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HELLO FOODIES, Welcome to July’s episode of Breaking Bread Podcast, the podcast people listen to. This week Carl and i are talking about all the yummy things we (Carl) have been cooking and the cookbooks that have inspired us.
Spicy Lamb Burger
Carl is a huge fan of Made In India and cooks from it at least twice a month. He raves about about how practical and easy to follow the recipes are. Carl cooked the impressive looking simple, but delicious spicy lamb burger.
Spicy Lamb Burger
Booze
Booze is a big part of this episode as Carl runs through cocktails he is experimenting with and craft beers that have got him raving. Most of which at the moment come from Newport brewery Tiny Rebel.
We rave about how much fun we had at the recent Beer Central Festival, and discuss how impressed we were by the breweries on display, Liam loved Big Drop breweries no & low alcohol beers.
The Food Blog People Listen To
We finish by talking through some incredible places we have eaten in, including The Merry Maid, Fiesta Del Asado and Little Blackwood
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Ben Taylor
HELLO FOODIES, This week we are Breaking Bread With Chef Ben Taylor. Head Chef & owner of one of our favourite restaurants at the moment, Little Blackwood Moseley.
Chef Ben Taylor
We start the episode off by going through Bens work history, places he has trained at, and how working in hotel kitchens is so different to working in a normal restaurant and changes dramatically again, when you own your own restaurant
Little Blackwood, Moseley
Since recording this episode, we have been very lucky to have become friends with Ben & his girlfriend restaurant manager Zsofia. As you hear in the show, Ben is extremely passionate about his restaurant and loves what he does. I think the crazy hard work that goes in to being a restaurant owner is evident.
Advice
As with my other interviews with chefs, i wanted to get some advice for people just starting out in the industry. Ben was great and honest with his advice not sugar coating the hard work that is involved in training to be a chef, while stating the importance of treating ingredients with respect. I also pushed Ben for a little advice for anybody looking to start their own restaurant, so there is plenty of valuable content that i hope you find useful.
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Beer Central Festival
HELLO FOODIES, Welcome to a very special bonus episode. We have a cracking chat with Beer Central Festival organiser Greg and Digbrew owner Oli and their head brewer Donncha.
Beer Central Festival is only 1 WEEK AWAY. It is a brand new exciting two day beer festival, you hear all about it in the episode. It’s a great episode and i’m mega excited for the festival. There are still tickets available, just head to the website below.
Clio
To celebrate the festival We Are Beer teamed up with a few other local breweries including Digbrew to create an interesting beer for the festival. It’s called Clio, the origin behind the name is brilliant and well worth listening to the podcast to hear the story behind it.
“Suped Up Clio”
Beer Central Festival
Great Beer (Obviously)
The festival takes place at new venue 119 Digbeth and runs in three sessions. Friday 6th July 18.00-2300, and two sessions Saturday 1130-16.30 and 18.00-23.00. Tickets cost £45 and include a free glass, a program plus all Beer. With beer from over 30 Breweries including many Midlands based favourites there’ll be plenty to get stuck in to.
Great Food
Almost as exciting as the beer line up, is the food line up. Beer Central has got some of the best food in Birmingham cooking up a storm. Michelin Star Chef, Brad Carter is teaming up with Asian feast pop up wizard Lap for a special grill. O.P.M will be there, with in my opinion the best burgers in town, and will be joined by Birmingham legends Baked In Brick and Purecraft Kitchen.
Great Music
Providing the tunes will be DJ Yoda. A DJ set from the fantastic Kaiser Chiefs, You’ll need to get your singing voices ready for the power ballad onslaught from Ultimate Power and bring out your inner Snoop with Hip Hop Karaoke.
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Lamb Benedict Little Blackwood Best Food In Birmingham
HELLO FOODIES, Carl and I are back again this week. We start by talking about some of the delicious meals Carl has been cooking at home. He tells us about the cook books hes using most at the moment
Pinch Of Nom
Pinch Of Nom is a cracking book, packed full of healthy, exciting & delicious recipes. Brought to you by the same people who created the original Pinch Of Nom Blog One of the UK’s favourite blogs.
BOSH!
The biggest selling Vegan cookbook of all time, BOSH! is bursting with everyday, simple, yummy recipes. It’s our go to book for an easy meat free meal
A Spot At The Bar
A cracking and very simple to use cocktail book, that will get even the most novice of mixologists making beautiful drinks in no time. All with out the need for a 500 spirit back bar.
Places To Eat In Birmingham. Some Of The Restaurants We Have Visited
Little Blackwood
So many good places to eat in Birmingham but one of our favourites at the moment is Little Blackwood. Carl and I checked out there new exciting brunch menu
Maison Mayci
Beautiful French bakery in the heart of Moseley, which i visit regularkly for their tarts and sourdough. They have now decided to open their doors Friday & Saturday dinner times and are offering a beautiful little authentic French menu
Breaking Bread Podcast Ep.15 Purnells Head Chef Luke Butcher
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Chef Luke Butcher
HELLO FOODIES, Welcome to Episode 15 of The Breaking Bread Podcast. This week we are breaking bread with chef Luke Butcher. Head chef at one of the most iconic restaurants in Birmingham, Purnells. A Michelin starred fine dining restaurant owned by celebrity chef Glyn Purnell.
Purnells Iconic Burnt Egg Custard
Luke’s Career Working In Michelin Starred Kitchens
Luke takes us through his career from his first job as a potwash in Adlard’s to working under Infamous Tom Kerridge at The Hand and Flowers in Marlow before settling in Brum at Purnells.
Mushrooms On Toast At Purnells
What’s It Like To Work In A Michelin Starred Kitchen?
We have a brilliant and interesting chat in which Luke offers a real insight in to what’s it like working in a Michelin Starred kitchen in 2019 . How the kitchen environment, working hours and working conditions have changed since he first started in the industry, and plenty of great useful advice for any new or young chefs just starting out.
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Ep.14 Breaking Bread Podcast
HELLO FOODIES, Carl and I are back again this week. We start by talking about some of the delicious meals Carl has been cooking at home. Not as much home cooked food this week, as we have been eating out lots lately.
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One of the places we visited was Lasan, who have just launched their weekend feast menu. We were very kindly invited to try the new menu and share our thoughts with Lasan. So just to be clear we did not pay for this meal, although as usual all opinions are our own. We’re not big fans of taking free food, but accepted this, because it was a restaurant we like and have paid to visit many times before.
Lasan is a very popular up market indian restaurant based in the Jewellery Quarter. With impeccable service, stunning interior which match the quality of it’s food. The beautiful dining room on your right as you walk in, is perfect. On this warm spring day the light comes cascading through the windows filling the whole room.
Beautiful Dining Room
After a short time at the bar enjoying cocktails and meeting other guests who had been invited to try the new menu, we are shown to our tables. Seated in groups of fours and sixes, to make the most of the everybody get stuck in sharing aspect of the new feast menu.
Mutton Samosa
First up is a mutton samosa. A delicious little crispy parcel of well spiced mutton, a tasty little warm up act for the feast that was about to follow
Masala Shoulder Of Lamb
The aromatic smell of spice fills the dining room making my mouth water, as the waiters start to fill the table with Lasan’s take on a traditional Sunday roast.
There is a heavily spiced, slightly sweet Red lentil and papaya dish called Papita Daal. Some excellent fluffy roast potatoes caked in chili, mustard seed and curry leaf. which the table votes unanimously to request more of. There is also a masala coated cauliflower, which i don’t like but Carl does. No Indian feast would be complete without a pillow like nan, this one seasoned with a little truffle oil perfect to mop up the juices.
Dum Aloo
The show stopping focal point of this feast, is the enormous shoulder of masala spiced lamb relaxing on a bed of fragrant Biriyiani. It’s stunning, cooked perfectly. I could grab the bone and the meat would just fall straight off it. Tender is a serious understatement.
As a table we fully emerge into the sharing aspect of the meal, and get stuck in. It feels like the right thing to do, and is an experience i really enjoy. I love that every table is eating and talking, there’s a real family atmosphere in the dining room, which is exactly what i believe the restaurant are aiming for.
Carrot Cake
Although we struggle to finish the lamb, we miraculously manage to eat dessert. A deconstructed carrot cake with vanilla ice cream which is good but not special. I feel it might be a bit on the pricey side to ask for an extra £6 for dessert on top of the £35 for the meal.
Is Natural Wine All That? Is Vegetarian & Vegan Wine Really The Next Big THING? Is Non Alcohol Wine Any Good? All About Wine With Wine Expert Chris Connolly
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HELLO FOODIES, this week we are Breaking Bread with wine expert and wine merchant Chris Connolly. Chris owns two shops, one on Dovehouse Parade in Solihull, another one in the centre of Birmingham
The one in town has an amazing and popular wine bar inside it, called Arch 13. Connolly’s take pride in offering exciting wines and spirits from all over the world, and are known for their friendly and extremely knowledgeable staff.
Chris not only sells wine to the public, he also works with many top end restaurants. Helping them build unique and well balanced wine lists for their restaurants. A fantastic conversation all about wine, what Chris doesn’t know about wine isn’t worth knowing.
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 Wagon Grill
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.
Typical Breaking Bread Feast
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.
Great Food, Great Beer
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.
The covered wagon curries
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.
Talking All Things Chocolate In The Heart Of Birmingham, Not A Drum Playing Gorilla In Sight
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Breaking Bread Podcast
This episode we are breaking bread with Maninder, head chocolatier from the fantastic The Chocolate Quarter in The Jewellery Quarter. A haven for chocolate lovers, with their hand crafted chocolates and their very popular bean to bar chocolate experiences
The Chocolate Quarter
We had a great conversation. It was good to hear all about this brilliant family run business, and all the amazing things they do. Their handmade chocolates include flavours such as, cappuccino and peach Bellini. They even use more original flavours like bacon with whiskey, for special one offs like farther’s day. They’re current line up includes a selection of hand made Easter eggs, with their famous popping candy creation making a return.
Breaking Bread Podcast Chocolate
Chocolate Experiences
As well as making and selling some fabulous chocolates, The Chocolate Quarter host a variety of experiences. Their Bean to Bar experience gets lucky participants to actually make their own chocolate, straight from cacao nibs, before getting to feast on lots of yummy chocolate. There is a Bean to Bar experience for the kids to get involved too.
The Chocolate Quarter
Chocolate In School
A recent change to school curriculum, means that kids need to learn all about the Biology, Economics, Cultivation, Ethics, and Science behind cacao and the chocolate making process. The Chocolate Quarter have been approached by schools to visit and provide interactive, educational and fun sessions all about chocolate. To do this The Chocolate Quarter have started a Go Fund Me page to help purchase the equipment they need to get started. You can donate to that page here https://uk.gofundme.com/help-us-educate-children-about-chocolate
Designing Restaurants, Creating Brands & Celebrating Space With Mel From Spencer Swinden Design
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The Wonderful Mel
HELLO FOODIES,
This episode of the Breaking bread podcast, we are breaking bread with the wonderful Mel from Spencer Swinden Design. Spencer Swinden are an interior design company based in Birmingham who have worked on some of our favourite bars and restaurants including Purecraft Bar, Gas St Social, The Village Moseley, The Plough Harbourne and Argentinian steak house Fiesta Del Asado.
Horse Shoe Shaped Bar Fiesta Del Asado
We started Breaking Bread podcast to bring conversations with people from all over the hospitality industry. So we are very excited to bring you this great chat with Mel.
Purecraft Bar & Kitchen
“This is more than interior design. This is business, psychology, art, science and a lot of fun too”– Spencer Swinden Website
We have a very informative chat in which we discuss the importance of design when it comes to creating a brand. Mel through her years of experience working in the industry, has a valuable knowledge of how everything from customer service, food quality and restaurant design all comes together to create the experience for the customer. customer experience, ultimately determines how successful the business will be.
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