Did you know you can have a six-course Latino meal served on an old Victoria line tube carriage?
If you didn’t, let me introduce you to the Supperclub Tube – one of the most unusual dining experiences you can find in London, where you get to dine on board a repurposed 1960s Victoria line tube carriage.
You’ll find this experience at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum, where you’ll climb aboard the carriage to be seated at one of its dining tables to have a six-course authentic Latino menu, available three nights a week.
It’s hard to imagine that a place that would have once been so hectic and busy has now been turned into such a cosy and intimate little dining space.
drinks, you can order a range of wines, spirits and cocktails from the menu before the meal is introduced by chef Beatriz Maldonado Carreño, who channels her Colombian roots into her cooking.
The experience began withThe menu changes on a monthly basis and uses authentic Latin American ingredients, with the current menu championing corn, which is a staple ingredient in many Latin American countries.
They can also cater to different dietary requirements but these will need to be requested in advance.
We began with the first course – Tamal de Muerto, consisting of a blue corn dumpling with sweetcorn, butternut squash, guajillo sauce and Lancashire cheese served in a banana leaf.
This was followed by course two, which happened to be my favourite – Pan de bono con chorizo, which was a Cassava bread served with Columbian style chorizo and pickled red onion, which was delicious and had so much flavour.
fish dish – Ceviche nikkei de atun of tuna, with spring onion, crispy quinoa, tamarind and soya sauce ponzu.
Course three was aCourse four was a chicken dish known as Ajiaco corn fed chicken breast, with yellow corn, capers, dauphinoise potatoes, avocado and guasca sauce.
All of the dishes were very good, using a really diverse mix of seasonal ingredients and Latino flavours, and I really enjoyed how corn was such a staple ingredient of most of the dishes, which really brought everything together.
dessert began with a pre-dessert of punchy Mora berry ice cream, covered in a hardened chocolate coating with a crunchy white chocolate soil.
Finally,This was finished with Churros - a popular Latino dessert served with dulce le leche, pieces of chocolate sponge and mango and passion fruit sorbet.
This dish was another favourite, I really enjoyed the mix of flavours and textures with the chocolate, mango and crispy donut like churro – it was just perfect.
The evening had such a warm and upbeat vibe, with many people celebrating birthdays or visiting as part of their holiday, so our little carriage was buzzing with conversation and activity.
food definitely was serious and authentic fare that I really enjoyed trying, and this spot is definitely worthy of being added to any food-lover's bucket list of things to try in London.
Despite the novelty of the setting, theAll in all, I’d say no ride aboard a tube carriage will ever feel quite as delightful as that one did and it’s one that I’d revisit again in the future.
Tickets to dine on the Supperclub Tube can be purchased online for £73 for a private table for two, or £67 for a shared dining table, with slots available on Thursdays to Saturdays between 7pm - 9:30pm.
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