Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 16 and Version 5 of S And M Cafe, E1 6AG
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| S&M was a café/restaurant on Brushfield Street in [[Locale Spitalfields|Spitalfields]]. It used to be part of a small chain, but by late 2011 this was the only branch left, and even this one eventually closed for good in early 2012. As of April 2012, [http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/20/04/2012/343323/Vietnamese-restaurant-chain-Pho-to-open-seventh-outlet.htm Caterersearch reports] that the [[Pho, W1W 8AX|Pho]] restaurant chain has taken over the site and will be opening there in late June. |
The S&M cafe is sausages and mash - no spanking by goths, fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your outlook. It's a nice little restaurant decorated '50's diner style with bright red checked plastic tablecloths and the atmosphere is relaxed. There is a room upstairs which can be booked for a large party. |
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The information below is retained for people who want to know what it used to be like as S&M. |
There are few locations (Essex Road and Portobello Road), but I visited the Brushfield St, E1 location near Liverpool Street. |
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<div class="old_info"> Cafe/restaurant on Brushfield Street in [[Locale Spitalfields|Spitalfields]]. |
Starters and mains are traditional, but most people go for the S&M mix and match for £8.25 - that is, you pick out 3 sausages (loads of different ones including vegetarian) from the menu or the sausages of the week menu, a mash, a gravy, and a veg. I had 3 veggie sausages - spinach & mature cheddar, glamorgan, and another one I can't remember because it was a few months ago and the menu has changed - but all were gorgeous and I was pleased that the glamorgan featured on the sausage of the week menu. I had spring onion & herb mash, onion gravy, and mushy peas and it was fantastic. |
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The S&M Cafe offers sausages and mash — no spanking by goths, fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your outlook. It's a nice little restaurant decorated 50s diner style with bright red checked plastic tablecloths and the atmosphere is relaxed. There is a room upstairs which can be booked for a large party. |
I really want to go again for breakfast sometime, because I love my veggie soss and that is the one thing that I crave when having a fryup and that is most likely not to be on little greasy spoons' menus. I don't know the vegan-ness of the sausages, obviously cheesy sausages are not! |
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[[Bec]] says: Starters and mains are traditional, but most people go for the S&M mix and match for £8.25 — that is, you pick out 3 sausages (loads of different ones including vegetarian) from the menu or the sausages of the week menu, a mash, a gravy, and a veg. I had three veggie sausages — spinach & mature cheddar, glamorgan, and another one I can't remember because it was a few months ago and the menu has changed — but all were gorgeous and I was pleased that the glamorgan featured on the sausage of the week menu. I had spring onion & herb mash, onion gravy, and mushy peas and it was fantastic. I really want to go again for breakfast sometime, because I love my veggie soss and that is the one thing that I crave when having a fryup and that is most likely not to be on little greasy spoons' menus. I don't know the vegan-ness of the sausages, obviously cheesy sausages are not! [[Sam]] says: The "Traditional London" sausages are also delicious, and just what they say — perfect sausages made of sausage and nothing else. My companion says that the wild boar sausages were also very good indeed, dense and meaty and delicious. The cauliflower cheese was nicely al dente, with very good sauce. However, the bubble and squeak (one of the mash options) was a definite disappointment. What we actually got was mashed potatoes with green peas mixed in, which is not something I'd ever heard described as 'bubble and squeak' before. The blueberry crumble was also good, but incredibly sugary. |
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See also: * [http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/592195 Chowhound thread] * [http://gaztronomy.blogspot.com/2005/11/sausage-mash-cafe-london.html Gaztronomy review] * [http://londonreviewofbreakfasts.blogspot.com/2008/09/s-m-cafe-spitalfields.html London Review of Breakfasts review] * [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/59391 Qype comments] |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Bec]] on 26th May 2007.</div> |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Sam]], 21 November 2007.</div> </div> |
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category='Now Closed' |
category='Breakfast,British Food,Restaurants' |
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The S&M cafe is sausages and mash - no spanking by goths, fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your outlook. It's a nice little restaurant decorated '50's diner style with bright red checked plastic tablecloths and the atmosphere is relaxed. There is a room upstairs which can be booked for a large party.
There are few locations (Essex Road and Portobello Road), but I visited the Brushfield St, E1 location near Liverpool Street.
Starters and mains are traditional, but most people go for the S&M mix and match for £8.25 - that is, you pick out 3 sausages (loads of different ones including vegetarian) from the menu or the sausages of the week menu, a mash, a gravy, and a veg. I had 3 veggie sausages - spinach & mature cheddar, glamorgan, and another one I can't remember because it was a few months ago and the menu has changed - but all were gorgeous and I was pleased that the glamorgan featured on the sausage of the week menu. I had spring onion & herb mash, onion gravy, and mushy peas and it was fantastic.
I really want to go again for breakfast sometime, because I love my veggie soss and that is the one thing that I crave when having a fryup and that is most likely not to be on little greasy spoons' menus. I don't know the vegan-ness of the sausages, obviously cheesy sausages are not!
The menu is available as a PDF on their website.
Last visited by Bec on 26th May 2007.
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