The red dog saloon is an American BBQ joint on Hoxton Square in Shoreditch. When you go to a bbq joint, what you want is a no nonsense, meat filled menu, and this place does not disappoint! They have it all... ribs, bbq'd chicken, pulled pork, burnt end sandwiches, burgers, and even some smoked blackened salmon! The only problem when you go to a place like this is that, especially for me, you feel like ordering it all! And that definitely isn't a good idea, because getting drunk on bbq'd meats will especially cloud your taste buds at one point!
So for starters, a variety of their chicken wings was in order! They do 3 flavours; original buffalo, bbq and sweet and spicy mustard glazed. all pretty decent, although not what this place is best known for! They do however, do a hot wings challenge with a sauce that's made from the naga viper chillies. I do like my spice, but doing 6 of these dangerous bastards in 10 minutes, and then having to wait 5 minutes after you've finished to let the burn torture you even more sounds like a good way of ruining the next two days of your life! I reckon, people who try it are stupid, or even more stupid!! Having said that, I did think about it, although the thought of spending the next two days on the toilet with buckets of ice and a supermarket supply of toilet roll out me off! I say this because I asked them to bring me the sauce they use in the challenge so I could taste and see for myself. It is ridiculously hot. I could muster up one bite, but 6 wings would be suicicdal!
Anyways, back to the normal, sane persons food. It was very difficult to decide what to order, but the things is, you just had a feeling that whatever you ordered would be succulent, juicy, tender and smoky goodness! After all the deliberation, decided to go with the good old American bbq classic, the St. Louis cut ribs. With a side of chips, and a bowl of chilli, you can't really go wrong can you?!
The ribs were great. Succulent and tender, with a good glaze of bbq sauce. The thing with ribs is, they have to be soft and juicy, but the outside should be slightly charred to give it some texture and help the glaze to stick onto it. I'd say these ribs do exactly that! Just one word, Yummers!
As the food came, I had a genius idea. Take the bowl of chilli and pour it over the chips. Chilli cheese fries to go with bbq ribs. What more could you want from an American bbq?? Absolutely delicious! Just remember to hit the gym for the week before and after the meal!
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