Duck Duck.....Waffle

Duck and Waffle

A combined birthday dinner brought us here, up on the 40th floor of the Heron Tower, on Bishopgate, the sister restaurant of Sushi Samba and only recently opened at the time. Lead up through a nicely designed bar with an accompanying roof terrace that would afford a beautiful setting and views over the city on the few balmy London evenings that we encounter.

It is not uncommon for us to order copious amounts of food between our friends. In fact, it would almost be a crime to not do so. Quite used to being told we have ordered too much, and rather smugly always proved the wait staff wrong, on this occasion with a menu of small bites, we did ask the waiter to tell us if we had too much. So we ordered...and ordered...with a menu that is actually not very big at all, we read through the list and asked for the recommended umber of portions. We would be fine he said.

So out came the food. The problem was it did not stop. We were comfortable after the starters and yet had numerous 'mains' to follow. So much so, that in a blur of flavours, meats, sweet, savoury and all the rest, I can only recall a few dishes.

Crispy Pig ears - my favourite of the evening. Deep fried and covered in BBQ salt, would be nicely paired up with an ice cold beer. Reminded me of McDonalds shaker fries, only nicer. I would go back to order this...but prefer it to go!

Bacon wrapped dates was another dish that stood out for me, very simple, mix of savoury and sweet and whilst you could not eat too many. It worked. Foie All Day Breakfast - I can't say I actually loved this dish but it was interesting and for my love of all things foie, I remembered it.

Now by the time, we had got through al the smaller bites, we really struggled to breathe. But alas, we had the mains to come..a whole roasted chicken on a bed of mushrooms with truffles. This was one of the best dishes of the night (after the pig ears), but it was brought out last and we could not eat it nor appreciate it at the time, but it was extremely tasty.

The last dish was their signature Duck and Waffle - a confit duck leg on waffles with a fried duck egg on top, accompanied by a maple-ish dressing. It was interesting but at this point all we wanted was our bed. Nonetheless, a nice evening with beautiful views across London, all in good company and I would return for this and the pigs ears alone.

Duck and Waffle
Heron Tower
110 Bishopgate, London
EC2N 4AY

Crispy Pig Ears

Bacon wrapped dates

Foie All Day Brekkie

Chicken with mushrooms and truffle

Beautiful View of the City