#ShoreditchSteak

[onejamtart]

Blacklock Shoreditch

A while ago now, we had a pretty amazing Sunday Lunch at the original Blacklock in Sunday (read about it here).  We really enjoyed it back then and have been meaning to go back and try their steaks.  It’s taken us a while but we have finally made it back.  Keep on reading to see what we thought!

We started off with the pre chop bites.  These were three little bites on crackers with toppings including blue cheese, their in house made pickles, anchovies and eggs.  They got a little stronger in flavour with each one and were a great little appetiser.  The anchovy with the egg mayo mixture was probably my favourite of the three.

After the pre-chop bites, it was the starters.  First was the pigs head on toast with gravy.  Wow, this was amazing!  The toast was crunchy, the gravy was think and unctuous with a deep meaty flavour.  The pork was full of flavour, a nice mix of lean and fatty meat and the pickled cucumbers and chillies sharp and balanced the dish perfectly.

This was the lamb belly ribs with a bunch of slaw.  The slaw was fresh and crisp while the lamb belly ribs were tender, fall off the bone and just fatty enough.  These were really tasty but didn’t quite live up to the high of that pigs head on toast.

We decided to share a 900g bone in rib eye cooked medium rare.  We had originally gone for a 750g steak but luckily, we came to our senses early enough to change our order and boy was that the right choice.  The beef came nice ad pink with a lovely charred crust.  This might not have been quite up there with the steaks at Hawksmoor or Goodman but it was pretty damn good!

To go with our steaks, we went for a garlic marrow spread which wasn’t actually a spread like I expected, it was just a couple of chunks of bone with the marrow and garlic butter inside.  The only thing I can say about this is that I wish there had been more of it!  Garlicky, beefy and just melts in your mouth; so good.

Special mention has to go to these beef dripping chips.  Often, beef dripping chips can be a bit soggy but these were super crispy as well as beefy.  I really enjoyed these and will be ordering these any time I go!

For dessert, we had both the cheese cake and the bread and butter pudding.  The cheese cake was basically just a great biscuit base, a load of white chocolate and a whole load of cream!  Definitely not the lightest dessert but so good!  Not the prettiest but a lovely end to a great steak dinner.

The bread and butter pudding was unfortunately a bit of a disappointment.  It was a little stodgy and a little bland.  It definitely needed a bit of cinnamon and maybe some nutmeg too.  There was also not enough raisins in it (the 2 in the photo were pretty much it).  It was possibly the only dud in this meal which was a shame but it wasn’t enough to put me off from coming back.  For dessert, stick to the cheese cake.

Blacklock Shoreditch is a great place to go for a super tasty steak.  It was a lot cheaper than some of the bigger name steak places like Hawksmoor and Goodman but it was still really good quality steak and the sides were pretty awesome too.

Blacklock Shoreditch, 28-30 Rivington St, London, EC2A 3DZ

Cheers, JL