Halloween has been and gone. Bonfire Night has illuminated our skies. This can only mean one thing: Christmas is coming!
We taste-tested three of the bords: Fiske, the KuPP bord and the Smokin' Roast bord. The fiske bord, naturally, was my absolute favourite with plenty of smoked trout, Norwegian gravadlax and Hanson & Lyderson smoked salmon. Surprisingly, I found the trout the nicest thing on my bord, which when eaten with a single potato was truly divine. The juicy Atlantic prawn Skagen in a creamy dressing with avocado was also really delicious - bouncy meat and soft avo, winner! The scattering of vegetables, while appreciated, were not really to my taste and I didn't enjoy the carrot pickle - sorry!
From the KuPP bord, I enjoyed... the Västerbotten cheese! This is a very meaty bord so perhaps not one for vegetarians! The cheese was rich and flavoursome and really quite delicious on the crisp bread. Alex really enjoyed the house smoked meatballs which reminded him, quite lovingly, of breakfast sausage. The potted rabbit was nice and the texture worked well on the toasted sourdough bread. The chorizo sausage roll was a highlight but once the pastry ran out it was quite rich. The smoked Sussex gammon was fine too.
Our joint favourite bord was the Smokin' Roast, which while I didn't eat the meat, was actually really great for me! A whole plate of steaming vegetables was served alongside the soft, smoked fore rib of beef. I absolutely loved the seasoned kale and honey smoked beetroots, whereas Alex was crazy for the chive buttered smoked onion. We both loved the roasted new potatoes with a swish of ligonberry jam and a drizzle of red wine gravy. I wasn't mad for the leeks as these were a little stringy.
The most wonderful time of the year aside, the winter months really are the time to hunker down and keep cosy. And who does cosy better than those hygge-founders the Scandis? Nobody, in my view. Today's brunch is firstly, Scandi, and secondly, bottomless - so it's a win all round really. I reviewed KuPP's summer picnic offering earlier this year and have been keen to test-drive their bottomless brunch since then!
For £30 per person (pretty reasonable price by comparison), KuPP offers bottomless 'bords', cocktails and beer every Saturday and Sunday, in the splendour of thier contemporary-cool hub in Paddington. This area of London may not be the most sought-after in terms of the restaurant trade, but KuPP is providing a much-needed spot of relax in style for the hundreds, nay thousands, of local office workers. Oh, and travelling foodies like me!
There's four bords to choose from: Veggie, Fiske, the KuPP bord and the Smokin' Roast bord. Obviously meat is off the menu for me, so I was delighted to have both a fish and vegetable bord to choose from! It's also a joy to see multiple drinks available, including Czech Pilsner Krusovice dispensed direct from the showcased silver tanks, Bloody Mary's and Aquavit Collins.
For the price, the delicious food and the variety of drinks on offer, I feel that KuPP's bottomless brunch really is in contention for the best bottomless brunch in London! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves at the stunning, modern restaurant overlooking the canal and walked of our six (oops) bords along the canal for a while after. The staff are very attentive, chatty and never overwhelming so that's an absolute thumbs up from me.
Thank you KuPP for hosting this review. All opinons are my own.
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