Dine with Dos Hermanos at The Bull & Last
A bit of a photostory for you today. Last night I had the pleasure of attending another wonderful Dine with Dos Hermanos at The Bull & Last in Highgate. It was a great night with really excellent food, and fun company. The theme was Best of British and was fantastically well executed.
Favourites (and it’s tough to chose) were a wonderful hand of pork, shoulder of mutton with lentils, steak tartare with quails egg yolk and fried cornish skate cheeks with tartare sauce. It really was all wonderful. There wasn’t a weak dish, and the deep fried calves brains were intriguing, almost like a mozarella fritter, I now know why a brain dish is called head cheese!
Starting with the snacks while mingling and drinking martinis, we proceeded to the main course and dessert, which we ate at one enormous table, family style. I was a little worried about this, as my memories of family style usually mean some eat really well and others badly. That was not a worry here, there was so much food. Courses were matched with drinks starting with a fine martini made with Plymouth Gin and finishing with Compass Box Oak Cross Whisky. The dishes in between were matched with some great beers that I’ll be seeking out. All at £40 a head inclusive of drinks, bargainous.
Simon excelled himself once more. The Bull & Last was gorgeous, intimate and friendly, I would highly recommend it and I will be going back. If you are interested in future Dine with Dos Hermanos, be sure to join their facebook group.
Simon and the chef at The Bull & Last
I’m off now to raid my enormous goodie bag from last night. LOOT!
The Bull & Last, 68 Highgate Road, Kentish Town, NW5 1QS, Tel: 020 7267 364
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THE “BEST OF BRITISH” @ THE BULL & LAST
ENGLISH SNACKS
Fried Cornish Skate Cheeks (Tartare Sauce)
Scottish Razor Clams w/ Tomato, Garlic & Parley
Steak Tartare (Quail Egg Yolk)
Arbroath Smokie & Horseradish
Caerphilly Sticks, Pork Scratchings & Marinated Caper berries
Deep-Fried Calves Brains w/ Gribiche & Pickled Cabbage
DRINK: Plymouth Gin Martini
STARTER:
Rare Hare Loin, Roast Pumpkin, Walnuts, Hairy Bitter Cress & Cabernet Vinaigrette
MATCHING BEER: Fuller’s London Pride
MAIN COURSE:
Slow Cooked Shoulder of Mutton, Prunes & Bacon
Roast Hand of Pork, w/ Apple Sauce
Served with Black Cabbage, Creamed Potatoes & Roast Salsify
MATCHING BEER: Badger
DESSERT:
Trifle
Eton Mess
MATCHING BEER: Thornbridge Brewery Jaipur IPA
CHEESE: Leagram Dairy Tasty Lancashire & Curd Cheeses served with oak cakes, pickled grapes & Damson Cheese
Coffee & Petits
DRINK: Compass Box Oak Cross Whisky
Fried Cornish Skate Cheeks (Tartare Sauce)
Arbroath Smokie & Horseradish
Deep-Fried Calves Brains w/ Gribiche & Pickled Cabbage
Scottish Razor Clams w/ Tomato, Garlic & Parley
Steak Tartare (Quail Egg Yolk)
Rare Hare Loin, Roast Pumpkin, Walnuts, Hairy Bitter Cress & Cabernet Vinaigrette
Slow Cooked Shoulder of Mutton, Prunes & Bacon
Roast Hand of Pork, w/ Apple Sauce
Eton Mess
Leagram Dairy Tasty Lancashire & Curd Cheeses served with oak cakes, pickled grapes & Damson Cheese
Leagram Dairy Tasty Lancashire & Curd Cheeses served with oak cakes, pickled grapes & Damson Cheese
Comments
It was a brilliant evening, loads of fun and excellent food. That mutton was incredible. I’m sorry to say I can’t get along with brains though. I’ll eat most things but the brains totally weirded me out. You are thinking about the thing that you are eating, with the thing that you are eating. Argh!
Good God, that’s a huge meal, and I say that as a greedy, greedy person. It looks gorgeous. I have complete dinner envy.
Wow! That looks amazing, I was there for Sunday lunch and LOVED it, I wish I had of been there! Definitely a beautifully executed British menu, I’m so jealous!
Caitlin
Pickled grapes?
That’s interesting.
What beautiful food!
Yum! The presentation of the food makes it so appealing too. Wish I’d been there – fantastic menu using seasonal and local produce – definitely up my street.
Caroline, http://www.sugargrain.com
It was fantastic wasn’t it!
That fish canape wasn’t arbroath smokies though – they had changed it due to availability. It was tea smoked mackerel. And I don’t remember any caerphilly sticks – must have missed those!
:)
A bit of a salavatory post, just my cup of tea… food like that. I think I might be heading over to Highgate next time I’m in London…
That looks like it was a fabulous night. I wonder how many quails yolks got broken in the assembly process?
What a feast! The shoulder of mutton and roast hand of pork look like things I would very much enjoy…(along with everything else!)
I think the Mutton was one of the best ones I have ever had in my life. So tender that it was melting in my mouth. Heaven!
Funny to see a picture of me on your blog, thanks :-)
Sorry not to reply sooner. In LA and all that, but thanks for posting about this event. We do them to promote places that we really love and to try and get a mixed group of people together in the real rather than the virtual world. So it is not just bloggers, but also producers, journalists and just enthusiasts with no other motive than to eat well. I hope on that basis and on the basis of just having a damn good meal, they succeed
Roll on the next one in November
S