Tag: De Gustibus
Chucked from Borough Market, De Gustibus takes salt beef to the street
When the old hall of London’s Borough Market was shut a month ago to facilitate construction of a new Thameslink train line into London Bridge station, the baker De Gustibus was one of four traders suddenly forced to give up their stalls. That was a devastating development both for the DG employees who would likely [...]
Posted: October 22nd, 2009 under London, meats.
Tags: Borough Market, brisket, De Gustibus, Florence, Genti, hand-carved, lampredotto, London, Mercato di San Lorenzo, mustard, salsa verde, salt beef, sandwich
Comments: 4
Is August the cruellest month for salt beef?
Is August a bad month for salt beef? I certainly hope so. For if the drop in form at two of London’s very best salt beef purveyors is not due to seasonal disruptions, it isn’t only my list of the top 5 salt beef sandwiches in London that will need to be overhauled. I’ll have [...]
Posted: August 15th, 2009 under London, meats.
Tags: August, Borough Market, brisket, De Gustibus, grey, London, nosh bar, pink, rubbery, salt beef, summer, tender September
Comments: 2
Top 5 salt beef sandwiches in London
Salt beef, like New York-style corned beef, is a Jewish deli meat made from beef briskets cured in brine. The salt breaks down the tough brisket meat while letting its flavours emerge. Salt beef ought not be an exercise in aerobic mastication, as some London purveyors would have you believe, nor should it be stringy [...]
Posted: July 8th, 2009 under London, meats.
Tags: B&K, Borough Market, Brass Rail, brisket, corned beef, De Gustibus, Howard Jacobson, Jewish deli, mustard, north London, nosh bar, rye bread, salt beef, Salt Beef Bar, SB, Selfridges
Comments: 18