5 Things You Need to Eat in London This WeekBy Alicia Grimshaw
With restaurants back open, there’s never been a better time to explore the capital. From new openings to limited-edition dishes, and exciting collabs – here’s 5 things you need to eat in London this week:
1. For a New Menu: Baccalà
The Lowdown: Baccalà, the Italian seafood and wine restaurant on Bermondsey Street, have just launched their oyster aperitivo and all-new Fisherman’s menu. Grab it while it’s fresh.
Eat: From 12 – 6pm, Wednesday to Friday, indulge in their oyster aperitivo with the choice
Where: Unit B3, 194 Bermondsey St, London SE1 3TQ
2. For a Menu Refresh: HotBox
The Lowdown: Spitalfields modern smokehouse Hotbox has recently unveiled a brand new menu, overseen by recently returning Executive Head Chef Lewis Spencer. Every dish on the menu has an element cooked over fire or smoke, and each item has been impeccably sourced from a chain of trusted suppliers.
Eat: Lewis’ menu showcases the best of British seafood and meat, cooked over fire. Dishes include Ember Scallops, blood sausage blistered piccolo tomato, pickled celery and grated horseradish and ted mullet escabeche served alongside pickled fennel, orange, chilli and carrot sauce and pickled cucumber. HotBox sources their scallops and mullet from Flying Fish and their seafood element change regularly based on what is available. Desserts celebrate flavours from sunnier climes, with dishes including pineapple tart tatin with rum and habanero, served with coconut ice cream.
Where: 46-48 Commercial St, London E1 6LT
Photo credit: Lateef Photography
3. For a Limited Edition Dish: Bone Daddies x Black Bear
The Lowdown: Bone Daddies restaurants are back open for eat-in and, to celebrate, the ramen group has partnered with burger experts Black Bear to create the limited-edition BLACK BONE ramen.
Eat: Available exclusively in-restaurant at all Bone Daddies sites, the dish combines the best of Bone Daddies and Black Bear with homemade Bone Daddies beef bone broth, Black Bear beer-braised brisket, bone marrow, pink pickled onions, bamboo, beansprouts, spring onion and a soy Clarence Court egg for a punchy and intensely savoury ramen.
This collab will be followed by a pop-up restaurant takeover on Thursday 17th June at Black Bear’s Brixton restaurant, where you can enjoy an exclusive one-off menu combining the best of both brands, including the BLACK BONE BURGER with dry-aged beef, American cheese, garlic miso mayo and lightly pickled onion, and chicken wings with Black Bear honey mustard BBQ and Bone Daddies BBQ sauce.
Where: See locations here
4. For a Collaboration: Eggbreak x Tony’s Chocolonely
The Lowdown: Eggbreak has teamed up with Tony’s Chocolonely to create the ultimate Salted Caramel French Toast- a take on Eggbreak’s much-loved Nutella French Toast.
Eat: Expect melted Tony’s Chocolon
Where: 30 Uxbridge Street, W8 7TA
5. For a New Outpost: Pizza Pilgrims
The Lowdown: Pizza Pilgrims has opened a brand-new site in Central London’s Waterloo, knocking out their signature freshly cooked Neapolitan pizzas, with both indoor and al-fresco seating available for bookings and walk-ins.
Eat: Highlights on the Waterloo menu include Mama’s Boy Meatballs (beef and sausage meatballs baked with tomato, basil, topped with fresh parsley), Salsiccia e Friarielli (roasted Italian sausage and wild broccoletti on an olive oil base with smoked mozzarella, parmesan and fresh chilli), and for those with a sweet tooth, Nutellamisu (house tiramisu loaded with Nutella served straight back in the Nutella jar).
Where: 82 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7AB
