by CLEGGZILLA » 05 Nov 2013, 14:32
I went to Leeds on the weekend, the plan, a double dip at Reds, a trip to the armories and see some friends from Leeds.
Lunch, 45 min wait for a table of 4, so we went to the corn exchange and had some tea. I had the Juicy Lucifer burger, enjoyable, and tasty. Good size, but I think it needed a bit more heat in there. Given the reaction of the waitress, I was not supposed to eat it without breaking a sweat. I like my food spicy. This I think I could have given a one chilli and called mild.
For the return, we went at 5pm, for a table of 6, 10pm was time, gutted, some of our friends could not make that, having to get the train home, so a quick call back, and a table of 4 could get in at 8:15. When we got there, I looked at the items they had run out of, and god damn it, they was out of the beef rib, utterly gutted. So, a quick chat with the wife, we decided on a couple of combos. Brisket and pulled pork, and Baby backs and St Louis. After Slaving away the day before to cook some brisket, I thought I could see how far away I was. It turns out, very far. back to the drawing board. This was moist, but served in a gravy, and soft like a babys bottom. The Pulled pork was ok. Baby backs I'd say above average, our friends still had the membrane on, i presume this should have been removed pre-cook. Corn bread, the wife said mine was better, well the stuff that is cooked through is anyway. I got the recipee from the t'interweb. I really liked the mustard sauce they do. St Louis ribs are great.
They do a good line in cocktails too. Some with actual smoke which looks awesome.
We really enjoyed the meals, we will go back again. there is still plenty to check out. I actually want to try their suckling pig.
Reds had done a good job here, they may be catering for the masses, but thats the way to make money.