It’s Friday, it’s payday (for most) and we’re all ready to spend our pennies.
So hands up who is off out for lunch?
Yep, me too. And I might be treating myself to one of these:
Cottonopolis is fast becoming one of my favourite splurge options on date night with Mr GFB. Not because it’s expensive, more because just eating one or two items from the menu is a challenge. I want to eat it all.
However, those clever guys at Cottonopolis have spotted that along with the deliciousness, it’s their variety that people love – so they’ve created their own Bento boxes filled with a little bit of everything. You can satisfy that craving for sampling everything on the menu, for £8 on a lunch time.
Yes, it got my attention too. So of course I had to try it. Because research.
Though there are different versions available, ours featured a spicy Korean chicken bao bun, sushi rolls, a crisp broccoli salad with chilli, tempura prawns and a perfectly cubed pork yakiton skewer.
The batter on the prawns is light and almost an afterthought because the prawns are just done, sweet and juicy. The sushi is sweet and soft, the salad has a tickle of spice, though it’s the peanut sauce in the bottom that will have you dumping the chopsticks and using your finger to dig the last smears from the box. The pork is tender, juicy and sticky sweet and the bun is soft, but not soggy, the chicken crisp and the spicy kimchi salty and astringent.
For £8 you get a bit of a feast and that limp butty from the supermarket just isn’t going to cut it for me any more. And of course if you’re feeling suitably plump in the pocket, there’s also the option of a little sake to wash it down with.
My only grumble?
Why are you so far away?
With thanks to Cottonopolis for spoiling us for a very late lunch this week.