Back To Where It All Began | Big Easy, Kings Road, Chelsea, London
It was way back in May 2012 – a whopping 6.5 years ago, that Saff and I first visited the original, and in our opinion the best, Big Easy on the King’s Road.… Continue reading
Category Archive: BBQ
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Meatopia, Tobacco Dock, London
It really doesn’t get much better than meat and smoke (unless you’re a vegetarian, of course). Meatopia is a carnivore’s dream, it’s just a crime that it only happens once a year –… Continue reading
Smokin’ Good And Not In The Big Smoke Either! | Brisket And Barrel, Sevenoaks
Brisket and Barrel, sounds like just another east-end hot smoke barbecue joint. But no, it’s all the way out in the ‘burbs – in Sevenoaks to be precise. ‘How the hell did you… Continue reading
14 Outdoor Living Ideas, From Just £3.50 | Checkout 2016
We pick our favourite Outdoor Living products. Click the blue links to buy! 1) Save our bees! This bee house not only looks good, it does good. Bee House, £19.95, annabeljames.co.uk 2) Who… Continue reading
A Southern Slow And Low BBQ Lunch Feast At Shotgun With Tabl
We’ve made no bones (or should that be ribs) about our love for Shotgun – the southern BBQ restaurant on Kingly Court from Brad McDonald of The Lockhart. I won’t bang on about… Continue reading
The Lockhart & Shotgun’s Brad McDonald, Grilled!
Mississippi born chef, Brad McDonald heads up southern American restaurants Shotgun and The Lockhart in London. The US chef previously worked under John Currence at The City Grocery, Alain Ducasse, Per Se and… Continue reading
Nice To Meat You | Kansas City BBQ Brunch At Bodean’s, 201 City Road, EC1V 1JN
If you’re in or around the area of Old Street, we have some good news for you. Bodean’s, one of London’s original BBQ restaurants, has launched a ‘Brunch-B-Que’ at their new Old Street… Continue reading
Giving It Both Barrels | Shotgun BBQ, 26 Kingly Street, London W1B 5QD
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, unless you have 7,000 hours in the day and (£7,000 in the bank), it’s pretty impossible to keep up with all new restaurants popping… Continue reading
Make It EASY On Yourself | Big Easy Canary Wharf, Upper Level 1, Crossrail Place, Canary Wharf London E14 5AR
Crossrail Place has become our second home of late. We’ve been working our way along the ground floor, visiting the likes of Sticks’n’Sushi and Chai Ki – not forgetting a sneaky coffee at… Continue reading
Meat, Music, Mayhem & Rum! | Grillstock London 2015, Walthamstow
We love a festival and we most certainly love a BBQ, so when the Grillstock team roll into town you just know you’ll be in for some awesome low and slow cooking. Lucky… Continue reading
Great BBQ, No Bull… | The Bull Pit at The Bull Hotel, Bull Lane, Wrotham, Kent TN15 7RF
Any regular readers will know, we live in a part of Kent that means weekend dining choices are pretty non-existent (unless we go to Bluewater, our town doesn’t even have a Pizza Express… Continue reading
14 Barbecue Must Haves From Just £1| Checkout 2015
We pick our favourite BBQ buys, it might not be the weather for it just yet but don’t give up hope… Click on the blue links to buy! 1) The Lotus BBQ is… Continue reading
It’s too hot (hot damn) | HotBox, 46 Commercial Street, Spitalfields, London E1 6LT
We’d heard that HotBox, the latest BBQ restaurant to hit London, gets pretty loud (it certainly was on the launch night). So we rushed through any conversation on the way there, anticipating shouting over/at… Continue reading
Blue is the colour, deep south cooking is the game | The Blues Kitchen Shoreditch, 134-146 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3AR
We’ve been missing a big plate of BBQ meat and the joy that messy fingers and a full belly of smokey food brings, so when Saff’s GP mistook her for a vegetarian and… Continue reading
Great Ribs and that’s no porky pie | Porky’s Bankside, 18 New Globe Walk, London, SE1 9DR
When I first got a job on London’s Southbank back in the mists of time, there weren’t many local culinary delights to shout about. Sure there were a few OK pub lunches to be… Continue reading
All you need for a summer barbecue | Checkout BBQ Guide, Summer 2014
1) Made from tough and durable melamine this pretty floral Iza Pearl Designs ‘Garden Party Cha Cha’ non-spill tray is a BBQ must. £11.99, english-table.com 2) If it’s just the two of you,… Continue reading
Pit masters of the universe | Big Easy Covent Garden, 12 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 7NA
It’s been roughly 655 days since our first visit to the original Big Easy on the King’s Road. On that occasion we were blown away by the whole experience, the atmosphere, the food,… Continue reading
The ‘ultimate’ BBQ guide
With summer fully underway (eight days of sun counts as summer!), we know you’ll be gearing up for barbecue weather! Take a look below for Wren’s definitive guide to barbecuing – from marinades… Continue reading
The best ribs in London – official | BBQ Whisky Beer at the Wargrave Arms, Brendon Street, London W1H 5HE
* PLEASE NOTE, BBQ WHISKY BEER IS CURRENTLY AT THE WHITE HART, WITLEY.* Petworth Road, GU8 5PH Godalming. www.thewhitehartwitley.co.uk. Telephone 01428 683695 When you get invited along to try some award-winning ribs, the… Continue reading
Simply one of the best meals of our lives | John Salt, 131 Upper St, Islington, London N1 1QP
A birthday meal has to be chosen wisely. I didn’t choose mine, well, not directly. Instead I hinted on my ‘day job’ blog. Luckily Ade took the hint and got straight on the… Continue reading