Viva Brighton Issue #58 December 2017

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FOOD REVIEW ........................................... Soul Food Sunday Traditional roast, with a Caribbean twist Whatever your festive traditions, at this time of year there’s nothing quite like a roast dinner to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. For that reason, we decided that in this issue of Viva we would dedicate all our food reviews to roasts: one traditional roast at a less traditional pub, one roast crammed into a midweek lunch break, and this: a roast with a twist. The twist is Caribbean, courtesy of Darren and Helen, whose Soul Food Sundays take over Juke’s Bar and Kitchen on Portland Road once a week. I reserved a table a while ago because I’ve heard this place gets full on a Sunday. Two of us get there early and Helen offers us some cocktails while we’re waiting: I go for a rum punch and István orders a daiquiri. The other two arrive shortly after our drinks. Çigdem is looking a bit peaky. “She’s not feeling very well,” Andreas explains. “Oh no, are you getting a cold?” I offer, sympathetically. “No…” she sighs. It seems the sickness is more Saturday night-related. But she valiantly orders herself a cocktail anyway. I already know what I’m having to eat: the veggie option is ‘Stewed Peas’ (lentils). For meat eaters, there’s Beef Pot Roast, Roast Chicken or Half/ half (the description just says: ‘it’s big’). They order one of each. The place is pretty full, mostly with a birthday party of about 15 at the table next to us. There’s a fabulous live singer at the front of the restaurant – hence the ‘soul’ – and a generally nice hum of chatter. The first food to arrive at the table is two jars of ‘Aunty Debbie’s chutney’, – one spicy, one not so spicy. Then a second round of cocktails (for some of us). Then the main event. My stewed lentils come in a little dish on the plate, which is an unusual layout for a roast, but the flavour is gorgeous. The chicken leg is bigger than any I’ve seen on a bird. It appears to have been very well marinated before roasting, and I’m told it’s perfectly cooked – juicy and a little bit spicy. The beef also gets good reviews, although its consumer is approaching it in small mouthfuls for reasons previously discussed. The half and half, I feel, is inappropriately named: it appears to be a full portion of each. It is big. The sides don’t disappoint either. As well as the traditional accompaniments – roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, stuffing – there’s red cabbage stewed in Caribbean spices and, in my opinion, the best part: crispy slices of fried plantain. They don’t scrimp on anything; even the veggie gravy is 24-hours cooked. When we leave, all happy and full, the afternoon has become one of those perfect wintery ones: crisp and fresh, already getting dark. “Shall we find a nice pub with a fire?” somebody suggests. “Yeah!” “I know somewhere perfect.” “Uh… ok.” Rebecca Cunningham ....75....
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