I
visited Kerb quickly last week without Mr Nom before my train back home from London.
A great place for lunch, although I couldn’t
say a light lunch because I left stuffed, but I’m a bit greedy though! If I had
more time I would definitely stay longer and try out more food stalls. I did not have Mr Nom with me to try out more
food as we tend to share dishes to enable to try more stalls. We both love
going to street stalls, I like seeing different fusion foods as we feel bored
seeing similar menus/cuisines. There is nowhere as special as going to street
stalls and trying out fresh flavours.
First
stop was Kimchinary and I ordered a Korean taco which contained 2 soft corn
tortillas with kimchi, sweetcorn and Asian pear salsa, gochujang mayo and
toasted seaweed. The tacos came with a choice of either pulled pork belly ribs
or slow-braised bulgogi ox cheek (£6.00). The amount of ribs I’ve eaten
recently, it was definitely a no-no for me and I went for the ox cheek.
The
tacos were lovely; I was actually expecting the kimchi to be a lot spicier. I
am not a huge fan of kimchi because I don’t really like spicy foods but the
tacos were great. Crunchy veg, tender ox cheek and lovely spice coming from
the Kimchi, fantastic combination of flavours and textures. I
also had my eye on the Kimchi quesadilla wedges which had Kimchi obviously,
melted Cheddar, grilled aubergine, spring onion and coriander sour cream. As
much as I wanted to order it, I had a feeling I would not be able to conquer it
on my own as the quesadillas are generally too filling for me.
With
one snack down, I was deciding what next… Tea & Crumpets, Bocaface (Spanish
food), Tacochu, BBQ lab? Next to
Kimchinary, Tacochu caught my eye. I was debating whether I wanted the beefy
taco rice, one of the guys at the stall offered me a sample of it on a lettuce
cup and it had me sold and I ordered one at £6.50, with an extra 50p for the
addition of guacamole. I managed to plough through two thirds of it and before
I was defeated. There were a few nachos in one corner and generous dollops of
sour cream, salsa and guacamole. Underneath all the sauces, grated cheese and
the lettuce were the minced beef and the rice. A very fulfilling lunch or snack!
I also liked the use of plum tomatoes in the dish. I was envious that Mr Nom tried Bao the
following day at Kerb but all the more reason for to return.
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