Situated a short walk away from Seven Dials is a japanese restaurant based around the idea of building your own buns, a bit like the way Scooby and Shaggy build sandwiches when they find the kitchen in a haunted mansion. Only this is much more civilised and the basement venue isn’t haunted by a fairground ghost.

Now a popular eating establishment, it’s worth booking in advance, as on arrival it was already jam packed. Opting for the tasting menu, we were presented with a range of sushi, snacks and small dishes as our starters. Followed by the main event of a plate of meat served with asian buns and this is where the fun began.

The tasting menu offers crispy piglet belly and crispy duck leg, the ‘flesh’. With a side of 2 mantou style flat buns and lettuce, cucumber and sauces, it had a very much crispy duck and pancake feel to it. And my was it filling! The crispy duck leg was very tasty! However I felt that piglet belly did have the crispy skin that I was expecting, having spent many years attending Chinese wedding banquets I was slightly disappointed to see that the style was more of the western roast pork than the traditional asian version.

By the time the mains were finished, it was difficult to continue on, but the idea making your own smores over a mini fire on your table proved too enticing to turn down.

Overall I was very pleased with my Flesh & Bun experience and it’s definitely worth a visit. The food is tasty and the tasting menu was definitely good value for money. Watch out for the uniquely decorated bathrooms! You may be in for a little shock!