Over the years I’ve walked past
Hanover Street Social countless times. Always
getting it mixed up with the much more in your face frontage of The Hub having
not been to any of them. It is easy to
miss Hanover Street Social with its low profile black signage when you have the
bright Bem Brazil and Bistro Jacques across the road. I recently noticed that the restaurant is listed in the 2013 editions of the Michelin Guide and Good Food Guide so with no other ideas on one
random Sunday we decided to give it a try.
The restaurant was larger than I
imagined and the unassuming entrance masks how big it is inside. The Sunday lunch menu is served on Sundays
with a set choice of 2 or 3 courses for a modest £12.95 or £16.95. We settled for 2 courses and skipped the
starters in anticipation of a mammoth roast.
The roast choices were leg of lamb, sirloin of beef or pork belly. My first choice was lamb but they had sold
out so I settled on the pork belly.
My pork belly came with roast
potatoes, apple sauce and gravy. My
dining partner opted for the beef and requested it pink but it came just a
little overdone, the beef came with roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and gravy. Accompanying the roasts was a small medley of
carrots, green beans and cauliflower. At
first I thought we would get one each due to the size but it was to share. We noticed a lone diner with a veg portion
nearly the same size as ours. The pork
belly was divine with the apple sauce although the roasties could have been more
crispy as they were a tad hard but fluffy on the inside. The veg was handy to mop up the gravy and to
fulfil some of my 5 a day quota.
Having skipped the starter I had
my eye on the chocolate brownie with raspberry ripple ice cream and it did not disappoint. It was warm and satisfyingly indulgent that
went down very well. On the other side
of the table the mango and passion fruit Eton mess would be better described as
a sundae. Overall I enjoyed the lunch
and would be tempted to try the full menu next time.
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