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DovertheRoad

DovertheRoad

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Yep - bermygirl is right - you either do it really well like Bodeans/HotBox/(insert BBQ joint of choice) or do something totally different. A burger is dull, predictable and just isn't a USP - Deliveroo now has 8 burger options within 5 mins of SE22. By all means stick it on the menu but put some more different stuff alongside it.


As it happens I quite like the Pig how it is. I like a drink at the bar there, good location, staff are always friendly, it shows sport when I need it to but not when I don't. All it really needs is to do one food thing well...as well as say, The Gowlett does pizzas...and it's a solid all rounder.


For constant Sky sports I'd go to a Weatherspoons...

adamc79

adamc79

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Hello. I went to the Flying Pig the other day for the pulled pork and it wasn't on the menu any more. We had a burger which was fine, but not nearly as good as the food used to be. For me, if it's not a barbecue pub, it's just another pub. I like the big selection of beers, but the food was your distinctive thing, and now that's gone.
Seabag

Seabag

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DovertheRoad Wrote:

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> On reflection....pizzas, burgers and bbc are out

> make wings your USP. Have the best wings in East

> Dulwich and do a proper hit wings night. Go large

> on wings.


Great post, if not 'winging' it somewhat


How about square pizzas, or novelty hot dogs, or Asian/German Fusion


Or....anything but 'Burgers' and more farkin Burgers

DovertheRoad

DovertheRoad

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Why not franchise your kitchen out to some Bbq supremo hipster kid who only has a street food stall and is just waiting for a concession somewhere that fits with the Bbq ethos. As seen at the Nuns head (burger bear) and when Scott did it pre Meat Liqour at the Rye.it works.


And Korean Fried Chicken. Perhaps become the best chicken joint in SE22.

titch juicy

titch juicy

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DovertheRoad Wrote:

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> Why not franchise your kitchen out to some Bbq

> supremo hipster kid who only has a street food

> stall and is just waiting for a concession

> somewhere that fits with the Bbq ethos. As seen at

> the Nuns head (burger bear) and when Scott did it

> pre Meat Liqour at the Rye.it works.

>

> And Korean Fried Chicken. Perhaps become the best

> chicken joint in SE22.



This is an excellent idea. Perhaps a few months for each concession.

Jeremy

Jeremy

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bermygirl31 Wrote:

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> Hence why I said do BBQ and do it WELL!!


Yes that would be great, but how likely is that in reality?


DovertheRoad Wrote:

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> Why not franchise your kitchen out to some Bbq

> supremo hipster kid who only has a street food

> stall and is just waiting for a concession

> somewhere that fits with the Bbq ethos.


You need the right gear - i.e. smokers. Do they actually have these in the flying pig kitchen? I was under the impression they had a Josper (charcoal oven) which is rather a different beast.

ralphation

ralphation

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I can't think of anything the Flying Pig does better than other local options, meaning I have little reason to go, but the food is certainly worse ? and not good for US barbecue in its own right quite aside from local comparisons. If this type of food was really done well then it would certainly be a draw for me.
titch juicy

titch juicy

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ralphation Wrote:

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> I can't think of anything the Flying Pig does

> better than other local options, meaning I have

> little reason to go, but the food is certainly

> worse ? and not good for US barbecue in its own

> right quite aside from local comparisons. If this

> type of food was really done well then it would

> certainly be a draw for me.


Beer selection?


it certainly was the last time I went in. Nowhere else came close.

Seabag

Seabag

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Jeremy Wrote:

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> bermygirl31 Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Hence why I said do BBQ and do it WELL!!

>

> Yes that would be great, but how likely is that in

> reality?

>

> DovertheRoad Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Why not franchise your kitchen out to some Bbq

> > supremo hipster kid who only has a street food

> > stall and is just waiting for a concession

> > somewhere that fits with the Bbq ethos.

>

> You need the right gear - i.e. smokers. Do they

> actually have these in the flying pig kitchen? I

> was under the impression they had a Josper

> (charcoal oven) which is rather a different beast.


They did have a fast Eddy cabinet smoker there. Its by far the easiest one to use on the market.


Just needs someone to have the will and the support of the owners


And there maybe lies the rub

bermygirl31

bermygirl31

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Seabag Wrote:

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> DovertheRoad Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > On reflection....pizzas, burgers and bbc are

> out

> > make wings your USP. Have the best wings in

> East

> > Dulwich and do a proper hit wings night. Go

> large

> > on wings.

>

> Great post, if not 'winging' it somewhat

>

> How about square pizzas, or novelty hot dogs, or

> Asian/German Fusion

>

> Or....anything but 'Burgers' and more farkin

> Burgers


For real!!! So sick of burgers!!!! It's like Britain caught some US burger bug and it's soooo boring now!!!! Lol

Jeremy

Jeremy

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Seabag Wrote:

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> They did have a fast Eddy cabinet smoker there.


Wonder if they still have it? They seemed to abandon the bbq concept before it ever really got going, and the offering had been reduced to ribs and pulled pork..

Phlox

Phlox

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bermygirl31 Wrote:

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> Seabag Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > DovertheRoad Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > On reflection....pizzas, burgers and bbc are

> > out

> > > make wings your USP. Have the best wings in

> > East

> > > Dulwich and do a proper hit wings night. Go

> > large

> > > on wings.

> >

> > Great post, if not 'winging' it somewhat

> >

> > How about square pizzas, or novelty hot dogs,

> or

> > Asian/German Fusion

> >

> > Or....anything but 'Burgers' and more farkin

> > Burgers

>

> For real!!! So sick of burgers!!!! It's like

> Britain caught some US burger bug and it's soooo

> boring now!!!! Lol



Not any burgers, but dirty burgers, as opposed to clean ones? yes, boring.

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