‘SMOKIN’

slum village!

So on a fairly miserable November evening we were Wearside bound check out the latest BBQ smoked meat joint Holy Smoke. Having arrived a little earlier than my partner in crime I get to stand at the bar enjoy a cold after work beer, chat to the friendly and knowledgeable bar staff, while checking the place out, and wow, it’s a mixture of neon, graffiti quirky little details and great music, this is where a lot of venues fall down, and obviously why Holy Smoke is packing them in to the bar long after the food is finished.

When M arrives we are quickly shown to our seats furnished with more beer and left to study the menu, amazing looking cocktails, some very cheekily named main dishes and sides. As I cant resist cheese I had to try the delicious jalapeno poppers, fabulous golden fried cheese, which I highly recommend, perhaps not if you are going to go for one of the ‘trash can’ sharers we went for a small and it was huge, we stayed away from the chili slaw and got the jalapenos separate, we ended up with creamy slaw as a side, fries in the middle of a huge platter of lamb, chicken and beef, all smoked, all tender and all seasoned perfectly.

This is a great addition to Sunderland’s, ‘new breed’ different, daring and delicious, a bit like them really HOLY SMOKES Batman lets get right over there! l