Viva Brighton Issue #58 December 2017

CHRISTMAS AT
THE BLUE MAN
RESTAURANT
Enjoy a welcome glass of Prosecco, a delicious
3 course meal with coffee/mint tea to finish and
festive extras throughout for only £30pp.
Book now to secure your date
email info@bluemanrestaurant.com
call 01273 605 885
The Blue Man Restaurant
10 Manchester Street, Brighton
bluemanrestaurant.com
FOOD
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Sidewinder
Yorkie roast wraps
“How often do you get to have a roast on a
Wednesday?” I’m sitting with Viva’s ‘Photographer at
Large’ Adam Bronkhorst in the Sidewinder, which is
almost empty because it’s barely scraped noon. We’ve
spent the morning photographing this month’s The
Way We Work series and we’re both starving, so it’s
the perfect opportunity to try the pub’s Yorkie Roast
Wraps: roast dinner in a Yorkshire pudding ‘wrap’
with potatoes on the side and gravy for dipping. I’ve
gone for the veggie option – lentil roast – and Adam’s
chosen the beef. As soon as the plates arrives I dig in.
It’s a two-hand job; the wraps are full and the soft
batter is only just holding together, but the flavour is
incredible. Every bite is like the ‘ultimate mouthful’
(when you keep back a small bit of each element of a
meal so that your final forkful contains a little bit of
everything). “This is amazing,” I proclaim when I’m
halfway through my wrap, gravy trickling down my
fingers. I look up to see Adam delicately cutting into
his with a knife and fork.
“How’s the beef?” I ask.
“It’s good,” he says, “but it’s not like slices of beef that
have been roasted, it’s more like beef in a stew. The
taste is good though.”
Mine is better than good. I think I’ll be back for
another one very soon. Rebecca Cunningham
Available Mon-Sat. 65 Upper St James’s St
Photo by Adam Bronkhorst
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