Cheese and Biscuits: Lobsterfest at Belgo, Covent Garden
Lobster! One of my favourite things in the world and also something I never order in this country, for one reason only - the price. In the US and Canada these beauties can be picked up for $7 a pound, and even with the currency not what it used to be, that's still a bargain compared to the 1 1/2lb specimen I saw in Borough the other week on sale for £19. Sorry, I'd rather do without until my next stateside holiday. But Belgo, the mini chain of Belgian moules-frites restaurants, think they've cracked it - literally. This month, until the end of the month, they are running a "Lobsterfest" menu, consisting of our favourite crustaceans served a modest amount of different ways, all for a VERY modest amount of money. And to get the 'fest off to a good start, they invited a modest number of food bloggers and press people to sample the new menu. Given that I was on a freebie, cost shouldn't have been a concern at all, but as I said, the sample menu we were shown confirmed the prices were indeed...
Belgo Belgian Beer Bar and Restaurant (Covent Garden - London ...
One of the most interesting experiences I have had this year has to have been eating and drinking in Belgo’s - the infamous Belgian bar and restaurant tucked away in Covent Garden just off of the seven dials roundabout. Inside, Belgos is an industrial looking metal chamber. We are sent to wait in a pen of a bar next to the hostess’ desk, a tin chamber in which around 20 people could stand to get served a measly collection of spirits and some obscure bottled beers. If I had based my review on this bar alone it would have been horrendous but we are quickly snatched up for our reserved table but the hostess and popped in a very large slow moving service lift. Between the cracks in the metal we see the over-sized kitchen steaming with culinary delights and chefs popping in an out. From the lift we are led past the kitchens to a dining room where waiters dressed as monks serve us. The drinks on offer are a wide selection of over-priced exotic beers made from fruits and over-proofed for the consumption by more refined pallets than my own (my divine pink elephant beer recommended by the waiter doesn’t go down too well. I notice on the walls the unmistakable schnapps shots racks that I have previously ordered in Belgo’s Bierodrome bars around London.
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BELGO COOKBOOK - North London & Covent Garden UK