Wings Wings

Crispy chicken wings, tossed in your choice of sauce, served with celery sticks and blue cheese dressing.

Banana Tree

Banana Tree

75-79 Battersea Rise, London, SW111HN, United Kingdom

Sushi • Asiatic • Seafood • Chicken


"I’ve had the Tastecard a little while now, but never got around to using it. The restaurants featured on the program are largely chain-based. Or not very good ones. So this is my first experience with that in hand. BananaTree is located in the heart of Soho making it an ideal spot to catch up with a friend from the office. The deal meant buy-one-get-one-free so we had a lot of food for not a lot. A good start. Our order consisted of the chicken wings, money bags along with our mains of the beef rendang curry and the pad thai. The fried wings are very good. Messy, sticky and lots of sauce. They offer a recipe for their tantalising wings on their website. It all looks well and good and I get excited up to a point. Then I realise, and decide it’s too many ingredients and too much work. It is one of the most popular appetisers at Banana Tree, and easy to understand why. The rendang was just above average, the meat tasted a bit dry and there wasn’t enough curry for my liking. The beef is quite chunky, and of good quality so its got that going for it. Banana Tree feels like yet another whitewashed Asian-inspired food restaurant in London. Others that come to mind: East Street and Dim T. Dishes across Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam all meld into one being rather than having each of its own elements celebrated. The first store opened a staggering twenty one years ago and now its eight stores it may have traded that authenticity with domination. The venue at Banana Tree has a nice, vibrant atmosphere and this is only completed by the size of the crowd. It’s plenty busy and a popular haunt for some of the other corporate dwellers from the looks of it. I didn’t find the find innovative but it was tasty."

Brewdog

Brewdog

8 Colquitt Street, Liverpool L1 4DE, United Kingdom

Bars • Kebab • Cafés • Pizza


"My twin brother and I took a few days off work were we jumped the train down from Kirkby to Liverpool City Centre to visit some of the great pubs and bars our city is justifiably famous for, at the top of our list of bars and pubs to visit was Brewdog, been here many times over the years, always had a good time and so it proved on our latest visit. This is a great looking Brewdog bar,a great looking serving bar dominates the main room, wonderful decor and furnishings, neon lite features and plenty of seating options spread throughout this bar both inside and outside looking out onto onto the busy and bustling Colquitt Street. We had a study of their great beer range and in the end we both opted to have Brewdog king kölsch , these were served in excellent condition, we chilled out and soaked up the great vibe in this busy and popular bar while we sipped our ale 's. A big fan of this beer style, in fact on the run up to the Christmas period my twin brother and I were in Cologne for a weeks holiday which is a vibrant city on the River Rhine that we 've been visiting for close to 30 years ,this city is the home of kölsch beer brewed by so many breweries, breweries such as Pfaffgen Brauerei, Gaffel Brauerei, Dom Brauerei, Deutz Brauerei, Reissdorf Brauerei, Sion Brauerei, Sünner Brauerei, Schreckenskammer Brauerei, Muhlen Brauerei and of course Früh Brauerei who I noticed are named on the beer label ,my kölsch beer served here in Brewdog were amazing, it 's more an ale than a lager ,it 's golden, hoppy ,very light and very easy to drink ,when this kölsch is served freezing cold as in Brewdog its just an amazing brew to enjoy,its no coincidence that this bar is so popular with beers served in this good a condition by staff who are really knowledgeable about the beers they serve. We really enjoyed our beers in here before we moved on and although our visit was only fleeting as on every other visit to Brewdog we had a great time. Brewdog is easy to locate along Colquitt Street. Opening hours are; Monday to Sunday, open from midday. A wonderful craft beer bar serving an amazing range of great beers,well worth checking out if you 're in the area."