The last couple
weeks Southbank area has been busy, first the Thames Festival, then the Real Food
Market including Kappacasein stall as a regular in the market, and most
recently the Real Food Harvest Festival. Good opportunity to see a couple chef
demos, producers, live music, and of course plenty of food stalls. As a regular
of the area wandering around was a sure option but it became a must after Jay Rayner tweeted about yummy ribs he got in the festival.
Busy Southbank
One of the many Chef Demos
The Rib Man
offers the best ribs in London. But who is the Rib Man? Butcher since 15 years
old, now a cook who starts his day at 3am preparing his weber bbq to be ready
to serve his first client at 9am. Usually known by his family as Mark Gevaux. Usually located in Brick Lane market on Sundays,
the savory victims to try full racks of babyback ribs, half racks, rib meat rolls, and
rib meat wraps. All the meat sourced from Norfolk and Suffolk farms.
The Stall in Southbank
Got to the place looking desperately for the stall, anxious to try their ribs. And after a
little hesitation and contemplation of the Rib Man in action shredding rib racks for the rolls and wraps, I went for the Rib Roll on top a little of the special hot
sauce. The ribs are superb, magnificent, brilliant, I'm running out of adjectives. I still remember Rayner’s comment of Yum! Well let
me tell you that’s short for the taste of those ribs. I loved the fact that he
kept the roll in a griddle, making the bread crunchy, the perfect combination,
and the sauce don’t get me started, amazing with the ribs.
Mind the roll
I see in my
future many Sundays in Brick Lane having ribs in all forms, full, half, rolls,
wraps, just hit me. 5 quids per roll a bargain full of flavour.
My Tasty Victim
Ribs remind me
the Seinfeld episode “The Boyfriend” one of my favourites with the parody of
the JFK movie.
Jerry:
Unfortunately the immutable laws of physics contradict the whole premise of
your account. Allow me to reconstruct this if I may for Miss Benes as I've
heard this story a number of times. Newman, Kramer, if you'll indulge me.
According to your story Keith passes you and starts walking up the ramp then
you say you were struck on the right temple. The spit then proceeds to ricochet
off the temple striking Newman between the third and forth rib. The spit then
came off the rib turned and hit Newman in the right wrist causing him to drop
his baseball cap. The spit then splashed off the wrist, Pauses in mid air mind
you makes a left turn and lands on Newman's left thigh. That is one magic
luggie.
Newman: Well
that's the way it happened
Jerry: What
happened to your head when you got hit?
Kramer: Well.
uh, well my head went back and to the left
Jerry: Again
Kramer: Back and
to the left
Jerry: Back and
to the left Back and to the left
Elaine: So, what
are you saying?
Jerry: I am
saying that the spit could not have come from behind, that there had to have
been a second spitter behind the bushes on the gravelly road. If the spitter
was behind you as you claimed that would have caused your head to pitch
forward.
Elaine: So the
spit could have only come from the front and to the right.
Jerry: But that
is not what they would have you believe.
Newman: I'm
leaving. Jerry's a nut.
Kramer: Wait,
wait...
Jerry: The sad
thing is we may never know the real truth.
The Rib Man
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Area: Brick Lane
Borough: Tower Hamlets
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