The Pudding Bar

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A little over a week ago, I went to one of London's most recent pop-ups, The Pudding Bar, which is located in Soho on Greek Street. The Pudding Bar offers puddings (or desserts to my American readers) and wine. Laura Hallwood is the creator of the puddings, and she worked at the Savoy and for Gordon Ramsey. The idea was conceived by three friends. They hope to change the menu regularly to keep people coming back. When speaking to one of the staff when I visited, I was told that the lease has been extended into January, and they hope to bring out some wintery desserts, such as crumble.

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The Pudding Bar could be visited after having a meal at another restaurant, a snack, or perhaps when one just fancies a little bit of dessert. The pop-up is located in the heart of Soho with theatres on its doorstep, so one could see a play and then enjoy a bit of panna cotta or Eton Mess.

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Actually, I visited after I had gone to see the play "Hetty Feather". I had pre-planned this; Vaudeville Theatre is located on the Strand, and The Pudding Bar is in the heart of Soho, so it's not exactly next door. (By the way, "Hetty Feather" was fun.) Appropriately, my plan was to complete the last charity sculpture walk of Books About Town, which celebrates British books and writers, such as writer Jacqueline Wilson, who wrote the story "Hetty Feather".

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Lucky, there were a few seats available in the middle of the "pudding bar". The venue is quite small, and I can imagine that it does get busy. I ordered a sweet wine first, and I choose Royal Tokaji Late Harvest. The wine is a Hungrian and tasted sweet, thus living up to expectations.  

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On to the puddings. I ordered the "Tasting Menu" choice as I wanted to have a selection of different puddings. However, neither of us like cheesecake, so we opted to have two servings of Eton Mess. Normally I would have tried the cheesecake, but the option is fairly expensive, and I did not want to have something that both of us may not enjoy.

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First up is the double-serving of Eton Mess. Meringue, strawberry sauce, clotted cream ice cream, and black pepper shards made up this dish. The texture was light and not too overpowering.

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Next up was my favourite of the desserts, Baked Alaska. What made this so special is the unique flavour. Blueberry, cinnamon, and elderflower gel make up this dessert. The whipped foam had toasted cinnamon blended into it, and this was delicious. The dessert was also light and easy-going. We could have had another helping; it was both our favourites.

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Choux Buns was the next pudding on the plate, and we had two buns. One had vanilla cream inside, and the other had chocolate cream inside. This was topped with pistachio and salted caramel sauce. This was my least favourite as I find salted caramel a little too over-powering. 

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Panna cotta was the final dessert. I am not sure what the flavour was at

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The interior of The Pudding Bar was decorated with wildflowers in glass vases, and wooden spoons hung in the windows.

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We had just left with the heavens opened up, and we got a little bit wet. Fortunately, this did not last too long and I went off on my way to complete the final 'Books About Town' charity sculpture walk around Holborn. (Read more about that here: Books About Town.)

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Have you made a visit to The Pudding Bar yet? What did you have? For those who have not yet had the chance to go, details are below. Note that The Pudding Bar is a walk-in service, but reservations can be made for parties of five or more.

The Pudding Bar
26 Greek Street
Soho, London
W1D 5DE

Web: http://www.puddingbar.co.uk/

Hours:
Monday - Saturday: noon until midnight
Sunday: noon until 11pm

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