Lewis Cameron
Google
Finally tried my first Bib Gourmand spot and had high expectations. Here’s how the dishes ranked for me:
🔥Prawn Bao, Green Coriander Mayo, £10 – The standout dish of the night. Light, fluffy bao with a perfectly cooked prawn and a fresh hit of coriander mayo - so good I could have eaten five of them.
🐟Sea Bream, Chilli Coconut Butter, Capers & Black Roe, £15 – Beautifully cooked fish with crispy skin and a vibrant sauce. The roe, capers and orange brought pops of flavour that worked really well together.
🥒Achar Awak Spicy Nyonya Pickles, £5 – A solid appetiser and palate cleanser. Loved the variety of pickled veg and the balance of acidity and spice.
🍗Fried Chicken, Sichuan Hot Sauce, Orange Zest, £11 – Juicy and crispy, but the Sichuan sauce was overwhelming. I expected more of that signature tingly heat, but it was quite mild, and there wasn’t much to cut through the punchy flavours.
🍛 Spiced Ground Sausage, Crab Claw Meat, Summer Greens, £18 – A bit disappointing. Very little crab meat and the flavour was hard to pin down - just didn’t hit the spot for me.
🍄Oyster Mushrooms, House Chilli Salt, £8 – The weakest dish. Bland, slimy and lacking seasoning. No spice or salt?
Overall, I was slightly underwhelmed. A Bib Gourmand is a big deal, so I was expecting every dish to hit. Nothing was bad, but only one of the six dishes really wowed me.