Words & Festival No6 pic by Ed King / Lead image courtesy of The Middle Feast
Starting out with a successful debut at Festival No6 last year, The Middle Feast is a relatively new addition to Birmingham’s burgeoning ‘street food’ and event catering community. But think bigger, think better. This is some seriously yummy stuff.
Taking over the Hare & Hounds on Thursday 12th May, Lucy Rhodes brings her ‘Middle Eastern inspired kebabs & mezze’ onto the tables tops of Kings Heath for a sumptuous sit down affair. 
Pitched at £25 a head you get an absurdly rich three-and-a-bit course meal, with a veggie or meat option depending on your blood lust.
And it’s hard to cherry pick (…no pun) something from the menu to wet your whistle – although since reading ‘Clementine & ricotta fritters, pistachio – dark chocolate crunch, orange blossom syrup’ it’s been hard to think about much else.
But don’t get distracted by desserts, or even pre-desserts; from the tongue twisting ‘Barbecued saffron-lemon chicken, sumac roasted cauliflower purée, preserved lemon salsa & toasted hazelnuts’ to the simply elegant ‘Hickory smoked yoghurt’ there’s almost too much to handle here. I kid you not; check this mamma jamma menu out:
STARTER
Barbecued saffron-lemon chicken, sumac roasted cauliflower purée, preserved lemon salsa & toasted hazelnuts
Saffron artichoke, sumac roasted cauliflower purée, preserved lemon salsa & toasted hazelnuts (V)
MAIN
Very slow cooked lamb belly with Lebanese spiced honey glaze
Goats cheese & burnt aubergine kibbeh (V)
Halloumi fries
Chargrilled flatbread
Parsley & dill tabouleh
Spiced carrot salad
Honeyed nuts & seeds
HOT harissa
Hickory smoked yoghurt
Pickles
PRE-DESSERT
Espresso panna cotta, raw cacao, arak cocktail with rose water & pomegranate granita
DESSERT
Clementine & ricotta fritters, pistachio – dark chocolate crunch, orange blossom syrup
…the words you’re looking for rhyme with ‘rolly duck’. And, arguably, ‘what are we doing tomorrow night..?’
An Evening with The Middle Feast comes to the Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath on Thursday 12th May. For direct info & online booking, visit http://hareandhoundskingsheath.skiddletickets.com/event.php?id=12691153
For more on The Middle Feast, visit https://feastfeastfeast.co.uk/
For more from the Hare & Hounds, visit http://hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk/
