🇬🇧 St. John: Where Offal Becomes Poetry! 🍖✨
📍 Location: 26 St John St, EC1M 4AY (Clerkenwell's meat temple) 🚇 Transport: Farringdon Station (2 min walk) Why It’s ICONIC: • "Nose-to-tail" royalty – Fergus Henderson invented modern British food 🐷👑 • Michelin-starred canteen – White walls + butchers’ aprons = zero pretension • Grandparents’ vibe – Where London’s food elites actually eat 👵🏼👴🏼 🍽️ MUST-ORDER (£35pp Feast): 1️⃣ Roast Bone Marrow (£12) 🦴 🍞 Spread on sourdough – With parsley salad chaser 2️⃣ Eccles Cake + Lancashire Cheese (£8) 🧀 🔥 Hot pastry + cold cheese – Sweet-salty heaven 3️⃣ Welsh Rarebit (£10) 🧈 🍺 Beer-cheese lava – Comes with house pickles 4️⃣ Whole Roast Duck (£38) 🦆 🔪 Carved tableside – Crisp skin + pink flesh 🍷 Wine Wizardry: • "Blood wine" pairings – Ask for the Barbera 🍇 • Post-meal Armagnac – Sip like a 19th-century surgeon 💰 Damage: ~£50pp (With wine) – Steal for a star! 📸 Instagram Moments: • Marrow bones lineup – #CavemanCore • Eccles cake pull-apart – #CheesePorn ⏳ Pro Tips: ✔️ Lunchtime glory – Full menu, half the crowd ✔️ Bread request – Extra toast for marrow ✔️ Dessert secret – Ask for off-menu treacle tart #StJohnLondon #NoseToTail #MichelinStar #BritishFood #OffalLover #LondonEats #HiddenGem #FoodieHeaven #MustTry #ExploreLondon #WeekendFeast #BonAppétit #InstaFood #MeatTherapy #NoPretence
