{"id":5019,"date":"2017-05-22T02:35:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T02:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aussiepizzas.com\/PIZZADELIVERY\/weekend-brunch-at-dirty-bones-soho\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T02:35:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T02:35:51","slug":"weekend-brunch-at-dirty-bones-soho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aussiepizzas.com\/PIZZADELIVERY\/weekend-brunch-at-dirty-bones-soho\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Brunch at Dirty Bones, Soho"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest venue for my monthly girls’ brunch club was the newest location of meat-centric modern American restaurant Dirty Bones<\/a>. As soon as I saw the extensive and varied brunch menu, with everything from avocado on crumpets (yes!) to chicken and waffles, I knew it was our kind of place. We were only able to get a reservation for our group for 10:30 am in the new Denman Street restaurant (NB: don’t confuse this branch with their ‘Carnaby’ location, which is also technically in Soho), but I quite enjoyed walking from the Tube through the near-deserted streets of Soho.<\/p>\n

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The restaurant’s exterior is so low-key that it’s easy to walk right past \u2014 two of our party did \u2014 but I rather like the minimalist design and typography. The interiors are also dark and rather sexy with exposed-brick walls, velour banquettes and low lighting.<\/p>\n

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Most of my friend ordered the Dirty Mary cocktail (\u00a39) to start, which came with lemon and pickle juices, hot sauce and a sour cream Pringle rim. They looked great and I almost regretted my choice until my lavender martini (\u00a39) showed up. I’m a sucker for lavender, but the lemon juice and Tanqueray gin prevented it from being too cloying. It also arrived with a dried lavender stem, which the waitress promptly set alight \u2014 my second smoking cocktail<\/a> in a month. Needless to say, I was impressed. Note: if you’re feeling boozier than we were, you can order a ‘Boozy Brunch Flight’, which allows you to order up to four drinks from a set list.<\/p>\n

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Deciding which food to order was much trickier because there were so many dishes that sounded fantastic. Crumpets are one of the Soho Dirty Bones’ signature dishes and I really liked the sound of the crumpets with beef short rib. But then there were the fish tacos and the egg-dishes…and that’s before I even get started on the sweet options. In the end, though, I went for the burger (\u00a311). Not just any burger, though: the Mac Daddy is a regular steak burger topped with both pulled beef short rib and <\/i>mac and cheese. A little excessive, perhaps (and reminiscent of my recent OTT burger experience in Boston)<\/a>, but it was an excellent choice. The burger was perfectly medium rare and the ‘toppings’ were also delicious. I shared some fries with one of my friends but honestly, they were somewhat surplus to the requirements (especially given that it was barely 11:00 am). My friends’ dishes \u2014 which included the chicken and waffles, crumpets, spicy chicken burger and short rib hash \u2014 all got the thumbs-up too.<\/p>\n

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The dessert menu arrived and it included a peanut butter cookie cup (\u00a36.50), which sounded amazing. My usual rule is that if a pudding involves chocolate, peanut butter and caramel, I will order it no matter how full I am, but alas, this was one time I had to break it. That just means I’ll have to find an excuse to return a little later in the day when I’m more likely to manage a second course.<\/p>\n

Dirty Bones Soho<\/b>. 14 Denman Street, London, W1D 7HJ (Tube: Piccadilly Circus). Website<\/a>. Twitter<\/a>. Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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