This morning I woke up with a slight hangover and a hankering for chicken. It overwhelmed me to the point where I dragged myself from my bed and persuaded Ollie to join me in a walk of four miles across south east London to Brockley Market so that I could buy the best chicken sandwich in the world.
Buttermilk fried chicken bap with slaw and Korean hot sauce
Spit & Roast have been trading at Brockley Market for a year or so and quickly became my favourite street food vendor. They specialise in chicken: luscious birds spinning on the rotisserie until they have beautifully crispy skin, and some very special buttermilk fried chicken that gets put into a bap with coleslaw and some spiky Korean hot sauce to create a particular kind of sandwich heaven.
The buttermilk fried chicken bap costs £6 and comes piled high with perfectly moist chicken – they will even give you a slick more hot sauce if you ask. Spit & Roast also offer a quarter, half or whole chicken with chips and will, occasionally, add a pork belly bap to their menu. This week they had a festive offering with pork, stuffing and cranberry jelly that I saw many market-goers tucking into. On my next visit, I am going to try the intriguing-sounding turkey poutine. Roll on next Saturday.
Half a rotisserie chicken and chips
Spit and Roast can be found some Saturdays at Brockley Market and at other street food markets around London. Check their twitter for details.
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