I’m eating around the world without leaving London and this
week it’s Jamaican food at Rudie’s. Jamaica is very well-represented here in
London when it comes to food, so it was actually hard to pick a place to go to. Too much choice.
However, when Emerald Street wrote about the zingy cocktails at Rudie’s, the
choice was a lot easier.
I’d booked ahead just to be on the safe side, although it was only a Tuesday. You never know in this city. My friend was a half hour early, so when I got there she was already enjoying her two-for-one cocktails. I soon followed suit.
We didn’t bother with any starters and went straight for the
main dishes. There were three of us in total, and we decided to split the ‘Ya
Man Platter’. This was basically a combo of jerk chicken, jerk lamb and jerk
pork. It came with a small portion of cole slaw, but we ordered an extra
portion aswe needed more of this stuff. We also ordered a side of
chips, which we needed to replenish pretty quickly as well.
The meat was succulent and quite spicy, and it came with
three dips with varying levels of hotness. The platter was just enough for three, although we had
plenty of room left for a dessert each.
My friends both went for the rum cake, which was dripping
with rum and came with ice cream.
I went for the banana brulée, which was nice, but in
hindsight not as nice as the rum cake.
There was no time for tea or coffee as we were asked to
leave our table. Not a very nice way to
end our evening as the reservation had promised us two whole hours, but since my friend was
early they started counting from the time she got there. There were no queues
outside either, so we weren’t entirely sure why we had to leave. A real shame.
Would I go back? Probably not. There are so many jerk
restaurants to choose from here in London and I am sure there are loads that
will let you at least stay a little longer.
The cocktails would have swung it for me too! Just a shame they had to end it on a bad note
ReplyDeleteI guess that is just to be expected when you're dining in London these days.
DeleteThe service issue and rudeness would totally put me off, no matter how good the food was.
ReplyDeleteYeah me too. Although the service was nice in general, I hate to be chucked out when you kind of want to linger a bit.
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