Chef formerly known as Rico
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In February I’ll be saying goodbye to this funny little box that’s been a weird and sometimes wonderful home for over a decade. I don’t know where I. Going or what I’m doing, but after just scraping my way through Christmas mentally and physically, I’ve given everything I’ve got.
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@thecatreviewer
Next door's ginger cat Copper. Comes to my door and pulls serious faces. 10/10 for stoic intensity.
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Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws looks like a composite mean average of every guy under 40 who’s ever set foot in the Rutland Arms:
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So, with people told to stay home, and an open pub running at a loss and risking the health of our staff and punters, The Rutland will be closed from tomorrow until Christmas whilst we take stock of the situation. Sorry pals.
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Further to a comment by
@mrmarksteel
, my contention is that the Lentil Belt extends beyond Nether Edge to take in Meersbrook to the south, and Sharrow Vale to the north, in the shape of a vegan sausage, thus:
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We got some new plates yesterday. You know, white round pottery things that people used to serve food on?
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I finally nail it, and now it's not cool to post pictures of sourdough anymore. Bastards!
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Lamb rump, saffron spiced risotto, white bean and garlic. This is what I’d order if I came here, so that means we’ll sell fuck all of them.
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Lockdown sourdough is one thing, but I’ve recently concentrated my efforts on the basic bitch white tin loaf, and am closing in.
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Good look getting a restaurant reservation ever again. Imagine being dumb enough to say this and pose for a photo?
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Apologies to everyone I haven’t responded to, it’s been a bit overwhelming the response to me breaking THE NEWS. I must live in some still great corner of Elon Musk’s Hellsite that still populated by all the last of the decent supportive and lovely people.
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Had to pull up an old photo of this cos the one I took today looked like a smashed crab. I’m revisiting my ‘greatest hits’, staring with the cod, octopus, ink risotto and xo emulsion that I completely plagiarised from half the menu at The Man Behind The Curtain
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Chestnut pithivier, Armagnac butterscotch.
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'Craft' beer is steadily becoming the wrong term. 'Stunt beer' might be closer to the truth. More and more examples of trying to run before you can walk, imperial stout blended with Oreo McFlurry, aged in Brasso tins with 7 million types of hops.
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When someone from a real city writes about Sheffield's 'emerging food scene' they mean beards and fermentation, food halls, the usual. Nobody mentions the best Indian outside of London, classical Sichuanese, the proliferation of correct pizza.
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St Emillion au Chocolat (only available on Christmas menu): brandy amaretti, prunes, chocolate, almonds and a lie down afterwards
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Remember, there are NO VALENTINES THEMED DINNERS at the Rutland, and there never will be. Nobody will try and make you hurry up so we can cram more tables of two in to spend heavily in order to prove you love each other. And NO FUCKING PROSECCO!
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In case anybody’s wondering what the Rutland will be like without me, the truth is I’ve already been gone a week! I’ve been on an unscheduled early retirement because of a ruptured quad muscle that’s left me near housebound. Luckily I’ve had the best company to keep me sane:
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I've been cooking for the best part of twenty years without a single qualification so I guess I'm unskilled then?
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At the end of the rainbow there’s a ….. bowl of chips
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Remember, if you want to book a table at the Rutland, you can’t. No shows have ruined bookings for everyone, so it’s first come first served. If all else fails buy some cans from Tesco and go and sit in the river.
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Because this is Sheffield, people will genuinely think twelve pounds is expensive for this Aberdeen Angus sirloin. However,if you bring a dog, they get free beef (from the same cut), so there you go.
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After months of research and development, tomorrow I get to go into work and actually cook, for my job. I'm excited about being able to do this again, and do cooking for people, but this feels new and weird and scary, but I can't wait to be in the kitchen. Food soon!
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This is a worry because it makes the university less attractive to foreign students, which in turn makes Sheffield a much less exciting place to be hungry.
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It’s ridiculous that I keep seeing Spencer Metzger referred to as ‘one to watch’ or ‘up and coming’ like he isn’t head chef at the goddamn Ritz. I suppose he’d be mainstream if he was serving veal brains on a spike to a vinyl death metal playlist in a Dalston archway instead.
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Anyway, let’s try and undo the damage wrought by that hamfisted Star article….
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Gather round and let me tell you about the life affirming joy of Wow Dosa on The Moor. No frills, tiny menu, made to order frilly rice flour pancakes (thanks to a pair of Dosamatic machines!). Idli, sambar, chutney, chai and paneer masala dosa, thirteen quid.
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Everything is terrible, but I've just made five kilos of cassoulet. It seemed like the sensible thing to do.
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We are deep past the point of no return in December now. Every time you are polite at a bar, or pay attention to a menu, you are one of the good ones, spreading a vital chink of light and sanity to those of us on the other side xxx
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That’s dinnerwang! (Pheasant bacon and sausage)😎
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Once again I am banging on about the Sichuan pepper grilled fish from Pepper Greenhouse. Is this the tastiest thing you can eat in Sheffield right now? Probably.
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In the right light, from the right angle, you can imagine how striking we must have been when new.
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Next year I’m going to propose a Doc Fest amnesty. Our regulars give the pub a miss for a week, we double our prices. We’ll still be cheaper than Shoreditch, giving the pub a much needed charitable boost to survive these tough times. Then it all goes back to normal post lanyard.
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Rhubarb Triangle: amaretto and rhubarb Bakewell, amarena cherry ripple ice cream. Not the greatest plating, and it caught on the edges, but it was for me to eat, and it was nice, so there.
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Vanilla ice cream choux bun, cinder toffee chantilly and treacle butterscotch sauce.
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Roast cod and risotto Nero, now with nduja. This costs the same as a burger.
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Little Rutland, stuck in the middle:
The tight knit urban grain of the city centre. But there’s a missing piece of this jigsaw on the right hand side. Not long now before we submit proposals to change that and deliver a more complete and high quality designed arrival to the city from Midland Station
#Sheffield
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More Pork: free range pedigree Berkshire loin, and cider braised shoulder, mustard and caper mash.
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Gotta keep busy. Finished this painting of some trout I started maybe a decade ago, from a photo I took in Castle Market.
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Fucking hell, well done Sheffield! It's like being in a proper city. In my excitement I ate two dinners (both excellent) and now I need a lie down.
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Wow Dosa may share a parade with Subway, Pound Bakery and one of central Sheffield’s 200 Greggs outlets, with an ambience to match. The difference is food made from edible ingredients and genuine pleasure, rather than despair rendered in fat and flour.
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Choux pastry, hiding a hazelnut and chocolate Tartuffo (Italian ice cream with a liquid centre). Caramelised white chocolate and coffee custard.
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Burnt myself in three places getting this 1.5kg pain de campagne out the oven. It was worth it.
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Halibut, mash creamed leeks. Chopped chives like it’s 1995.
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Wild seabass cerviche taco, mango and coconut hot sauce. We didn’t sell this, don’t be ridiculous. I ate it.
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This is txuleton steak. Google it. Now bear in mind that although 50 quid for two people, as part of the Tory Happy Meal scheme, this will work out at fifteen quid each. There are five of these available tonight on a first come first served basis.
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Venison mince pie, Mrs Kikham’s Lancashire cheese, Belgian beer and pineapple festive spiced hot sauce.
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Baked beans should always be heated in a pan, such that the excess liquid is reduced to almost nothing, just before they stick to the bottom. Microwaved beans oozing watery juices have ruined many a good breakfast.
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Scallops, kimchi, hot sauce: scary spice level. I know food photographs of scallops are always a bit yawn, but it doesn’t taste dull!
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God tier pizza at Napoli Centro. Lots of people ordering take out and Deliverio, which is a mistake. Very good pizza has a Goldilocks period from about 30 seconds after it leaves the oven and lasts less than 5 minutes, because physics. Get a beer and sit down.
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This is going to be like the sourdough lockdown all over again. I’m going to keep making these every day until I’m good at it. The bean sprout and chilli bean paste filling however is a revelation.
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Cider braised wild boar and beef dripping fondants. Safe and brown.
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Please don’t storm out because you’ve been ‘promised a full menu’ (saw something on Facebook and didn’t read it properly). We are open, we have some staff, and some food, which is a fucking improvement on last week. Peace and love x
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Whoever is making these rules up as they go along has less of a clue how hospitality works than those reps who show up without making an appointment at 1:30 on a Friday lunch with a lanyard and a catalogue.
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Roast halibut, gratin of jersey royals, tomato cream sauce
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Like Forge Bakehouse a few doors up, Gilt pattiserie wouldn't be out of place in central Lyon. We can only be thankful that, amazingly, this is suburban Sheffield instead:
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Scallops, crispy rice cake, x.o. and chilli
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Treacle cured, soon to be smoked, streaky bacon:
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Had to get a bus this morning and was reminded that German Doner Kebab exists. You should eat here at least once, if only so that the rest of your gastronomic life will be an upward trajectory, like beating your head against a wall so it feels great when you stop.
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Oblígatory home made sourdough post. Home made by my dad though.
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Sheep. No boil in the bag fine dining, just cooking with fire and hot metal.
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Only in this place could you go a whole Good Friday without selling a single portion of fucking fish. Jesus would be appalled.
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Right then, as and when we actually open, who would be up for sharing some Spanish dairy beef, fifty quid for two heads?
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Treacle Char Sui pork belly (from proper pigs obviously). 48 hour marinade, then a day in the smoker. Excited about this.
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Sausage mummies!
I can't take credit for these, Emma has done all the special occasion food.
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Has any of our glorious leaders done so much as collect glasses on a bank holiday weekend? I'd implement catering national service, so that your kid doesn't grow up to be the bell end at the Christmas Party. We are being ruled by the bell ends at the Christmas Party.
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I know I should probably be missing restaurants or pubs, but the real issue is that I JUST WANT TO GO TO A CHARITY SHOP!
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Beef and Chips: braised and rolled oxtail in Armagnac and red wine, sports chips.
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There comes a point in a chef’s career where they either burn out and go straight, or end up out to pasture at a golf club. The best part is that I get to mess around with a kitchen that has equipment, including an oven that actually does temperatures!
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Steak and chips. Aberdeen Angus sirloin from
@andrewsbutchery
and the mushrooms in the sauce were growing in the Peak District on Saturday
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Strawberries and cream tart, frangipane, flavours….
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‘Right, we need to keep costs down. You haven’t been ordering any massive and expensive seafood have you?’
😐
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Potatoes, double cream, and an indecent amount of cheese…
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Christmas is cancelled, but at least I've got Nacho-saurus.
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Getting harder and harder to get pork this good. Probably easier to start selling heroin.
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Easter Bunny Butty: chilli and black bean braised rabbit with pickled carrots in toasted hot cross bun, crispy loin nugget ears.
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Lamb rump, black pudding bd duck fat potato cake, red wine sauce. Its what’s for dinner.
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Home 🍟 without a fryer: place well washed fries in cold oil, set heat to medium, cook until blanched, then turn the heat up to maximum. Resist the urge to poke and stir, a nudge to dislodge pot stickers is all that is required.
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We have been fostering Brian from the Sheffield Cat Shelter. If you have lots of time and love to give him at home, then you should definitely adopt him, because if we spend much more time together, we won’t be able to let him go. He’s quite vocal and needy, but he is amazing.
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Took a punt on a place in Darnall because it had Apna in the name and the right things on the menu (maghaz, paya, nihari, three or four types of dhal). Crazy amount of food for sixty quid, ace cooking : Apna Grill and Curry House Worksop Road
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