A Cold Feast with Coffee Enquiry XVI

London is keeping the pace and hype with the street food events. Not so long ago Feast brought another version of their festival. This time the venue was the amazing Tobacco Dock, they are improving the place with every event. The place an impressive 19th century warehouse, nice traders, and good organisation. Sadly really cold would have been great for a summer event if we get a summer here in the UK this year. 

The Dock

My victims for this event were: 

Spit and Roast 

I really was looking forward for this trader. I have heard a lot about their chicken and so far no luck to be able to try it. The Spit & Roast team came with their chicken bap. Spicy Korean sauce, buttermilk chicken, fennel slaw, all together in a bap. Awesome, couldn’t be better, the chicken perfectly cooked crispy and tender, nicely balanced, I definitely need to eat more often this buttermilk chicken. 

Prepping

The bap and its son the slider

Spit & Roast

Street Food / Chicken

Approx Damage: £6pp

Twitter: SpitandRoast

Monikers 

The Hoxton Square rustic restaurant with a menu around artisan British food. Their offer for the event braised shin of beef and a cauliflower soup. I went for the soup and actually got the last portion of the day as it was completely sold out. Well the soup was creamy, great seasoning, good flavours, with all the reasons to be sold out. If the rest of their dishes are similar Monikers is a place to check in the future. 

Monikers

Monikers

T: 020 7739 6022

British Cuisine

Approx Damage: £20pp

Twitter: MonikersHSQ

Rita’s Bar & Dining 

My third stop was Rita’s for more chicken bap. The Dalston pop up place that I have been trying to visit. Their bap was also buttermilk chicken but different battered and seasoning, nice spicy sauce, good flavours. It’s hard and sometimes unfair to compare but I kind of like more Spit & Roast’s bap. 

Rita's

Rita's Bap

Rita's Bar & Dining

American

Approx Damage: £15pp

Twitter: RitasDining

Pizza Pilgrims 

My friends the Pilgrims are always present in these events with their nice rustic pizza. I went for my favourite the Nduja, nice flavours, same good quality. 

The Pilgrims

Pizza Time

Pizza Pilgrims

T: 077 8066 7258

Pizza

Approx Damage: £10pp

Twitter: pizzapilgrims

Forza Win 

The seasonal supperclub, rooftop style in the summer and heater ready for the winter. They came with their Fonduta fingers. Fontal cheese and slow roasted smoked loin of pork in ciabatta bread. The cheese is a nuttier, younger, and softer version of the Fontina called Fontal. The grilled ciabatta cheese sandwich was ok. Good flavour, a nice melted cheese, nice flavour from the pork. I have to say it was the weaker dish I ate during the day. 

Forza Win

Fonduta Fingers

Forza Win

Supperclub

Approx Damage: £4pp

Twitter: forzawin

Coffee Enquiry XVI: Caravan on the road 

I ended the day with a coffee from Caravan. The only coffee vendors at the place. Really nice flat white, creamy, good flavour from the coffee, nice punch, and even a latte art. Their blend comes from Arabica beans roasted by them. 

Caravan

Coffee Time

Espresso Machine: La Marzocco

Beans: Caravan

Score: 4/5

Beans

Caravan

T: 020 7833 8115

Coffee / Roastery

Approx Damage: £2pp

Twitter: CaravanExmouth

This entire chicken feast reminds me the Seinfeld episode “The Chicken Roaster” 

Jerry: Seth, you're the manager, can't you turn off that sign?

Seth: Jerry I lied. I'm just an assistant manager. Number sixty seven, family feast

Newman: Number 67, right here, right here!

Jerry: Hello Newman

Newman: Hello Jerry

Seth: And don't forget your steamed broccoli

Jerry: Hold it. Broccoli? Newman, you wouldn't eat broccoli if it was deep fried in chocolate sauce

Newman: I love broccoli, it’s, good for you

Jerry: Really? Then maybe you'd like to have a piece?

Newman: Gladly… Vile weed!

Jerry: It's Kramer isn't it? I knew it! The greasy doorknob the constant licking of the fingers, he's hooked to the chicken isn't he?

Tobacco Dock
Area: Wapping
Borough: Tower Hamlets

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They Feast London

It might be really late when you read this review as Feast London Festival it’s only for 3 days but it’s superb and I felt obligated to write the review, hopefully someone will read these lines and decide to give it a go. 

The Place

Food markets and festivals are increasing in London, the success of The Long Table last year, and other approaches as Eat St have been really well received by Londoners. This year for only for 3 days from Friday 3 August to Sunday 5, Feast reunited the best London restaurants in one open yard, and make them go street food style. Names such as Anchor & Hope, Bahmi11, Barbecoa, Bread Street Kitchen, Hawksmoor, Jose Pizarro, Moro, St John Bread and Wine, Pizza Pilgrims, Yum Bun, Patty and Bun, and many others. 

Seating arrangements

The place St Thomas St in The Quad, Guy’s Hospital, 6 quid if you buy the ticket online, 8 on the door, they have tickets on the door so if it’s sold out online I will recommend to go early and you will be able to buy and enjoy the Feast. 

The Quad

I try to eat as much as I can, started with St John’s pig head’s stew, it was great, the meat, the combination of peas and radish, and to end the touch of the walnut paste was perfect. 

St John's menu

Stew time

Then I had smoked salmon from Hansen & Lydersen, they explain how they started in 1923, and took his old family recipe, bringing to London smoke salmon. What I tasted was a top quality delicate salmon. 

Hansen & Lydersen

Smoked Salmon

Then moved to a quick chat and a nice Napoli Salami pizza with my Pizza Pilgrims friends, James in charge of the house, delivering consistent great rustic pizza as usual. 

Pizza Time

Pilgrims in action

Also fresh half dozen of Oysters, delicious brought to you buy Borough Market residents Wright Brothers. 

Oyster time

Oysters

I couldn't leave without trying Jose Pizarro gazpacho, fresh, nicely balance, it was great, definitely one of the best options in the yard, also had the chance to chat with Jose for a while about Iberico ham and the top quality products he’s using in his two restaurants Jose and Pizarro. 

Jose in action

Gazpacho

End the day with Anchor & Hope chopped mustard rabbit and romesco, it was superb, great flavour, top quality, also in the podium for best food of the day. 

Rabbit time

Anchor & Hope menu

A friend of mine got Patty and Bun’s Ari Gold burger after I recommended, and he was amazed, top quality as usual, the juices, the sauce. Also ceviche is becoming more popular in London, and their representation was The Last Days of Pisco, apparently quite good as well. 

Patty & Bun

Ceviche time

Not everything is food, so you can enjoy some gin, beer, and other spirits, I got a couple of Meantime lager thanks to Background Bars. 

Drink time

A must if you’re in town, don’t miss it, hopefully it’s not too late when you read this.

Festivals remind me the Seinfeld episode “The Strike” 

Kruger: How about George? 

Frank: Good thinking, Kruger. Until you pin me, George, Festivus is not over! 

George: Oh, please, somebody, stop this! 

Frank: Let's rumble! 

Estelle: I think you can take him, Georgie! 

George: Oh, come on! Be sensible 

Frank: Stop crying, and fight your father! 

George: Ow! Ow! I give, I give! Uncle! 

Frank: This is the best Festivus ever!

Feast

Food Festival

Area: London Bridge

Borough: Southwark

Twitter: wefeastlondon

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Pizza from Calabria to London [Street Food]

If you love pizza you have to try Thom, James, and Louis venture, no other than Pizza Pilgrims. Probably you have read it before in many posts from other food bloggers but here it goes again. The pilgrims decided to go on a venture and opening a pizza food truck or should I say Piaggio Ape van. They went to Italy specifically to Reggio to buy, pick up the three wheeled van and bring it back to the UK, a real pizza pilgrimage, six weeks, stopping in several places in their way north, including Calabria, Basilicata, Campania, Lazio, Tuscana, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, and Piemonte, learning recipes and the traditional art of pizza making, that is what I call an adventure. 

The Pilgrims

The stall

They are now residents of the Berwick St market in Soho, and you probably will find them in many festivals as well. I visited them a couple days ago, rainy and particularly windy day, James and Louis where on charge, that was the first day that the three of them where officially full time on the pizza business. They offer me shelter inside the stall, and I decided to go for the Nduja pizza which wasn’t on the menu but they gladly sort me out. 

Day's menu

Nduja on the making

Have to say this is the real thing, it’s rustic, it’s tasty, it breaths Italy and traditional pizza all over, the flavour is spot on, the right amount of tomato sauce, a great mozzarella, the fresh basil touch, everything is just right there as it should. The Nduja was great the right amount of heat not to overcome the flavour. 

Final product

Before leaving James offer me to try a slice of his lunch a salsicce e friarielli (salami, wild broccoli, in a bianca base), it was great, nice flavour again. 

Salsicce e friarielli

If you like pizza and happen to be in London the pilgrims are a must. 

Oven in action

Pizza reminds me the Seinfeld episode “The Coach” 

Poppie: Use your wrist! It's all in the wrist. Not too high! 

Kramer: Alright, put a little sauce on here, some cheese 

Poppie: Not too much! 

Kramer: And... Cucumbers! 

Poppie: Wait a second, what is that? 

Kramer: It's cucumbers 

Poppie: No, no, you can't put cucumbers on a pizza 

Kramer: Well, why not? I like cucumbers 

Poppie: That's not a pizza. It'll taste terrible 

Kramer: But that's the idea, you make your own pie 

Poppie: Yes, but we cannot give the people the right to choose any topping they want! Now on this issue there can be no debate 

Kramer: What gives you the right to tell me how I would make my pie? 

Poppie: Because it's a pizza! 

Kramer: It's not a pizza until it comes out of the oven! 

Poppie: It's a pizza the moment you put your fists in the dough! 

Kramer: No, it isn't! 

Poppie: Yes, it is!

Pizza Pilgrims

T: 077 8066 7258

Pizza / Street Food

Approx Damage: £6pp

Area: Soho

Borough: City of Westminster

Twitter: pizzapilgrims

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