World's End pub, 60-61 London Road, Brighton (01273 275 757)
Well, I'd been hearing these rumours for a while, slowly I was building up this weird ' I wish I knew' crush for BBQ shack. I'd talk to total strangers about how 'I'd heard' they did these mouthwatering 18 hour slow cooked ribs. Homemade BBQ sauce. The best slaw this side of 'the pond'. It was getting desperate. The final blow, Jay Raynor from the gaurdian writes a review - I felt left out.
QUICK. The ques will be un heard of.
Well, nah, not really. BBQ shack run's out of the Worlds ends pub, up London Road, you'd feel out of place with anything other than a flat shoe and even wearing a clean t-shirt felt like I was pushing it. But who cares. I'm in a pub. It's gonna be good and it's gonna be straight to the point, no prissiness's just really good meat, cooked to perfection.
Well. I was half right. The 18 hour slow cooked ribs, smoked over apple and hickory arrived and they were dam good, the meat fell off the bone with a little bite and they tasted sweet and sticky - but they arrived nearly an hour after my boyfriends dinner (pit smoked beef burger) did. So we ate separately except for the slaw when 3 arrived at once, each bland, in need salt. The dumb waiter broke down during service, but there was no compensation or words from the staff, they mostly just mumbled and tried to avoid eye contact, which leaves you feeling kinda of cheated. It's a shame because when these things happen you don't get a true indication of how good a place can really be and that moment when I bit that first bite of rib I knew something great was happening on my taste buds. I couldn't appreciate it though, and ended up just being glad to finish.
Maybe another time, eh.
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