Yessss. Another day another Dirty Bones feature. Why not? It’s BRILLIANT.
After an incredible day of afternoon brunching, we returned the following day for a glorious Thanksgiving feast.
We really do like our food you know.
Dirty Bones invited me along to celebrate Thanksgiving with them, and I couldn’t have been more honored. As an American in London, I was working on Thanksgiving day and really didn’t properly celebrate.
The following are our adventures taking on The Dirty Bones Dirty Feast.
There’s really no other way to start off Thanksgiving than with a cocktail.
Appropriately called the Pardoned Turkey. It was delicious, complete with Woodford reserve bourbon, double cream, vanilla and cardamom, topped with a green apple and cinnamon. It reminded me of my Grandpa’s eggnog at Christmastime. And he is a true genius of a party bartender.
So good. The Pardoned Turkey had the overall nod of approval.
It didn’t take long before our feast arrived. And it’s seriously a Dirty Feast. The Dirty Bones’ twist on Thanksgiving… and um, I’ll admit it, they’ve given the US Thanksgiving a run for it’s money. This food was melt in your mouth, don’t put your fork down for a second good. If you aren’t mid fork motion at all times, you’re doing it wrong.
Fried chicken, collard greens, creamy mac and cheese, rosemary fries and jalepeno cornbread.
We really succeeded with our feasting. I’m a little bit disappointed we couldn’t polish the entire dish off, but I mean, we did incredibly well. Much like the Gilmore Girls Thanksgiving episode, I feel like we really paced ourselves. No time for eating the entire cornbread, when we could sample briefly and continue to munch on chicken and mac and cheese (my favorites of the meal, the collard greens a close third).
Of course, no Thanksgiving in complete without dessert.
Enter the chocolate ganache tart served with pumpkin pie gelato and pumpkin brittle.
I don’t know how, but we actually finished both of our desserts. I’m both proud and slightly embarrassed by our eating abilities. It was like eating magic. I assume this is what students would be fed at Hogwarts.
We took on the Dirty Feast and lived to tell the tale. I have full plans of visiting next year for Thanksgiving. This is exactly how to celebrate Thanksgiving in London from here on out.
Plus, after visiting Dirty Bones twice in one weekend, I feel like it’s our new local haunt. And I love that. We’ll definitely be back… we’ve already been eyeing up the daily menu. Yep. Looking at their menu after eating the Dirty Feast.
That’s us.
Kelly xox
What an epic feast!