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The Hedonist

Flesh & Buns – Review

January 12, 2014 by Adrian Leave a Comment

Flesh & Buns                 Covent Garden

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41 Earlham St, London WC2H 9LX
020 7632 9500/http://www.fleshandbuns.com
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In a bare industrial basement near Covent Garden’s Seven Dials is Ross Shohan’s latest restaurant Flesh & Buns. Shohan was head chef at Nobu and more recently opened Bone Daddies, Soho’s hippest Ramen joint (Japanese noodles for the uninitiated)-but his new place specialises in Hirata.   …OK don’t all put your hands up at once…Hirata are Taiwanese buns which you stuff with some salad, some meat or fish and some sauce. And that’s about that for the mains.
Soft shell crab @ Flesh & Buns

Soft shell crab @ Flesh & Buns

There is a mix of starters the highlight being a beautifully cooked soft shell crab in a tempura batter, served with a wasabi mayonnaise (£9.50).
Squid at Flesh & Buns

Squid at Flesh & Buns

Squid came with a dry panko style breadcrumb coating and was mildly spiced with a Japanese pepper seasoning (£8). This was a less exciting option.
Hirata buns @ Flesh & Buns

Hirata buns @ Flesh & Buns

So with Hirata the idea is to split and then stuff your two buns with lettuce, your choice of protein and then whatever sauce is provided. The bun is a light puff of dough which Chinatown bun aficionados would be familiar with.
Sole @ Flesh & Buns

Sole @ Flesh & Buns

Sole with a lemon mayo and pickled daikon (£14) came deep fried and in the process the subtlety of the fish was lost. Something more robust like mackerel, smoked eel or red mullet might be more suitable as a fish option.
Pork at Flesh & Buns

Pork at Flesh & Buns

The Pork belly (£15) was the more traditional Hirata filling with the flesh being suitably melting and the pickled apple sauce matching perfectly. I have to say that pork Hirata had something of the hog roast at the village fete about it (a Taiwanese village of course)…
Masumi sake @ Flesh & Buns

Masumi sake @ Flesh & Buns

There is a decent if small sake list-we drank a gentle Masumi sake (£7 for 125 ml) served rather dramatically into a wooden box until the cup verily ranneth over…
Flesh & Buns will give you a fun evening out with its loud rock’n roll soundtrack and  youthful clientele but for The Hedonist it doesn’t have the atmosphere of Bone Daddies and despite some critics’ protestations the food isn’t quite as dirty/sexy as it would like to be.

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3.5 / 5 stars     

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