10 Ways to Get Battered on a Tuesday
We are of course talking about pancake batter, because tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday. Easter is rather early this year, which means we’ve only had a few days to gorge ourselves silly and drink all the drinks after being virtuous in January before we start being healthy again for Lent by giving up chocolate/alcohol/sugar. So you may as well have one last hurrah and eat all the pancakes – here are 10 of our favourite pancake offerings this year.
Smith & Wollensky
Get Stacked
American steakhouse Smith & Wollensky will be keeping things strictly stateside with their pancake offering; a big stack of fluffy pancakes topped with blueberries and maple syrup.
Where: The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, Covent Garden Riverside, London WC2N 6HT, United Kingdom
Website: www.smithandwollensky.co.uk
Tom's Kitchen Chelsea
Gourmet Pancakes
If lemon and sugar aren’t your thing, we hear you. You want something with a little more finesse, a little more ‘je ne sais quoi’, you want lobster pancakes with grain mustard and cheese and sweet offerings with orange butter sauce and marmalade? You need to head to any of the Tom’s Kitchens as they will be serving them across all venues.
Where: Tom's Kitchen, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Website: www.tomskitchen.co.uk
Hackney House
Biggest Tosser Challenge
We’re talking about pancake tossing, clearly. BL-NK will be challenging you to see how many times you can flip their pancakes, with the winner getting £250 and a bottle of fizz! There’ll also be a creperie on the terrace serving up both sweet and savoury pancakes, cocktails and a DJ playing. Better get some flipping practice in tonight then.
Where: 25 - 27 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3LT, United Kingdom
Website: www.hackneyhouse.london
Bluebird Chelsea
A Whole Month of Crepes
Bluebird aren’t just serving up crepes on Tuesday, nope they are serving them right up until the end of February! Their creperie pop-up in the courtyard will be serving both sweet and savoury crepes with toppings including, mushrooms, blue cheese and rocket and Bramley apple and caramel sauce – looks like we won’t be giving up chocolate after all…
Where: 350 Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 5UU, United Kingdom
Website: www.bluebird-restaurant.co.uk
No 11 Pimlico Road
Ricotta Pancakes
Our home from home in Pimlico, No.11 Piimlico Road have a special menu featuring fluffy, ricotta pancakes. Start with smoked salmon, crushed avocado, dill or house made honey roast ham, blue cheese sauce and chives and then get stuck into the likes of bananas and peanut butterscotch. Then just roll yourself home. Simple! If you’re in Chiswick or Clapham they’ll also be serving them at No.1 Duke Street and No.32 Old Town.
Where: 11 Pimlico Road, London, SW1W 8NA, United Kingdom
Website: www.no11pimlicoroad.co.uk
Where The Pancakes Are
Pancake Pop-Up
Pancake connoisseurs, Where the Pancakes Are, are kicking off their 2016 residencies at Habitat on the Kings Road. They’ll be serving up stacks of their pancakes which are more nutritious than others with organic flour and buckwheat in the mix. Alongside classics such as bacon, blueberries and maple syrup, you’ll find toppings include avocado, caramelised pineapple, elderflower infused strawberries and their latest addition to the menu ‘The Dutch Baby’, oven-baked with Golden Delicious apples and cinnamon! Sounds delish to us!
Where: Habitat, 208 Kings Road, SW3 5XP
Website: http://www.wherethepancakesare.com/
Stories
Pancake Party
We never need an excuse to party, but when we hear the words ‘pancake party’ we’ll be there before you can say Great British Flip Off. That’s right, Stories are hosting a pancake party with a pancake flipping competition – how many can you flip in a minute? They’ll also have a pancake day menu which includes buttermilk and gluten free options, ‘mancakes’ made with beer batter and served with bacon, Mexican style sweetcorn pancakes and wait for it… deep fried pancakes. Banoffee inspired pancakes served with salted caramel rum sauce, fresh banana, whipped cream, and Nutella – we think we’ve gone to pancake heaven.
Where: 30 – 32 Broadway Market, Hackney,E8 4QJ
Website: http://www.storiesonbroadway.com/whats-on/pancake-day-stories/
Tuttons Brasserie and Bar
Pancakes and syrup
Covent Garden restaurant, Tuttons, will be serving up their pancakes with maple syrup. You can choose from maple syrup and bacon or maple syrup and berries. They’ll be serving them from 8am too, which means you can definitely squeeze one in before work if your office is close by!
Where: 11/12 Russell Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5HZ, United Kingdom
Website: www.tuttons.com
Aqua Shard
Week-Long Pancakes
If, for some unknown reason, you can’t get eat pancakes on Tuesday then don’t panic, you can still get your hands on the carb goodness at Aqua Shard. They start serving theirs today and will be doing so until Friday. They’re served with blueberry compote and Cornish clotted ice-cream; simple but perfect.
Where: Level 31, The Shard, 31 St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RY, United Kingdom
Website: www.aquashard.co.uk
Mac & Wild
Mars Bars Crépes
Mac & Wild are sticking to their Scottish roots and taking the battered Mars Bar to a new level by creating a battered, deep-fried crépe. The crunchy deep-fried layer will give way to a rich chocolate ganache and gooey caramel. We think we might be in pancake heaven.
Where: 65 Great Titchfield Street, W1W 7PS
Website: http://www.macandwild.com/
