Sorry if we're a little behind the times, but we've only just found out about Nose to Tail fortnight which actually started on Monday this week. It's an exercise by London Food Link's Ethical Eats who've been asking restaurants to get creative with nose-to-tail meat use, by putting a special (or specials) on their menus featuring offal or another unloved cut between 30 April and 14 May 2012.
A whole host of London restaurants and chefs have risen to the challenge. So Blanch and Shock for example will run a one-off dinner at the Russett in Hackney using a massive wild boar head, which they're going to break down and serve in various preparations along with other less-used cuts. Over at the Dock Kitchen, they have a dinner on 8 May where chef and author Anissa Helou has teamed up with Stevie Parle to put together an offal-based meal. Call 020 8962 1610 to book.
The full list of participating pubs and restaurants are as follows:
The Table
Blanch and Shock
Dock Kitchen
The Russet
Café Spice Namaste
Leong's Legend
Island Grill - The Lancaster Hotel
Manson
Nopi
The Cinnamon Club
The Peoples Supermarket
Crispins Wine Bar
The Alma
Tongue n' Cheek
Corrigans Mayfair
The Duke of Cambridge
The Anthologist
The Drift
Square Restaurant
Kitchen W8
Moshi Moshi
The Charles Lamb
The Victoria
Tempo Restaurant
Benares
Bite
Café Caldesi
