I just got back to London after being back
home in Macau for such a lengthy period of time visiting my friends and family.
To avoid staying at home by myself during the weekend, I messaged my friend to
go to a Hip Hop and Jazz Funk dance class for 2 hours in Pineapple Studios. My
friend and I, we are both dance enthusiast and we both enjoyed the classes, but
it was quite a sweaty workout, well at least for me.
After the workout we were both quite
starved, so we decided to fill our stomach with some grub. I was pleased to
have the honour to choose our dinner that night. It was between “Bone Daddies”
and “Xu London”. “Bone Daddies” serves Japanese food but with a western twist
and Xu London is a Chinese Dim-Sumesque restaurant.
I got attracted by the name of Bone
Daddies, and in my head, I was imaging this must be a character from some
horror movie probably also holding a chainsaw. I had an idea it was going to be
kind of a barbeque restaurant, but I was completely wrong.
It was Friday night and 8 in the evening,
the place was full but we were lucky to get 2 seats by the bar table. This
Japanese pop up restaurant had a classy atmosphere. The lights were slightly
dim and there were plenty of white collars there having some drinks and food
with their colleagues.
What we ordered:
·
Korean fried wings -£6
·
Sukiyaki style wagyu picanha -£18
·
Grilled duckbreast -£14.2
= 38.2 in
total
First came was the wagyu picanha, it was hot
and sizzling. It came in a stone pot and the beef was sizzling like it was in a
jacuzzi. The waiter kindly pours over a ponzu sauce over the stone pot to give
the beef a more tangy taste. It also came with a dipping sauce from egg yolk.
The wagyu was really soft, and it goes really nicely with the ponzu sauce, and
it was a really interesting combination with the dipping sauce as well.
Next up was the Korean fried wings, there
were 3 wings to share between me and my friend. I was trying to be classy and
eat the wings with a knife and fork instead of my hands, but it was totally
fine to use your hands as wet wipes were given. The wings were really tasty and
it was the cheapest thing we order, although I did find the sauce a little bit
too salty.
After a long wait, the today’s special
finally came. The grilled duck breast was served with plenty of spring onions
by the side. My friend and I agreed the duck breast was a little bit
disappointing. The duck was rubbery, and it was hard to masticate. It felt like
a work out for your mouth which we didn’t need after our long dance workout.
Although it was chewy, but it had a nice grilled flavour, a bit of charcoal
flavour.
Overall, I really like the atmosphere of
the place, it feels like a great place to hang out for some drinks and snacks
with your friends after a long day. The food was okay, it was let down a little
bit by the duck breast. Although the portion size weren’t big but we were both
quite surprise that we felt rather full afterwards.
Ratings: 6/10