Our first event of 2011 is dedicated to one of the finest dishes to ever emerge from the Americas, or anywhere else for that matter – a good old bowl of red chilli.
However, we’d like to humbly claim that this isn’t just any old chilli – our beef recipe uses slow-cooked, hand-pulled organic beef shin, and both beef and bean versions are simmered for many hours in a heady paste of ancho, guajillo, pasilla and chipotle chillies, plus our own toiled-over blend of spices and seasonings. If you don’t like spicy food this possibly isn’t the loco for you, but rest assured that the bowls of chilli themselves aren’t excessively hot.
They’re served with delicious homemade cornbread and a dazzling array of salsas and dips - including our seriously fiery naga and purple carrot salsa, should anyone feel the need to ramp up the heat. You have been warned…
Once again we’re changing venue, this time going for an intimate and charming spot about 10 minutes walk from the centre of Brighton. But that’s all we’re saying about it…
As always, you can reserve places by emailing us at locodining@googlemail.com. Hope to see you there!
After a lengthy break (again, ahem), we’re back with a new menu, a tenuous Mexican theme and a return to one of our favourite venues…
Donations are suggested at £25 – to reserve your place, email us at locodining@googlemail.com. Please don’t try to use the shopping cart – it’s temporarily borked. Look forward to seeing you there…
Well, it’s been one whole year since we started our dining club, so what better way to celebrate than with a night themed around what is possibly our favourite cuisine of all, Italian. What’s more, given that we’re technically holding the dinner at the height of summer, we’ve secured a hidden outdoor courtyard in the Hanover area of Brighton, making this our first al fresco event. And if the weather turns, we’ve got an equally ace indoor back up plan at the same venue…
Donations are suggested at £25 – to reserve your place, email us at locodining@googlemail.com.
It’s that time again, and this month we’re going all out with a seven course tasting menu spectacular, held in another brand new location. Our hosts have very kindly offered us their stunning town house in the Preston Park area – take it from us, this is a very special venue indeed, with a lovingly-crafted menu to match.
Suggested donation for this one is £37 for all seven courses… with some extra edible and quaffable surprises thrown in. To reserve your place, email us at locodining@googlemail.com.
We’re back!
As you can see above, we’re offering something a bit different this month, with a Moorish-themed menu.
Held in a brand new central Brighton location, this will be the first in a series of more ‘rustic’ Loco events, with the emphasis on classically-inspired recipes from our favourite regional cuisines.
We can’t give too much away about the new venue but if you’ve been to Loco before, prepare for something completely different… and if you haven’t been before, prepare for some delicious food in a unique and unconventional setting.
For this one, we’re asking for donations of just £25, payable on the night – to reserve your place, email us at locodining@googlemail.com.
Red cabbage gazpacho with grain mustard ice cream
Trifle of tea-smoked tomato with avocado custard, sweetcorn compote, caviar
- Roast gurnard with parsnip puree, parsnip crisps, savoy cabbage
Venison steak with parsnip puree, parsnip crisps, savoy cabbage
Manchego con membrillo
Coffee with lemon and lime polenta biscuits
Photos: Dean Turpin, plainwhite.co.uk.
Huge thanks to all who came last Friday for our third Loco dinner, especially to Dean for these gorgeous photos, and Naomi for doing a brilliant job on the service front.
We’ll be back in January with a new venue and a new menu, both of which are a bit different from what we’ve done so far. Until then, check back for recipes and ramblings, which will probably include some obligatory Christmas eating posts.
Here’s the suggested wine list for our next event, courstesy of Simon at Ten Green Bottles. If you’d like to order anything from the list, simply email Simon and he’ll deliver your wine free of charge to the venue.
There are just four places left before we sell out – if you’d like to snap them up, order using the shopping cart to the right, or email us.
And so, our next event. Later than planned as usual, but hopefully worth the wait.
We have limited spaces open – you can book yours using the shopping cart function to the right, via paypal. You’re able to make credit/debit bookings if you don’t have an account. Each £35 donation reserves one place only.
It’s first come, first served – if your booking doesn’t go through, it means we’re full.
Look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks…
This was perhaps the most well-received course at our last event, and is an adaptation of a dish I hugely enjoyed at Jason Atherton’s Maze restaurant a couple of years back. It is of course a soup, and therefore not strictly a latte, a fact pointed out to us by a couple of smug eagle-eyed guests – however, you could add a cloud of frothy milk on top to give it the required latte appearance. I’m sure you don’t need me to bang on about the ‘autumnal’ flavours of squash, mushrooms and truffles – just take our word for it that this is a very fine seasonal soup indeed.
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We’ve been interviewed in a piece on supper clubs etc. for Stuff Happening Now, a decent-looking website dedicated to ‘interesting trends, movements, events and other nuggets of the zeitgeist which tend to get minimal coverage in the mainstream press.’ Thankfully they shortened my effusive replies into some manageable soundbites, thus sparing you all my theories on the evolution and potential demise of non-mainstream dining sub-cultures.
In other news, preparations for tomorrow’s dinner are coming along nicely. Our friend Simon from wine merchant Ten Green Bottles has compiled a great suggested wine list to accompany the menu, and he’s very kindly agreed to deliver any orders to the venue for free. So check ‘em out for all your high end booze needs.
