Tongue & Brisket
Sandwich shop · Holborn ·
Salt beef, tongue & roast beef sandwiches, latkes, soup
Salt beef, tongue & roast beef sandwiches, latkes, soup
"We don’t use this word lightly, but whoever first invented the sandwich was a genius. A bloody champion of crust. A messiah of bread. And if you’re looking for a proper sandwich near Farringdon, Tongue & Brisket on Leather Lane is a great bet. This isn’t the kind of sad sarnie shop that’ll leave you questioning exactly how many hours, minutes, and seconds there are until dinner. This is a place for whole schnitzels and piles of salt beef (ask for lots and lots of mustard) inside rye. " - sinead cranna, jake missing
"The Soho sibling to Edgware’s legendary B&K Salt Beef Bar, Tongue & Brisket’s go-to sandwich is one of London’s finest examples of a meal between two slices. The slices in question are rye, flecked with the liquorice tang of caraway seeds, and piled with slices of moist salt beef, tangy pickle, sauerkraut, and a spread of mustard. It’s a really good sandwich. Especially for under £10. But if that’s not your thing, there’s chicken schnitzel, latkes, and cheesecake or pecan pie to finish it all off. Check out more of central London's best-value restaurants." - jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"The Soho sibling to the legendary B&K salt beef bar, Tongue & Brisket’s go-to sandwich is one of London’s finest examples of a meal between two slices. The slices in question are rye, flecked with the liquorice tang of caraway seeds, and piled with slices of moist salt beef, tangy pickle, sauerkraut, and a spread of mustard. But if that’s not your thing, there are other options like chicken schnitzel, latkes, and cheesecake or pecan pie to finish." - jake missing
"We don’t use this word lightly, but whoever first invented the sandwich was a genius. A bloody champion of crust. A messiah of bread. And if you’re looking for a proper sandwich near Farringdon, Tongue and Brisket on Leather Lane is a great bet. This isn’t the kind of sad sarnie shop that’ll leave you questioning exactly how many hours, minutes, and seconds there is until dinner. This is a place for whole schnitzels, and piles of salt beef inside rye (pro-tip: ask for lots and lots of mustard, since they have a natural tendency to under do it). All that being said, if you’re looking for some suave interior design then Tongue and Brisket might not be for you, but if it’s a proper sandwich you’re after, they’ve got you covered." - oliver feldman, jo harris cooksley, heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
"Tongue and Brisket’s website, with its mention of multiple branches and a sister concept, is enough to set alarm bells ringing — it suggests that this spinoff from Edgware’s B&K Salt Beef Bar is going to offer Jewish deli fare-lite. But to walk in — or to merely walk in the general vicinity — and inhale the aromas from the back-room kitchen is to realise that very few punches are being pulled here: this is serious, serious food. There’s roast beef, there’s salt beef, there is also — no false advertising here — tongue. And latkes, fish balls, chicken soup, properly punchy pickles — everything anyone could want or need from somewhere like this. A salt beef on white with mustard and side of chicken soup (complete with noodles and dumplings) makes for one of the city’s most complete, restorative one-two punches." - George Reynolds
