Friday, 4 September 2015

REVIEW: Bunnychow and Bubbleology - A Double Whammy

I hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday if you're based in the UK. I spent mine at my cousin's wedding, walking my dog, Gloria, and hanging out with my in-laws - seriously my baby nephew is getting SO BIG! But before all this fun family time, Alex and I had to get the dreaded train home from London. I shouldn't complain; it's only 45 minutes but the trains are rubbish, there's no view (it was dark) and is generally a boring journey. However, for this trip things were a little different. We kissed goodbye to our Boots meal deal dinner and said a great big HELLO to delicious bunnies from Bunnychow and fabulous bubble tea from Bubbleology.

Today's review is a double whammy of naughty food yumminess. There's nothing better than bread filled with stuff, and Bunnychow is an expert at this. A bunny is effectively a pie-shaped loaf of bread (about the size of your hand) packed filled with a filling of your choice. Fillings include a mutton curry and pulled pork, with various toppings such as pickles, slaw and nachos to go on top. The lid of the loaf is then closed and you have a complete meal in one.

Bunnychow comes to Soho via Africa and is a real winner when it comes to quick, delicious and 'real' food. Yes McDonalds has the edge on speed but think what crap is in there. The breads and fillings are all made by the in house chefs and prepared upon order. I went for the pulled pork whole  meal bunny with slaw on the top whilst Alex went for the mutton curry with slaw inside a white bunny. Both were absolutely BURSTING with delicious flavours and the meats had maintained a soft, fresh texture. I found the slaw a great cold contrast to the warming pulled pork, and I loved the soggy bread inside that had soaked up the sauce.
As for the bubble tea, now... I'm under no illusions that this isn't a sugar filled chemical mess BUT everyone deserves a treat. I headed to the Notting Hill brand before Carnival kicked off to grab myself some bubble tea. Each tea is made upon order by the in house baristas and you can add any flavours, bubbles, boba and even jellies you feel like.

I opted for the chocolate milk tea with orange bursting boba which was really really delicious. It didn't have the same thickness an sumptuousness as my chocolate milk tea from Chatime, but I really liked the orange and chocolate combination. Alex went for the classic Hong Kong milk tea (no changes there!), which was a touch too sweet but nonetheless tasty. We also opted to share the matcha milk tea which was much too sweet and the honeydew milk tea upon recommendation which sadly I really didn't like! The above all said Bubbletea definitely is a great place to visit with it's fun interiors, flavour mixes and lovely staff.

Let me know if you visit Bunnychow or Bubbleology in the comments below!

Both of these meals were paid for by the restaurants.

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