{"id":1985,"date":"2025-05-07T15:12:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mugfoundry.com\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:11:10","slug":"i-tried-the-60-meal-nigella-lawson-keeps-raving-about-it-wasnt-what-i-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mugfoundry.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/i-tried-the-60-meal-nigella-lawson-keeps-raving-about-it-wasnt-what-i-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried the \u00a360 meal Nigella Lawson keeps raving about \u2014 it wasn\u2019t what I expected"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nigella Lawson is a big fan of Dove restaurant in London (Picture: REX \/ Safia Shakarchi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the last few weeks, Nigella Lawson<\/a> has shared not one, not two, but three posts about a particular London<\/a> restaurant on Instagram<\/a>, each one more fervent than the last.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In her first post about Dove in Notting Hill, the 65-year-old cook claimed it served the \u2018best pork chop\u2019 she\u2019d ever eaten. So good was the pork that it had reduced her to \u2018mesmerised inarticulacy\u2019 and she couldn\u2019t stop thinking about it.<\/p>\n

The second lamented about the \u2018dream\u2019 starter of a potato pizzette<\/a>, which she cheekily described as a \u2018potato pancake crossed with a plump pizza dough\u2019 topped with mortadella and \u2018quiveringly bulging\u2019 burrata.<\/p>\n

And finally she praised a \u2018sensational\u2019 <\/a>Gorgonzola Burger<\/a> which has garnered such a cult following that it\u2019s practically impossible to get hold of one \u2013 just 10 are available each day and once they\u2019re gone, they\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n

As someone who considers the words of Queen Nigella to be foodie gospel, I knew I needed to visit Jackson Boxer\u2019s restaurant<\/a> immediately, so I booked myself in for lunch last Saturday and made sure to get a table as close to the opening time as possible.<\/p>\n

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The doors opened at 12pm and I arrived promptly at 12:30pm but alas, I was already too late to try the viral \u00a318 burger, it had completely sold out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What makes the burger so special? It\u2019s made with incredibly good quality meat \u2013 trimmings from Dove\u2019s 50-day Highland Beef Rib that\u2019s a staple elsewhere on the menu. There\u2019s just enough excess meat leftover from it to create 10 burgers each day, with the rib getting mixed with brisket, chuck and aged beef fat to create the patty.<\/p>\n

This is topped with a young Gorgonzola Dolce from northern Italy and finished with a condiment made from onions that\u2019s cooked for six hours in caramelized butter before being served on a toasted potato roll.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an off-menu dish you\u2019ll only find on the restaurant\u2019s blackboard and there\u2019s no way to pre-order one ahead of time. You can\u2019t bribe staff with a large sum of money to save you one (people have tried and failed) and even journalists or influencers doing a review aren\u2019t able to beat the system and request special treatment \u2013 something I wholeheartedly respect.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

As such, I\u2019m unable to confirm whether or not the burger lives up to the hype, but I can tell you that Nigella wasn\u2019t wrong about the pork chops\u2026 at least, not completely. <\/p>\n

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The 30-day Tamworth Pork Chops from Dove are the best Nigella has ever had (Picture: Safia Shakarchi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They\u2019re tender and juicy with a tangy sauce that I couldn\u2019t stop dunking the duck fat fries into.\u00a0And while a portion for two might cost \u00a360, there\u2019s a LOT of meat on the plate \u2013 you certainly won\u2019t go hungry if you order this. <\/p>\n

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