Drunken Butcher

The Drunken Butcher combines the very best quality food with the very best qualities of a non-​commercial enterprise. For sure, he doesn’t run a charity, but he’s not in this for the money as much as he just seems to love putting on events and watching us all go absolutely gaga for what is served up. The atmosphere is friendly, the prices incredibly reasonable considering, and the portions generous at their smallest size.
And before I go any further, a word about the portions. I’ve only been to The Butcher’s Summer Party, but the day before the email instructions included «Bring tupperware» and that was good advice. And to show how serious he was about that, The Butcher had even brought takeaway boxes to give out to people too British to have turned up with their own (I overcame my traditional reserve, thus proving me more greedy than most). I filled two large tupperware with some of the best food I’d eaten in weeks just from the mountain of leftovers when we couldn’t eat any more.
But The Drunken Butcher isn’t really about quantity (although seriously: just huge) as much as jaw-​dropping quality. Everything he touches turns to tastebud delighting gold. Particular praise has been heaped before on his pork cheek, and it truly is stand-​out even by the high standards of everything else. The lavish attention to detail shines through in the food, such as a 7 day simmered chilli recipe which had the crowds flocking. It says a lot that almost everything I ate all night would have been my best meal all week most weeks, and a number of things my best all month. The quality of the meat is sensational, and The Butcher is like a savant in just understanding how to treat every cut.
The only downside to this guy is that his events sell out so quickly I can rarely attend. Don’t hesitate, go!