MIKE & OLLIE'S SUPPERCLUB

Since going to Eat Meet Supperclub I have once again got the bug for Pop-up Supperclubs! So this time I managed to convince Ben to come along to Mike & Ollie's Supperclub. Which I have been desperate to go to for ages!

I first came across Mike & Ollie at Brockley Market, which is fabulous food market in South East London. It is based not in Brockley, as the name suggests, but next to Lewisham College (closest station is St John's). I've often pop down there and always end up having one of M&O's fantastic wraps! Always different, always seasonal, always delicious!

We had planned to go in June but due to some problems they had to cancel the evening and re-organised it for the 18th July. For the inconvenience they gave us a bottle of wine on the house!

We were requested to arrive at the address in Camberwell at 7pm sharp!

Greeted by Mike himself and the team, we were welcomed into the place where they were both serving and creating the meal. As we sat down at one of the two long wooden tables, Mike came over with freshly made kiwi cocktails and told me how he'd made all the wooden furniture out of old pallets and crates. It is clear these guys are both talented and incredibly resorceful too.

Jam Jar Kiwi Cocktail - A good way to start!

The first course arrived on wheels - literally. Each course was served on planks of wood that were wheeled down the middle of the table. A portion for each person, to be dragged onto their plate.

The first course was sea bass, cauliflower, sumac and sourdough croutons.

Our bottle of red opened for the arrival of our next course, the Venison!

The sardines!

 I was so busy talking that when they came to clear this course I'd barley started. 

Apologising to Mike for my gossiping and confirming how I loved this dish, he disappeared reappearing with another two sardines for me! Grinning from ear to ear, he'd made his point that there was no need to rush.

This is the wonderful Rosie and Domenica, our companions for the evening! Domenica, a sculptor who studied the masters in Florence & Rosie, a nutrition blogger who is studying to be a dietician. They were such fun and I was fascinated to hear about their stories and travels. So much so that Ben and I are booked in to try out their very own supperclub in a couple of weeks. Check out Rosie's blog here: Gluten Free Rosie

In return Domenica took a photo of us

Orginally starting on red wine, which was wonderful but due to melting in the heat we went onto chilled white. This was a beautiful Spanish dry white wine. Delicious!

Highly recommend!

Valdesil Montenovo Godelle 2012 Vilamartin De Valdeorras

Sorry for the slightly overexposed shot here (might have something to do with the second bottle!?)

These scallops were delicious!

Rosie doing her blogger thang ;D

Gooseberry fools and homemade shortbread disks with strawberries. The shortbread melted in your mouth and the fool was a delightfully light and refreshing. The only problem was I had to share ... ;)

Follow Mike & Ollie on Twitter  or even better visit their stall at Brockley Market or better still book into their supperclub. You won't regret it!

**Please note I am waiting for the exact details for each course and will post them up.

MR LAWRENCE

On Saturday Ben & I headed over to Brockley Market for a delicious shredded Suffolk chicken with sticky gooseberry wrap from Mike & Ollie. We were then accompanied by the fabulous Gisela Torres, cycling in convey down the road to cool off at Mr Lawrence's.

Mr Lawrence's has been going for over 20 years and until recently also had the wine merchant shop next door. You can sometimes find them at Forest Hill Food Fair selling French wines and London Craft beers, alternatively you can order online here.

They do have a small, but perfectly formed food menu if you fancied a nibble. We opted for a bowl of olives. Proper decent olives they were at that! 

We spent the rest of the afternoon listening, sharing stories & catching up over a few chilled glasses of champagne. I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday.

ARLO & MOE'S Burger Night

This Wednesday, Ben, Chesini and I headed over for Burger Night at Arlo & Moe's in Borckley / Crofton Park. They opened back in September 2012 and have already found some loyal customers, that includes us ;)

It's a superb little place which we've been too for brekkie and lunch. It open's on the odd occasion in the evening too, which up until now I've been unable to go as I was bust doing something else.

Chesini Has been off the road for a bit due to brake failure!? But she's all sorted now and back on the tarmac! Wednesday she got me from Hither Green to Hoxton and then back down to Brockley for an A&M Burger!

I went for the Broad Bean Burger and Ben went for the Classic 100% Beef washed down with a couple bottles of Honey Dew and finished off with a Coke Float and ice cream sandwich with hundreds and thousands!!! 

Some things just can't be beat.

ARLO & MOE - 340 Brockley Road, London, SE4 2BT

EAT MEET SUPPERCLUB

Somewhere between Brockley and New Cross, Julie & her friend Sophie, run the Eat Meet Supper club. I had read about their supper club through other blogs after doing some research on the area. After emailing them directly to find out more, so I was over the moon to get a reply that there was an event coming up.

Excited for over evening adventure we headed over, wine in hand. However we found we had to do a couple of circles round the block as the excitement had got us there a little earlier than expected. On arrival (still 10 minutes early!) Julie and Sophie welcomed us straight into their kitchen and a cocktail of Rose syrup, Rhubarb and rosemary gin martinis. By the time they welcomed the remaining guests into the garden with a background music of 'screeching women' (Julie's words not mine) we were sailing onto our second delicious yet rather feisty cocktail!

Introductions were made with all the other guests whilst taking the few remaining rays of what sunshine there was, in the lovely back garden. I was interested to find out that none of the other guests had ever been to a supper club but they'd also heard good reviews about Sophie and Julie which had lead them there. Once the cocktails were finished, Julie guided us into the front room which had been turned into our dinning room for the evening.

The first course was green gazpacho chilled soup. A refreshing blend of cucumber, celery, herbs and cream topped with smokey sourdough croutons. The flavours were light and delicate, I really enjoyed this soup it was delicious. And the addition of the croutons were amazing! I love sourdough and these were the best croutons I ever had.

Next was a 'South-Eastern' fried buttermilk chicken served with a citrus slaw and green salad.

The salads were served in bowls on the table and the fried chicken portions arrived on a large chunky wooden board.

The chicken was moist with a spicy crunch coating. It was perfectly cooked, it that the chicken just fell off the bone. The citrus slaw was vibrant with the addition of sharp flavours of grapefruit and sweetness from the orange. Green salad was simple and non fussy, lettuce leaves and radishes. I think by having having light side dishes to the robust flavours of the chicken complemented the meal and prevented it from getting too heavy.

Dessert was rhubarb jellies with homemade royal jelly, honey, rosemary and greek yogurt ice cream. Sounds amazing, except I do have a bit of phobia of jelly and ice cream since I was a kid. Love both just not together, it's something to do with textures.
However I overcame this by eating it in layers. The ice cream was light and fresh not too sweet and then the jelly had a lovely texture from the rhubarb. Both were good however I personally wouldn't jump to have it again purely on the fact I was concentrating so much on the fact I was eating jelly and ice cream together. I just don't think the textures go together.

It was at this point that I stopped taking photos, sorry about that. However Julie popped some photos of the pudding on the Supperclub's Facebook page - Here

The evening then finished with a selection of cheeses served with homemade fruit bread. Which I've never had had with cheese before and it works really well. A bit like having the chutney already in the bread. 
Julie and Sophie were an excellent hosts, sitting down with us to chat after the plates had been cleared away. After a coffee and a couple more glasses it was time to head on home.

I'd highly recommend you to go to EAT MEET, Sophie and Julie are just so much fun and the food is really tasty! I myself have my eyes peeled for when the next one is. Just make sure you have some paracetamol for the next morning! ;)