BAM quickly gained a cult following for Tiernan's creative cooking and the audacious space in which itвЂ™s served.ДЄs the first guests of 2020, Lee Tiernan, Tristram Bowden and the BAM crew return to Quo Vadis for their fourth Burns Night celebration. Inspired by the corner kebab shops of London and the nose-to-tail eating ethos from his decade under Fergus Henderson at St John and St John Bread & Wine, Lee Tiernan and his wife Kate launched Islington's Black Axe Mangal in 2015. GPS Coordinate: 5 1.5458359 N, -0.Be prepared to orate your very bestВ Selkirk Grace because tickets are now on general sale for the Quo Vadis & Friends: Black Axe Mangal x Burns Night annual feast, taking place on Saturday 25 January. It really works! Now, this is what I call a fusion done rightly. I would not say that it was Turkish food but it was Turkish style food smartly paired with Oriental ingredients. Irrespective of whether you like it or not, Black Axe Mangal is what it is. But on the other hand, it might mean that you are not able to order the whole menu. two or three, more people can be difficult to get a table unless you turn up really early or really late. It is much easier to go to Black Axe Mangal in a smaller group ie. On the other hand when you take into account how the meats were precisely cooked and how wholesome the flavours were, it felt worth paying for. A few dishes that were over the ВЈ15.00 price was a little pricey for their portion sizes. They care about serving on warm plates, but not for the long term effects on your eardrums. And, I know when I come across a good pickle. BAM reuben ВЈ16.00 вЂ“ delicious beef in a cheesy sauce, topped with red cabbage and served in a flatbread wrap, a nice bite. You have to pick up and nibble on those bones! The lentils were tasty but it felt like it was another dish on itвЂ™s own. mutton chops and kidney sizzler ВЈ16.00 вЂ“ the meat was cooked to medium rare and I am going to say again, it was delicious. saddleback, scallop and chilli ВЈ17.00 вЂ“ my favourite! I was worried that the pork looked undercooked but it was just perfect! The crackling, still attached to the meat, was so crunchy and made me wonder how did they get the perfect crunchy crackling with the meat so moist and juicy? The salad with scallop and chilli was good but with that extra dash of fish sauce was just clever. It had a very well balanced and rounded flavour. The cod roe butter was rich but not too oily. That pale, one coloured slaw next to it, was just amazing! asparagus and smoked cod roeвЂ™s roe butter ВЈ7.50 вЂ“ just by looking at those thick asparagus I thought it was going to be bitter and woody but oh wow, it was just downright tasty. Knowing that it was quail it did not have much meat on and so for someone who loves gnawing on bones, it was just right for me. I love it but other foodies felt this was slightly out of place in the whole Black Axe Mangal concept ie where is the spice? buttermilk fried quail with mission spice ВЈ9.50 вЂ“ seriously crispy it makes me weep, beautiful cumin aroma, and the meat was moist. grilled ox heart, camone tomatoes and hash browns ВЈ8.50 вЂ“ amazing hash browns and the whole dish makes a perfect salad plate. Of course it was meant to be photogenic but there was not much taste to the actual flatbread and luckily for the smoked mackarel otherwise, it was just boring. squid ink with smoked mackarel ВЈ6.50 вЂ“ the dirty black, the colourful gold dust and THAT egg yolk. It was very finely minced and lacked the deep reddish offal taste. Lamb offal ВЈ6.00 вЂ“ a lovely spice and a cooling yoghurt but I would have liked chunkier pieces of the offal.

The drinks menu is a small selection of cocktails, beer, wine, prosecco and non-alcoholic ones. We only chose two of the flatbread option, going easy on the carbohydrates, and had all the mains except for the falafel and curd. All five of us had the same goal, to try everything on the menu, unless certain things are too similar or are on the common side of food in the restaurant. So together with our usual troop of five we waited for 30 minutes for our table. Usually I turn away from such deafening places, especially when coupled with a no reservations policy, but the food looked promising. ItвЂ™s casual, has the neighbourhood/local feel, somewhere for a takeaway after a couple of pints, a notch up from the usual kebab place and the music is much too heavy and loud to ignore. It is hardly the place you would take a date out to for a romantic night, gazing into each otherвЂ™s eyes and drowning out everyone else around you. This sums up pretty much everything about Black Axe Mangal from their interior, decoration, fittings and not least, food. Black Axe Mangal, Islington вЂ“ small, loud, bold, weird and outlandish.

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