{"id":171,"date":"2017-02-16T15:26:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T15:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.wordpress.com\/?p=171"},"modified":"2021-02-21T22:09:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T22:09:13","slug":"barbecoa-st-pauls-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/16\/barbecoa-st-pauls-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbecoa – St Paul’s, London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First of all, apologies it’s been a while since I last posted but time has been scarce and I will try my best to create more of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man and I visited Jamie Oliver\u2019s Barebecoa in St Pauls for a special Valentine’s treat. The ambience was typically romantic although quite dark, and unfortunately we weren\u2019t given a table with a view. However, I have to say the food was outstanding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After hearing the boyfriend\u2019s initial doubts about portion sizes we opted for some \u2018nibbles\u2019, the Devil\u2019s Cornbread, and Pork Scratchings which came with Habanero Ketchup. Both were sensational in flavour; the cornbread was something neither of us had tried before but it had a lovely doughy, polenta-like texture, smothered in cheese and what we identified as pancetta. The Pork Scratchings were also incredible \u2013 not fatty or greasy, well paired with the ketchup, and plentiful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We both went for the Venison main served with spiced coffee rub, sprout tops, blackberry and parsnip (although as a hater of the long beige vegetable, I opted for mine without). The meat was tender and again, the portion was more than enough. The Mac and Cheese was top quality but I have to focus my attention on the broccoli; I have never tasted anything like it! This vegetable took on a whole new dimension when cooked with miso and almonds, and was one of the best things I\u2019ve ever tasted (as far as vegetables go)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Venison – Spiced Coffee Rub, Parsnip, Sprout Tops and Blackberry<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately the 5 O\u2019clock tails advertised on Barbecoa\u2019s online drinks menu were only available at the bar, so sadly by this point in the meal I\u2019d not tried as many of the alcoholic concoctions as I would have liked. However, their Valentine\u2019s special was refreshing and appropriately themed. \u2018Coming Up Roses\u2019 was a floral affair of rose liquor, vodka, lemon and cranberry, sporting a single rose petal for decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coming Up Roses<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Snickersphere – The best dessert in the Univers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

It was the dessert that stole the show for me. The Snickersphere sent me into chocolate heaven; a dreamy combination of peanuts, chocolate, salted caramel, ice cream and popping candy for an extra-terrestrial, sensational experience. This stunner of a pud is too good to share so I would definitely recommend one to yourself! I sadly lost out on a mouthful of chocolatey delight to someone who \u201cdoesn\u2019t like desserts\u201d but thankfully he made up for it by stocking me up with more chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although a little pricey, I would highly rate Barbecoa on flavour and volume \u2013 although the Snickersphere could have 100% been bigger!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out Barbecoa here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A flavoursome sensation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,192,195,19],"tags":[74,186,177,182,173,148],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity","category-bars","category-food-and-drink","category-london","category-restaurants","tag-entertainment","tag-fine-dining","tag-food-blogger","tag-hospitality","tag-restaurant-review","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643,"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karinathroughthelookingglass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}