Shonhan opened a spin off of it’s successful ramen bar Bone Daddies I Couldn't resist to visit as soon as I could.
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| The place in Covent Garden |
The menu of Flesh & Buns is focus on the Hirata buns, basically the New York City version of the Taiwanese street food. The place is in a Basement nearby the Seven Dials. Noisy as his big brother Bone Daddies, but not as dark playing with white bright colours, and industrial lamps.
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| F&B |
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| Bar |
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| Long Live the Communal Table |
Not all in the menu are buns they also have nice starters going from rolls to prawn tempura. We went for three different small plates, first oysters, they were nice and fresh, little spicy kick thanks to the jalapeño dressing, and lovely touch of coriander.
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| Oysters |
Moving on we got the soft shell crab, it was amazing, perfectly executed, the jalapeño mayo to dip was at the right spicy level and not too rich which was perfect, I definitely loved soft shell crab.
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| Crab time |
The last starter was fried squid, beautiful, it was crispy and perfectly executed, good spicy level, touch of pepper and lime.
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| Squid |
Then to the main show, we got the braised pork belly, buns are DIY, it was amazing and fun creating your own bun. The pork belly was cooked perfectly, nice touch of the mustard miso, messy and yummy.
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| DIY |
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| Extra buns just in case |
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| Making my Hirata |
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| Ready to eat |
To wash down the buns there is a selection of sake. We got the sparkling specialty, Mio sweet and cold sake with hints of vanilla. They should call it Spake the Sparkling Sake.
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| Sparkling Sake |
To end the lunch we decided to have our own bonfire. S'more includes a small Asian kind of cute bonfire to melt marshmallow and prepare a biscuit with the green tea chocolate they provide. The marshmallow, green tea, and chocolate sandwich/biscuit is amazing, I have to say it was the highlight of the day, and remember I’m not a sweet tooth, again fun and tasty.
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| Fogata |
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| Campfire |
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| Getting Ready |
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| Burning the marshmallow |
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| S'More |
The place is perfect, excellent food, great service, nice music, I would recommend stop reading and head to Covent Garden for some Hirata Buns.
Flesh & Buns
T: 020 7287 8581
Asian Cuisine
Approx Damage: £37pp
Area: Covent Garden
Borough: Camden
Twitter: FleshandBuns
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