11 of the Best Pop Ups and Supper Clubs in January
It’s no secret that January is a month we all need dragging out of hibernation. This month’s best pop ups are suitably comforting; there’s everything from a sausage roll competition to a pie pop-up and on Blue Monday (16th January), when things get really dire, a House of Happiness is popping up below Piccadilly so leave your bags at the door, slide on your slippers and enjoy a free massage. There’s things for Baking Bad fans and wannabe Scots (and actual Scots) too. See, January isn’t that bad after all.
ABQ Breaking Bad Pop-Up
Breaking Bad Immersive Experience
Breaking Bad fans rejoice! The immersive bar experience is back by popular demand, fresh from a stint in Paris. Jump aboard the ‘crystal ship’ to cook up cocktails in a pretty identical version of Walt and Jesse’s RV and with the guidance of mixologists/actors/chemists (whatever you want to call them) – you’ll never see grinding, sieving and whisking in the same way again. It’s immersive, fun and much more interesting than your standard bar. If only science was this fun at school.
ABQ Breaking Bad pop-up, Hackney is taking bookings until the end of February with sessions between 5.30-10pm.
Where: 455 Hackney Road, Hackney, E2 9DY
Website: www.abqlondon.com
Mac & Wild
The Highlands in the City
Scottish game, seafood and whisky champs, Mac & Wild, are nearing the end of their winter pop-up in the City. The heated terrace and indoor restaurant serves their award-winning Veni-moo burgers and venison chateaubriand as well as new dishes such as suckling pig, rare breed hogget and buckets of Scottish langoustine. Scottish bar snacks are served downstairs until 2am and if you’re feeling really Scottish you can take part in a haggis making masterclass or head into the gun room for a simulated shoot in the Highlands.
Until the end of January
Where: 9A Devonshire Square, City of London, EC2M 4YN
Website: www.macandwild.com
The Red Lion
The Great Sausage Roll Off
The humble sausage roll: so much more than a hangover cure. The Red Lion in Barnes is returning on the 25th January with The 5th Great Sausage Roll Off, aka a celebration of our favourite pastry. Welcoming chefs to prepare their ultimate version of the sausage roll, witness them battle it out for the title and that glorious gold sausage roll trophy. Serious business.
Wednesday 25th January
Where: 2 Castelnau, Barnes, SW13 9RU
Website: www.red-lion-barnes.co.uk
KERB
KERB Does Burns
Celebrate Burns Night the London way with a big old street food party. Live music from the Monster Ceilidh Band, Highland themed games (yes that includes sheep shearing) and drinks from Monkey Shoulder all compliment the main event which includes haggis mac n cheese, slow-cooked venison tacos and DIY whiskey sundaes.
Friday 27th and Saturday 28th January, 5.30pm-midnight
Where: The Biscuit Factory, 100 Clements Road, Southwark, SE16 4DG
Website: www.kerbfood.com
Dock Kitchen
Cookbook Club
Launching last year, Cookbook Club are supper club feasts at Dock Kitchen where guests get a chance to meet food writers and watch them create their own recipes. This month it’s the turn of Allegra McEvedy the author of Quick Quick Slow – as the name suggests it’s full of slow recipes that you can leave to do their own thing and quick recipes to whip up minutes before serving. Expect delicious twists and turns and wines paired by Dock Kitchen.
18th January
Where: 342–344 Ladbroke Grove, London, United Kingdom
Website: www.dockkitchen.co.uk
Bar Boulud
Bar Boulud at Harrods
As one door closes another one opens… or in this case as Bar Boulud undergoes a renovation, a pop-up version will appear just down the road in Harrods. Running from the 9th – 29th January, the Bar Boulud pop-up in the Food Hall will be serving the restaurant’s signature mains such as Dover sole, moules à la crème and grilled beef burgers for mains, followed by freshly baked madeleines and an assortment of macarons as ‘petits sucrés’. To drink will be White Cosmopolitans, Venezuelan Old Fashioneds and an extensive wine list from France. Visit on the 18th or 19th and Chef Daniel Boulud will be cooking!
9th -29th January 2017
Where: 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, SW3 1BW
Website: www.mandarinoriental.com
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