Another season, another Feast. After the last visit to Feast at Tobacco Docks at the beginning of March.. I quickly scooped up tickets to the next one when they became available. This time, the location was Brick Lane Yard just off Brick Lane and they transformed the space into a happy carnival/ festival type atmosphere with deck chairs, coconut shy and some astroturf and hay stacks to sit on.
This was the sister and my second visit but this time Tom (sister's boyfriend) was dragged along for the ride. After arriving and doing the initial tour (I always insist on doing a full round before I can make any food decisions) - it was time to start munching.
First stop - When Mac Met Cheese. At the last Feast we had tried Anna Mae's Mac and Cheese - so this was the battle of the street Mac and Cheese... And the winner was... drum roll please...... When Mac Met Cheese!
Just look at that cheese gooey goodness. And for £6 the portion was pretty big. An amazing way to start the night and all evening the queue for When Mac Cheese was seriously long...
Next there we went for the Venezuelan corn bread filled will chicken, avocado mayo and they added some black beans for us from Ricarepa.
This dish wasn't life changing but dam tasty comfort food. The corn breads were being cooked there and then so you know it was fresh.
Spanish restaurant Moro was next to make the cut. They were serving up sardines with salsa on home made cornbread and a shot of spicy gazpacho on the side. The general consensus was that it would make a great starter in the restaurant but they possibly weren't ideal for the setting as it could only really be eaten with a knife and fork sitting down so slightly fiddly.
Copita drew us in next with their interesting sounding tapas menu. Amelia and Tom wanted to try the pork tongue with quince picalilli. I was slightly dubious but up for trying something brand new. Plus at only £3.50 what a bargain. The plate was so pretty (and went very well with Amelia's orange dress) - food styling success. The pork tongue was just like a type of cured ham and the piccalilli was seriously sweet and tangy which went perfectly. I definitely will be trying their restaurant as the other dishes including a spanish black pudding one looked amazing. Although I did want to punch a toff in a gilet who was waiting and asked 'how am I supposed to eat this?'. My response of 'well you could use a fork or just stuff the plate into your face?' - probably didn't go down that well.
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To take a quick break from food I decided to try and win myself a coconut by playing Coco Face's coconut shy. Safe to say I didn't win... But there was a lesson learnt - don't try and play coconut shy whilst carrying an open bottle of Cava in a canvas bag. No good comes of this.
Kimchinary was the last one to make the savoury list. Tom being a kimchi fan was keen to give it a try. We went for the kimchi and aubergine quesadilla which I had spied other people walking around with throughout the evening and thought looked pretty damn good. And it came in 3 slices - couldn't have been handier sharing food for us!
Amelia wasn't a fan as she decided it was too... kimchi-ey for her. Thanks for that helpful explanation Amelia. Tom and I really liked it though. The sour cream-esque sauce on top was a nice plus too.
Amelia, Tom and their sweet tooths decided to round things off with a pudding from After Hours who were serving up 2 different types of pudding pots. They chose the chocolate and mandarin pot which had yoghurt parfart, chocolate moose, marshmallows and mandarin jelly with some hot chocolate sauce to pour on top. I had a little taste and have to say it was bloody good. The contrast between the sticky hot chocolate sauce and frozen parfait at the bottom was a treat.
Feeling pretty full and happy we decided it was time to head home. I grabbed a coconut for the journey (begrudgingly paying for it after my earlier shy disaster) and we all made the walk back to Dalston to work off the selection of yummy food. All I can say is Feast so far has always been a fun night, full of bloody good food. Let's see what they come up with next!
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