Breaking Bread Podcast Ep.12 The Covered Wagon

Posted On April 22, 2019

Have we ever told you about the covered wagon!? No cowboys plenty, of Indian.

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Breaking Bread Podcast The Covered Wagon

This week me and Carl are back!! Its been a hot minute since we got to sit down and talk about food in this amazing city of ours. We kick off by chatting about some of Carl’s amazing homecooking, you may have seen his beef wellington and fillet steak on Instagram.

We Then have a great little discussion about some of the amazing places we’ve visited lately and food we’ve eaten

52 Gas Street

We were very kindly invited to the opening of a new canal side bar, called 52 Gas Street. A trendy looking bar with nice interior, means it will be a very popular destination for the broad st kind of crowd, but the thing that interests me most here is the food. I love the idea of bars offering street food vendors a home for a weekend, which is the case here.

On the night we visited, South American street food was been provided by Liverpool based Viajero. I had the pork taco which was tasty enough but a little steep at £7 each, but the deep fried cheese parcels with green chili sauce were delightful.

Since opening 52 Gas Street has welcomed street food giants such as Dim Sum Su, Presse De Cuba, Gyro Guys and What The Cluck giving me a feeling that this place will go on to be very sucessful giving me reason to visit a side of town i rarely visit.

The Covered Wagon

Just a stone throw from Moseley, The Covered Wagon is definitely the place we’ve eaten most at in the last year. There’s good reason for this, it’s incredible!

Since taking on a tired looking, not very busy neighborhood boozer about eighteen months ago. The new owners have completely turned this place around. It’s gone from somewhere i wouldn’t even consider eating, to top of the list of “where do you fancy for dinner” conversations.

The interior of the pub has been completely transformed to a bright and modern bar and restaurant area. There’s always a great relaxed family atmosphere flowing through the place, and the smell of grilled spice hits you as soon as you walk in, making you immediately hungry.

The menu is a very affordable mix of traditional curries, breads and rices, but also offers show stopping mix grill platters. We usually order The Wagon Grill Special Sizzler, the biggest grill on the menu. Which if you have ever listened to us will not surprise you. A mountain of perfectly grilled chicken tikka, chicken wings, lamb chops, sheesh kebabs and fish pakora. This tasty beast of perfectly spiced food is a bargain at just £15.50, easily enough food for two.

Due to the serious amount of meat on the mix grill we tend to get a vegetarian curry to go with it. There’s not many we haven’t tried with the Palak Paneer being a solid favorite. Generous chunks of paneer cheese and spinach in a perfectly medium hot gravy, mopped up with pillow like peshwari nan.

I couldn’t write about the covered wagon, without mentioning some of their amazing sides. Their sizzling prawns are a must and the chili paneer is immense. If you’re feeling brave swap your usual chips for the chili ones, you won’t regret it. The covered Wagon really have done a fantastic job transforming a pub that was on it’s way out. We really can’t recommend this place enough.