Swiss Butter London – ET Food Voyage

£20 for a halal steak and chips dinner in central London? This headline from Swiss Butter London has definitely grabbed everybody’s consideration. The launch of the Center Japanese franchise in London has stirred fairly a hype, relatively notoriously attracting lengthy queues daily. We thought the hype might have died down by now, however nope – the queues have been nonetheless going sturdy regardless of visiting for an early dinner on a weekday. Fortunately, most individuals have been after a small desk and the large spherical desk was virtually instantly obtainable for our group of six.

Swiss Butter: Three Mains, Two Desserts

The menu at Swiss Butter could be very easy. All you’ll want to resolve is whether or not you fancy steak (ribeye/fillet), rooster, or salmon. Whichever mains you select, the meal comes with a mesclun salad, baguette slices, chilli flakes, and both fries or a baked potato. If that’s nonetheless not sufficient, you possibly can order further aspect dishes. Throughout our go to, additionally they ran a particular Wagyu burger on the menu. As for desserts, there are solely two choices – both the Molten Chocolate or Ache Perdu.

Ribeye (£19.95)

Clearly, this can be a Le Entrecote wannabe, however I’m afraid it’s simply not hitting the spot. For the worth, it’s anticipated that it’ll simply be a mediocre-quality steak with out a lot fatty marbling. Nevertheless, it’s very a lot under-seasoned, with hardly any flavour from the ribeye steak itself. All one might style was the “secret sauce”, which was a tad overly vinegary and overpowering the meat. Not one of the sides have been something noteworthy. The “mesclun” salad was a mere boring toss of romaine lettuce with salad cream and each the fries and bread have been simply relatively fundamental stuff.

Wagyu Burger (£19.95)

We additionally tried the Wagyu burger particular, which was okay however nothing notably memorable. The seasoning for the burger patty definitely fared higher than that for the steak. It was calmly laced with the sauce, providing a refined tangy contact. Nevertheless, it additionally got here with a separate pot of the sauce which felt utterly redundant because it definitely doesn’t work as a burger dip. Every little thing else was simply mediocre as talked about with the steak.

Molten Chocolate (£9.95)

For desserts, we opted for the Molten Chocolate after listening to many raving evaluations. The portion was fairly massive and was good for sharing. Nevertheless, I wasn’t impressed with it. In the end, it was only a cheaply made chocolate hazelnut cake warmed up on a skillet, topped with vanilla ice cream and sauce poured over. It wasn’t dangerous per se, but it surely lacked finesse, with an unbalanced richness dumped collectively like an affordable microwaved dessert.