Kuch
is yet another smashing place to eat in Bristol’s Cotham Hill area. I’ve reviewed
Bellita and
Pasta Loco too, and I’m wondering what the next culinary smash hit to open here will be. Kuch is straight-up, generous, flavour-packed Persian cooking. The interior has been decked out in a modern and colourful style that emulates Comptoir Libanais but with a tad less kitsch.
Just stopping for lunch we mix a couple of small plates with one main dish from the barbecue. Chargrilled sardine fillets are beauties, more meat than bones (always a good sign). “Kashk bazanjon” is a dish of gooey and smoky aubergine, with lentils and walnuts to give an earthy balance, and scattered over with a heap of crispy fried onion and garlic. The lovely scorched flatbread is perfect for scooping this up.
Aubergines
The main we pick is hand-pulled lamb shoulder with a glaze of cinnamon and date molasses. This is exactly as brilliant as it sounds. The cinnamon plays nicely with the well-flavoured lamb, just as the sweet glaze plays nicely with the seared edges of the meat. The whole plate is rounded out with broad bean and dill rice, a whippy-soft hummus, fresh salad and harrisa.
We didn’t explore puds (stuffed!) but you’d be looking at £22 if you turned this into a traditional three course meal. It’s great value for an absolute bucketload of middle eastern flavours.
Sardines
