Flat Iron

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Flat Iron Steak

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Orford Flat Iron, Red Lion Street, Norwich, restaurant review: 'Close ...

And maybe that’s why this young pretender has chosen to specialise in the flat iron, the fashionable and perfectly-marbled shoulder cut which used to be known as a butler’s or top blade steak.

And that is Orford Flat Iron in a nutshell: A good room with good staff, a good drinks list and some good cooking, generating plenty of goodwill.

Reasonable for the location, and the lunch menu - £10 for a starter and flat iron steak with chips - is a bargain.

Tiger prawn starter and the chocolate mousse dessert were the best things we ate; decor is dominated by a large and lovely panoramic photograph of Red Lion Street in 1953, destined for a skip until it was rescued by the chef/owner.

A lot of meat for your money, plus decent starters, wine and dessert - but still plenty of mis-steps to (flat) iron out.

Flat Iron Square

Review: Flat Iron, Shoreditch - FLAVOURMAG

We visited the newest Flat Iron restaurant on Curtain Road, Shoreditch, where you’re never far away from a leather backpack or pair of Stan Smiths (I must admit that I own both of these things.)

The Flat Iron menu is incredibly simple, there is the brands signature steak, with a choice of four sauces (Bernaise, Peppercorn, Fred’s, Horseradish Cream) and a small selection of delicious sides, including Dripping Cooked Chips, Roasted Aubergine, Creamed Spinach and Sophie’s Salad.

I had my signature steak rare, it was beautifully scorched on the outside and perfectly pink, juicy and soft on the inside; I accompanied this with a thick and flavoursome peppercorn sauce, which I then slathered on every other edible item on the table.

As Flat Iron’s signature steaks are quite small, we shared the days special, Bavaria, which has to be cooked medium rare.

Flat Iron’s signature steak is only a tenner, but you do have to pay extra for the sides.

Flat Iron - London Restaurant Reviews | Hardens

Just off Carnaby Street, an amiable bistro (on the former site of Benja, RIP), offering a top-value steak/frites formula in a tightly-packed communal setting surprisingly evocative of Old Soho.

Though the title is presumably intended to echo the moniker of the early-wave Gotham skyscraper, it is in fact all to do with the US cut of steak they serve (known in England as a Butler's Steak) which, foodwise, is essentially all they do.

For a tenner a time, though, we doubt you'll find much better meat, certainly not in the West End.

You can have a small but tasty steak, with a (modest) bowl of very good chips, a (very small) salad, a (tiny) pot of béarnaise and a 250ml carafe of wine, all for under £20.

This amiable bistro - which, despite its name, conjures up something of the atmosphere of 'Old Soho' - seems to us to offer a great corrective.

Bar Douro, Flat Iron Square, Borough: Restaurant Review - olive ...

Growing up in Porto with the founders of Churchill’s Port in Portugal, Max has been learning the tricks of the trade since he was born, and he’s now on a mission to educate Londoners about niche Portuguese wines and ports.

After heading up a Port pop up in Soho in 2013 and executing successful supper clubs at Carousel in Marylebone and Pop Brixton in 2016, Max teamed up with Bar Douro’s head chef Tiago Santos (previously of Porto’s well-regarded waterside restaurant, Casa de Chá da Boa Nova) for a three-month residency in Porto to really get to grips with Portuguese cooking techniques and traditions.

Max speaks with great knowledge and enthusiasm about wines from Alentejo, Lisbon and The Douro Valley, along with lesser-known Portuguese winemaking regions that he aims to put on the map.

As well as charismatically imparting expert wine knowledge, Max gave us a condensed history lesson, telling tales of how Portuguese Jews hid out in the hills above The Douro and disguised game as pork sausages to keep their beliefs hidden, and of ancient pig-rearing methods to produce ham to rival Spanish Ibérico.

A lesson in Portuguese dishes, wines and history, Bar Douro is a valuable addition to South London’s newest foodie hub.

Flat Iron | Restaurants in Shoreditch, London